Finish-A Personal Journey in Philanthropy

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Finish-A Personal Journey in Philanthropy

The M.J Murdock Charitable Trust was founded 47 years ago with a mission is to build relationships for a common good. They support the growth of Pacific Northwest nonprofits and their focus area Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington through grantmaking, enrichment programs, convenient strength in the region, education, social, spiritual, culture-based that are innovative and sustainable. So far, the trust has helped over 3000 organizations in the region.

Steve Moore, Executive Director of the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust has been in the organization for 16 years and he says that over the years, the trust has worked to help organizations as they seek to better fulfill their mission and build their own capacity to fulfill that mission.

Having started his journey from the education sector from which the people are not known to be exactly flexible and innovative, Steve Moore says that his own experience with education made him an innovative educator. Because the Murdock Trust aligned with his values, he says he saw the potential because of the enormous impact at a moment in people's lives to be able to shape, form, and guide people and this led him to join the organization.

Murdock Trust helps companies write their grants and a full resource document “Writing Great Grants” is on the website. It basically tells you, here's the thing that foundations are looking for whenever they get a grant application.

Over the years the trust has helped many companies raise a lot of money and thus all begins with good stewardship over the years and stewardship and generosity go together. If you're a good steward, you're able to be more generous. Those are some twin principles the company operates from when we're making its investments, and they try to find not quick returns.

Steve adds that as a company, the Murdock Trust tries to be a good generous steward. Being generous means being able to distribute the resources by giving good grants. In this philanthropy journey, he says that there is an ecosystem of philanthropy where there are foundations that give while others receive.

He acknowledges that his transition to philanthropy was smooth because he had mentors to walk with him. As he finishes his journey in philanthropy, Steve Moore says that he will spend his next season encouraging and increasing and helping people as they seek to be philanthropic and contributing where necessary.

We, The Nehemiah Project wish Steve all the best as he finishes his journey in philanthropy.

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