M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
A large charitable trust created from a technology founder's estate to enrich the Pacific Northwest, giving substantial grants and enrichment programs across education, science, arts, health, and the region's cultural and spiritual life
Peer societies
Five societies M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust is read alongside.
RF
Rasmuson Foundation
An Alaska family foundation founded in 1955 that has given hundreds of millions to empower Alaskans to help…
FFF
The Ford Family Foundation
A rural Oregon family endowment betting on children and the places that raise them
CF
Collins Foundation
An Oregon family foundation established in 1947 that invests in nonprofits across the state, making a long…
SF
The Seattle Foundation
A community foundation that has recast itself as an agent of change for a more equitable Greater Seattle
NF
Norcliffe Foundation
A Seattle industrialist's family fund, three generations deep, tending the Puget Sound region's quality of…
Who backs MJMCT
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
A large charitable trust created from a technology founder's estate to enrich the Pacific Northwest, giving substantial grants and enrichment programs across education, science, arts, health, and the region's cultural and spiritual life
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Citadel and The Village.
Strengths
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