Illinois · Private foundation
The McNamara Purcell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 39
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The McNamara Purcell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $777k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $1.1M | 48% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $1.5M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $999k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian University | $225,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Network | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Brain Research Foundation | $105,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Impact Through Golf Foundation Napa Valley | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wasatch Adaptive Sports Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| High Point University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Cross Ministries of Utah | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McNamara Purcell 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The McNamara Purcell Foundation
- How much does The McNamara Purcell Foundation give?
- The McNamara Purcell Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $1,388,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 39 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The McNamara Purcell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (27%), Education (20%), Health (19%).
- Who are The McNamara Purcell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Texas Christian University ($225k), Cristo Rey Network ($150k), Brain Research Foundation ($105k).
- Does The McNamara Purcell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McNamara Purcell 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 The McNamara Purcell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The McNamara Purcell Foundation based?
- The McNamara Purcell Foundation is based in IL.
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