Illinois · Private foundation
William J & Maryann P McGrath 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The American Ireland Fund (Dba The Ireland Funds America / The Ireland Funds), not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $49k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 10 | $2k | 90% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $4k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $14k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $23k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Inc | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Maris Place | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Conservation Nw | $4,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frankie V Polletta Charitable Foundation | $2,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $1,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $1,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Galapagos Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Timothy's Ministry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William J & Maryann P McGrath 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 Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation
- How much does William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation give?
- William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $17,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (53%), Human Services (19%), Education (7%).
- Who are William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Inc ($31k), Maris Place ($5k), Conservation Nw ($4k).
- Does William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William J & Maryann P McGrath 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 William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation based?
- William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation is based in IL.
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