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Private foundation (trust)EIN 542074788Est. 2003-04

JAMES S MCDONNELL FOUNDATION

ST LOUIS, MO 631171229

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Total Assets

$647.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$30.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

82

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$367K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$5.1M

Typical

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Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$28.2M

Total Expenses

$40.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$33.5M

Distributable Amount

$34.7M

Min. Investment Return

$34.9M

Undistributed Income

$26.1M

Payout rate 96%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.96%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

82 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $115K to maximum $5.1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $30.1M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

165 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

THE JSM CHARITABLE TRUST
$6.1M
1 grant
ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$5.3M
12 grants
FOREST PARK FOREVER INC
$5.1M
1 grant
CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY
$4.1M
6 grants
FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS
$2.3M
1 grant
BIOSTL
$2.2M
4 grants
NEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY FUND
$1.2M
5 grants
DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE
$1.2M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

165 grants

<$10K
5
grants
$10–50K
28
grants
$50–250K
84
grants
$250K–1M
41
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

23 states

Missouri
$57.6M
75% of total
Pennsylvania
$3.3M
4% of total
District of Columbia
$2.3M
3% of total
California
$2.0M
3% of total
New York
$1.6M
2% of total
Wisconsin
$1.5M
2% of total
Illinois
$1.4M
2% of total
West Virginia
$1.2M
2% of total
Washington
$930K
1% of total
Iowa
$805K
1% of total

+13 more states

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