Funding search · EIN 363172396 · Chicago, IL

Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

129
grants reported
$2.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Equal Justice Works3 grants · $302,000
  • Chicago Bar Foundation3 grants · $204,400
  • Ownership Works2 grants · $200,000
  • Legal Aid Chicago3 grants · $170,000
  • Council for Inclusive Capitalism1 grant · $100,000
  • Nijc1 grant · $92,500
  • Human Rights First3 grants · $86,000
  • Dkms3 grants · $75,000
  • Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund1 grant · $70,000
  • Immigration Equality3 grants · $57,500

Giving over time

$684,150
2022
$849,083
2023
$1.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

  • $127,000

    Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $108,000

    Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $100,000

    Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2024

  • $100,000

    Council for Inclusive Capitalism · New York, NY · 2023

  • $100,000

    Ownership Works · New York, NY · 2023

  • $92,500

    Nijc · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $80,000

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $79,400

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $70,000

    Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  • $67,000

    Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2022

  • $60,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $60,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $50,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $45,000

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $45,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

  • $32,500

    Lawyers for the Creative Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $32,000

    Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024

  • $27,500

    Immigration Equality · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  • $27,000

    Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2023

  • $27,000

    Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2022

  • $25,000

    American Health Law Association · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $25,000

    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $25,000

    Dkms · New York, NY · 2024

  • $25,000

    Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  • $25,000

    American Health Law Association · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $25,000

    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $25,000

    Dkms · New York, NY · 2023

  • $25,000

    Dkms · New York, NY · 2022

  • $25,000

    Lawyers Without Borders · New Haven, CT · 2022

  • $21,250

    Legal Services of Greater Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

  • $20,000

    Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024

  • $20,000

    New York Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2023

  • $20,000

    Washington Lawyers Committee · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $20,000

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $20,000

    Heartland Alliance (National Immigrant Justice Center) · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $20,000

    Lawyers for the Creative Arts · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $17,500

    Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $17,500

    Childrens Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $17,500

    Immigration Equality · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  • $17,500

    Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $17,500

    Legal Services of Greater Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2022

  • $16,250

    Lawyers for Children America · Miami, FL · 2024

  • $15,000

    Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $15,000

    Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2024

  • $15,000

    Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2024

  • $15,000

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $15,000

    Helms Hope · Dallas, TX · 2024

  • $15,000

    Kind · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $15,000

    National Legal Aid & Defender Association · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $15,000

    Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $15,000

    American National Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  • $15,000

    Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $15,000

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $15,000

    Bet Tzedek · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  • $15,000

    Children'S Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022

  • $15,000

    Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  • $13,333

    American Heart Association · Nashville, TN · 2024

  • $13,000

    Her Justice · New York, NY · 2024

  • $13,000

    Kind · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $12,500

    Lawyers for Children America · Miami, FL · 2023

  • $12,500

    Legal Services of Greater Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2023

  • $12,500

    Immigration Equality · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  • $12,500

    Lawyers for Children America · Miami, FL · 2022

  • $12,500

    Public Law Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

  • $12,000

    Catholic Charities of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  • $12,000

    Breast Care for Washington · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $11,000

    Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  • $11,000

    Dc Bar Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $11,000

    Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $11,000

    Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $10,000

    Bet Tzedek · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    Dc Bar Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $10,000

    Dc Bar Pro Bono Center · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $10,000

    Family Giving Tree · Milpitas, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    Ilitch Charities · Detroit, MI · 2024

  • $10,000

    Lawyer'S Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024

  • $10,000

    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights for the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County · Redwood City, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    National Veterans Legal Service Program · Arlington, VA · 2024

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  • $10,000

    Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024

  • $10,000

    Bet Tzedek · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  • $10,000

    Camp Harbor View Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

  • $10,000

    Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2023

  • $10,000

    Girl Scouts for Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana · Chicago, IL · 2023

  • $10,000

    Pencil · New York, NY · 2023

  • $10,000

    Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $10,000

    American Heart Association · Nashville, TN · 2022

  • $10,000

    American Institute for Sluttering · New York, NY · 2022

  • $10,000

    American National Red Cross · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  • $10,000

    Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $10,000

    Breast Care for Washington · Washington, DC · 2022

  • $10,000

    Camp Harbor View · Boston, MA · 2022

  • $10,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $10,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022

  • $10,000

    National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

  • $10,000

    Tahiri Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022

  • $10,000

    The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc (Vance Center · New York, NY · 2022

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.