Funding search · EIN 363501505 · Winnetka, IL

The McDermott Foundation

Name: The McDermott Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

71
grants reported: $119,713
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Kenilworth Union Church4 grants · $28,000
Rush University4 grants · $17,500
Wake Forest University4 grants · $12,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago3 grants · $6,000
Dartmouth University4 grants · $5,500
University of Chicago3 grants · $4,500
Washington State University4 grants · $4,000
Evanston Community Foundation4 grants · $3,500
Art Institute of Chicago3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$25,188

2022

$30,225

2023

$28,800

2024

$35,500

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Kenilworth Union Church · Kenilworth, IL · 2025
General
$5,500
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Kenilworth Union Church · Kenilworth, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
General
$5,000
Kenilworth Union Church · Kenilworth, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$4,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
General
$3,000
Kenilworth Union Church · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
Dartmouth University · Hanover, NH · 2023
General
$2,500
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2025
General
$2,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$2,000
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,500
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,175
Pitch Your Peers · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General
$1,075
Pitch Your Peers · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Dartmouth University · Hanover, NH · 2025
General
$1,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Hpff · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2025
General
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
General
$1,000
Dartmouth University · Hanover, NH · 2024
General
$1,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2024
General
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General
$1,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2023
General
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2022
General
$1,000
Dartmouth University · Hanover, NH · 2022
General
$1,000
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2022
General
$1,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Hpff · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
General
$1,000
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2022
General
$613
Todd Martin Youth Leadership · Lansing, MI · 2022
General
$500
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2025
General
$500
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2025
General
$500
Evanston Roundtable · Evanston, IL · 2025
General
$500
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General
$500
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2025
General
$500
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2024
General
$500
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$500
Evanston Roundtable · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$500
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
$500
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General
$500
Indian Hill Club Scholarship Founda · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General
$500
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$500
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2023
General
$500
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General
$500
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General
$500
Chicago Jesuit Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$500
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
General
$500
Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$500
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General
$500
Winnetka Public Schools Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General
$300
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General
$300
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General
$250
Glen View Scholarship Foundation · Golf, IL · 2023
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.