The Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation says it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send it a cold application.
- Its recorded grants cover universities, schools, community organisations, churches and other institutions, and no geographic focus is stated, so the best test of fit is whether you can reach it through an existing contact or introduction.
- Half of its 39 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less and its median was $25,000, so a modest request sits closest to its usual pattern, although its typical grants run from $5,000 to $1,000,000 and its largest was $6,000,000.
- Repeat giving is substantial, with 28% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had funded in earlier filings.
- Giving has risen across its filings, but because it works by invitation, the realistic route is a warm introduction rather than a cold request.
Overview
The Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Pennington, NJ.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the grant record, the foundation has supported a university endowed chair in transdisciplinary pain medicine, programmes addressing sexual and gender-based violence, and education and technology-access organisations. Its recipients include universities, schools, community organisations, an international relief organisation, a hospital foundation, a museum, churches and a policy centre. Other recorded purposes include general support, endowments, scholarships, stewardship commitments and gifts in honour of individuals. Several grants form multi-year commitments. The filings show a range of institutional and community recipients, rather than one single recipient type or one consistently stated grant purpose.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Washington, California, New York, Maryland and North Carolina.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 28% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 39 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 32% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 28% of grant dollars went to organisations The Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $650k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Washington Foundation · The Laura Ellen and Robert Muglia Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Transdisciplinary Pain Medicine & The Laura Ellen and Robert Muglia Family Foundation Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Spine Care in Honor of Theodore Wagner, M.D.$6,000,0002025 tax year
- Episcopal Relief & Development · Year 2 of 4 Year Commitment for Sexual and Gender Based Violence Programs$3,000,0002025 tax year
- Village Enterprise Fund · Year 3 of 3 Year Commitment$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Technology Access Foundation · Year 3 of 3 Year Commitment$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Stanford University · Year 1 of 3 Year Commitment, GSB Class of 1980 45th Reunion Gifts$800,0002025 tax year
- Our Wave · Year 2 of 2 Year Commitment$500,0002025 tax year
- Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation · Laura Ellen & Robert Muglia Family Endowment$100,0002025 tax year
- YWCA Seattle–King County–Snohomish County · In honor of Akila Somasegar$50,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robert A Larson — COO / CFO
- Robert L Muglia — Co-Trustee, Co-President and Co-CEO
- Laura Ellen Muglia — Co-Trustee, Co-President and Co-CEO
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $3,037,433 | $2,327,500 | $74,014,958 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,555,335 | $3,742,500 | $80,311,086 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $13,881,125 | $12,485,000 | $112,717,359 | Filing for 2025 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Pennington, NJ