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 2022–2024. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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