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Murrill Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Holly Ridge, North Carolina · EIN 566068245

Murrill Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Holly Ridge, North Carolina. In tax year 2024 it gave $60,425 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $2,250 and the largest $24,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $45,693 the year before.

38% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$45,69322$531,739
2024$60,42516$530,283

How to apply

ContactBarry Taylor
PO Box 3806, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Phone or email(919) 260-1185
RestrictionsNone other than approved by IRS

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Murrill Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas4$35,150
North Carolina9$16,275
Pennsylvania1$4,000
Arizona1$2,500
Delaware1$2,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Houston Livestock Show Rodeo
Houston, TX
Educational$24,000
Rice University Athletic Department
Houston, TX
Research & engagement$6,000
Unc-Office of University Developmen
Chapel Hill, NC
Scientific$5,000
Southern Smoke Foundation
Houston, TX
Community health$5,000
Foundation for Individual Rights
Philadelphia, PA
Defending freedom of speech$4,000
NC Center on Actual Innocence
Durham, NC
Community$2,575
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Greenville, DE
Core programing$2,500
Alliance Defending Freedom
Scottsdale, AZ
Protecting religious freedom$2,500
Make A Wish Foundation
Raleigh, NC
Life threating medical illness$2,000
Church of the Holy Trinity
Chapel Hill, NC
Religious$2,000
Trinity School
Durham, NC
Education$2,000
NCVMF Ncsu Veterinary Foundation
Raleigh, NC
Educational$1,000
Emma Anderson Memorial
Holy Ridge, NC
Religious$1,000
Salem College Fund
Winston Salem, NC
Educational$500
The V Foundation
Cary, NC
Cancer research$200
American Heart Association
Dallas, TX
Medical illness$150

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Murrill Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Murrill Foundation Inc give?

$60,425 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $2,250.

Who runs Murrill Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Barry M Taylor (President/Treasurer).

What does Murrill Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, science and research and health.

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