Illinois · Private foundation
Richard James McCann Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Richard James McCann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 43 | $125k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $125k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $107k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $108k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $124k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $105k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $107k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $104k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $82,400 | 9 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $68,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Casa of Dupage County Inc | $46,140 | 7 | 1% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Illinois | $39,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Peace Lutheran Church | $30,775 | 3 | n/a |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $29,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Northcentral Illinois Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton | $25,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 88 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($195k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard James McCann Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Dupage Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · AbbVie Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bradshaw Boed Foundation · The Cornerstone Center Foundation · The Rich Foundation · Naperville Rotary Charities Inc
How this is measured
About Richard James McCann Foundation
- How much does Richard James McCann Foundation give?
- Richard James McCann Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard James McCann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Human Services (10%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Richard James McCann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($82k), American Cancer Society Inc ($68k), Casa of Dupage County Inc ($46k).
- Does Richard James McCann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard James McCann Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard James McCann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dupage Community Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Motorola Solutions Foundation.
- Where is Richard James McCann Foundation based?
- Richard James McCann Foundation is based in IL.
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