How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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The Murrell Foundation
8350 N Central Expressway Ste G100
Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 363-3691
- Form and materials
- None prescribed
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- None
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$315,945
- Grants listed
- 26
- Assets, end of year
- $244,815
-
Tax year 2024
$243,750
- Grants listed
- 32
- Assets, end of year
- $174,709
-
Tax year 2023
$154,050
- Grants listed
- 31
- Assets, end of year
- $71,543
-
Tax year 2022
$75,500
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $61,853
-
Tax year 2021
$133,800
- Grants listed
- 29
- Assets, end of year
- $61,965
-
Tax year 2020
$55,650
- Grants listed
- 19
- Assets, end of year
- $64,863
-
Tax year 2019
$20,120
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $67,675
-
Tax year 2018
$78,950
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $67,889
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Utsw Medical CenterDallas, TX
General
$100,000 -
Dallas Morning News CharitiesDallas, TX
General
$50,000 -
Communities Foundations of TexasDallas, TX
General
$36,000 -
University of Dallas Men's BasketbaIrving, TX
General
$17,000 -
Redemption BridgeArlington, TX
General
$12,000 -
Thoroughbred Retirement FoundationSaratoga SPGS, NY
General
$11,500 -
Backstretch Employee Service TeamElmont, NY
General
$11,000 -
Army A ClubWest Point, NY
General
$10,000 -
Beyond the Roses Equine RescueEmmett, MI
General
$10,000 -
West Point Association of GraduatesWest Point, NY
General
$10,000 -
OurcallingForth Worth, TX
General
$7,500 -
Grapevine Animal ServicesGrapevine, TX
General
$5,000 -
Hanna's Southern PawsMesquite, TX
General
$5,000 -
Humane Society of the New BraunfelsNew Braunfels, TX
General
$5,000 -
March to the PollsDallas, TX
General
$4,000 -
Grant Haliburton FoundationDallas, TX
General
$3,000 -
Susan G Komen FoundationDallas, TX
General
$3,000 -
New York Race Track ChaplaincyElmont, NY
General
$2,500 -
The Exceller FundLexington, KY
General
$2,500 -
Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights MusDallas, TX
General
$2,000 -
Envision DallasDallas, TX
General
$2,000 -
Army Scholarship Foundation IncDallas, TX
General
$1,500 -
Friends of the Dallas Public LibrarDallas, TX
General
$1,500 -
Rainbow DaysDallas, TX
General
$1,500 -
Wreaths Across AmericaBangor, ME
General
$1,445 -
Creation Studio DallasDallas, TX
General
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,00055% of the total
- Animals2 grants $21,50023% of the total
- Religion1 grant $12,00013% of the total
- Public affairs1 grant $4,0004% of the total
- Education2 grants $2,5003% of the total
- Mental health1 grant $1,5002% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- John R MurrellPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
- Tom M Dees IIIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Kelley A MurrellDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Cathy W ArringtonSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
- David M RosenbergVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
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