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Private foundation (trust)EIN 367293187Est. 2000-01

The McNamara Purcell Foundation

Chicago, IL 60606

Total Assets

$27.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

25

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$56K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$400K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.6M

Total Expenses

$1.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.4M

Distributable Amount

$1.4M

Min. Investment Return

$1.4M

Undistributed Income

$885K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

25 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $25K to maximum $400K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2024. Peak $1.4M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

130 grants

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

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME - FRIENDS OF ND NIL EFFOR
$550K
3 grants
UNIVERSITY OF ND - 1M ENDOWMENT TO ND GRADS
$400K
1 grant
USD GOLF PROJECT
$300K
1 grant
ST JOSEPH AND ST FRANCIS
$200K
1 grant
MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NY - ANNUAL DINNER
$200K
2 grants
INTERMOUNTAIN FOUNDATION PARK CITY HOSPITAL
$200K
1 grant
Texas Christian University - DEANS DISCR FUND
$175K
3 grants
MULTIPLE MYELOMA - CHICAGO DINNER
$135K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

129 grants

<$10K
62
grants
$10–50K
53
grants
$50–250K
11
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

20 states

Illinois
$1.8M
35% of total
Indiana
$966K
19% of total
Texas
$545K
10% of total
Utah
$511K
10% of total
California
$367K
7% of total
New York
$258K
5% of total
Connecticut
$135K
3% of total
Kentucky
$125K
2% of total
Arizona
$120K
2% of total
North Carolina
$90K
2% of total

+10 more states

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