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Grants in Action: Friends of Waterfront Seattle
August 18, 2022
Promenades and bike paths. Pop-up markets and concerts. A children’s play area and green open spaces. These things and more are coming to Seattle’...

Grants in Action: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
August 11, 2022

Staffing Updates at the Trust
August 9, 2022

Grants in Action: International Traditional Games Society
August 4, 2022
“What kind of games did we play back in the day?...

Convening Recap: PNW Arts: A Sustainable Practice
August 2, 2022
Artists are known for their creativity, but in thi...

Grants in Action: Partners in Science Roundup
July 28, 2022

Convening Recap: Fly Fishing to Serve
July 26, 2022

Grants in Action: Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)
July 21, 2022
The Pacific Northwest is home to a diverse set of ...

Webinar: Lifting the Fog - Climate Change with Leslie Hook (Financial Times), Rachel McMonagle (Landesa) and Nick Turner (The Seattle Times)
July 12, 2022
Many experts predict that we will see above averag...

Welcome our new CEO, Romanita Hairston!
July 5, 2022
It is an historic day at the Murdock Trust as we o...

Celebrating Steve Moore's 16 Years of Leadership
June 28, 2022

Grants in Action: Unity Care Northwest
June 16, 2022

Celebrating Camille Cotton
June 14, 2022

Grants in Action: Institute for Neurodiversity at Montana State University Billings
June 10, 2022
Across the Pacific Northwest, students of all ages...

Evaluating Our Efforts with Feedback
June 7, 2022

Grants in Action: Sitka Fine Arts Camp
June 2, 2022

Grants in Action: Honoring National Foster Care Month
May 26, 2022
Currently, more than 25,000 children across Oregon...

Grants in Action: Scientific Research in Idaho
May 19, 2022
Across the state of Idaho, student and faculty res...

Grants in Action: Honoring AAPI Heritage Month
May 5, 2022

Webinar: Lifting the Fog – COVID-19 and the Next Pandemic
May 2, 2022
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease and communi...

Grants in Action: Chief Joseph Foundation
April 28, 2022
When we talk with leaders of Native communities an...

Remembering Dorothy Smith
April 27, 2022

Two Years of Service in the Face of COVID-19
April 14, 2022
Empty grocery store shelves. “Out of stock” al...

Celebrating National Volunteer Month
April 7, 2022
April was officially named National Volunteer Mont...

Grants in Action: Serving the Ukrainian Community
April 3, 2022

Welcoming Kelvin "KT" Harrington to the Murdock Trust
March 24, 2022
Serving the common good in the Pacific Northwest t...

Celebrating Jennifer Larson-Cody
March 23, 2022
At the Murdock Trust, we are incredibly fortunate ...

Remembering Ed Rasmuson
March 22, 2022

Grants in Action: Portland Arts
March 17, 2022

Grants in Action: Madison Memorial Hospital
March 10, 2022
Our benefactor Jack Murdock believed strongly that...

Grants In Action: Honoring Black History Month
February 24, 2022

Grantees In Action: Mentoring Urban Students and Teens
February 17, 2022
Throughout Black History Month, we are grateful fo...

Grantees in Action: Code Girls United
February 10, 2022
On February 11, the world will celebrate Internati...

Grants in Action: Black Pilots of America
February 3, 2022

VIDEO: Why the Arts - The 2022 Murdock Trust Annual Video Project
January 17, 2022
“There is incredible power in the arts to in...