Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated priority is helping people with mental, emotional and physical disabilities and their caregivers, so work in disability support is the clearest fit.
- It does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send a cold application and should look for an existing connection to the foundation first.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $500 and $18,000 and the median is $1,500, so a request near the lower end suits it best, although its largest grant was about $150,000.
- In its most recent filing, 49% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in the filing before, which suggests that existing relationships carry weight.
- No geographic focus is stated; its grants have gone mainly to Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Georgia and the United States, but no area is set as a rule for who may apply.
Overview
Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (pointsoflight.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s stated priority is helping people with mental, emotional and physical disabilities and their caregivers. Its giving model channels allocations through participating descendants, who use them to support nonprofit organisations; eligible adult family members can also use pooled funds for larger projects. Family members seek out projects based on their own interests, resulting in a broad gamut of support. Its filings show grants to charitable organisations and public bodies, with recipients spread across many states. The material describes this family-directed approach but does not establish a geographic restriction or a broader set of eligible fields.
Themes
- Disability support
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Georgia and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 49% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 239 grants to organisations were $1,500 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Family members seek out projects based on their own interests. (as reported in other published sources)
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 17%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 9%
- The largest single recipient received 12% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 49% of grant dollars went to organisations Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 8% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 125 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $1,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Tammy Lynn Memorial Foundation · Igniting Hope Together: Residents Village fund$42,0002024 tax year
- Red Wiggler Foundation · General Operating fund$38,5002024 tax year
- American Cancer Society · American Cancer Society - VOICES of Black Women fund$35,0002024 tax year
- Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center · McNew Family Medical Center Programmatic Support fund$35,0002024 tax year
- Langton Green · Langton Green Community Farm fund$31,5002024 tax year
- Academy Prep Center of Saint Petersburg · Academic Intervention Program$28,0002024 tax year
- Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Foundation · Financial Assistance Program$21,0002024 tax year
- Chrysalis Center · Chrysalis Employment Program$21,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Cristopher White — Trustee
- Jerome Stanton Murray III — Trustee
- Leo K Murray — Trustee
- Eileen M Dillon — Trustee
- David Althoff — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,442,173 | $1,176,198 | $18,628,540 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,253,546 | $937,861 | $21,689,392 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,099,541 | $667,110 | $26,810,272 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Applying to Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation?
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Contact
- (410) 257-5344
- kim@jgmurrayfoundation.org
- Wilmington, DE
Applying to Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (410) 257-5344
- kim@jgmurrayfoundation.org
- Wilmington, DE