Founded in 1975 based on the wishes of the late Melvin J. “Jack” Murdock, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of residents from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and its home state of Washington. Earlier this year, Steve Moore, executive director and CEO of the Murdock Trust, sat down for a public discussion about the organization with Vancouver Business Journal co-publisher John McDonagh.
The talk took place at an event known as the Boardroom Breakfast, where community leaders and other Washington residents gathered to learn about Mr. Moore’s nonprofit organization, his interest in and support for higher education, and his leadership in the city of Vancouver. Mr. Moore discussed his past schooling at the Asbury Theological Seminary, as well as his experience learning from the Dalai Lama in India some years ago. In line with Mr. Moore’s own interest in religious study, he noted that his nonprofit organization is unusual due to its willingness to give grants to both faith-based and non-faith-based organizations.
Mr. Moore noted that the trust he oversees originally aimed to provide grants to groups located across the country, but that leadership later realized concentrating the funds in a single region could have a much deeper impact. Today, the group primarily focuses on financially supporting organizations in the Pacific Northwest. It has bestowed over $950 million in grants and programs since its inception, fueling the work of 6700 organizations in this large regional community.
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