Funding search · EIN 367293187 · Chicago, IL
The McNamara Purcell Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 92
- grants reported
- $3.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- University of Notre Dame - Friends of Nd Nil Effor3 grants · $550,000
- University of Nd - 1m Endowment To Nd Grads1 grant · $400,000
- Usd Golf Project1 grant · $300,000
- St Joseph and St Francis1 grant · $200,000
- Ms Research Center of Ny - Annual Dinner2 grants · $200,000
- Texas Christian University - Deans Discr Fund3 grants · $175,000
- Loyola Academy Rex Englebert First Responders Awar2 grants · $120,000
- Multiple Myeloma - Chicago Dinner3 grants · $100,000
- Texas Christian University - Athletics Exc Pldg3 grants · $90,000
- Tcu Flying T Club (Nil)2 grants · $75,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 92 reported grants, largest first.
- $400,000
University of Nd - 1m Endowment To Nd Grads · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $300,000
Usd Golf Project · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $250,000
University of Notre Dame - Friends of Nd Nil Effor · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Unrestrcited
- $250,000
University of Notre Dame - Friends of Nd Nil Effor · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Unrestrcited
- $200,000
St Joseph and St Francis · Wilmette, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $175,000
Ms Research Center of Ny - Annual Dinner · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $80,000
Loyola Academy Rex Englebert First Responders Awar · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $75,000
Texas Christian University - Deans Discr Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
High Point University Friends of Hpu Collective · High Point, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Multiple Myeloma - Chicago Dinner · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Tcu Flying T Club (Nil) · Forth Worth, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Texas Christian University - Deans Discr Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
University of Notre Dame - Friends of Nd Nil Effor · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Unrestrcited
- $50,000
Usd - the Ole Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Texas Christian University - Deans Discr Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Cristo Rey Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Leader Dogs · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Loyola Academy Rex Englebert First Responders Awar · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $35,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · Golf, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Texas Christian University - Athletics Exc Pldg · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Texas Christian University - Athletics Exc Pldg · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Texas Christian University - Athletics Exc Pldg · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Holy Cross Ministries · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Impact Through Golf Foundation Napa Valley · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Impact Thtough Golf Foundation Napa Valley · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Ms Society Illinois State Chapter - Dinner of Cham · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Multiple Myeloma - Chicago Dinner · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Park City Miners Basketball · Park City, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Tcu Flying T Club (Nil) · Forth Worth, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Univeristy of Utah Ortho Spine Educ and Res Fnd · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
First Tee Chicago Waveland Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Ms Research Center of Ny - Annual Dinner · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Multiple Myeloma - Chicago Dinner · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Texas Christian University - Athl Dirdisc Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Univeristy of Utah Ortho Spine Educ and Res Fnd · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Waterford School General Fund · Sandy, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Alotian Charitable · Roland, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Alotian Charitable · Roland, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Leader Dogs · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Alotian Charitable · Roland, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Ms Research Center of Ny - Dr Sadiq STEM Cell Prj · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $16,419
Univeristy of Notre Dame - Lasalle Street Forum Di · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Waterford School General Fund · Sandy, UT · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Waterford School General Fund · Sandy, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Ms Society Illinois State Chapter - Dinner of Cham · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Wasatch Adaptive Sports · Snowbird, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $14,000
Youth Sports Alliance · Park City, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
High Point University 5-Yr Pledge Strted in 2022 · High Point, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Foundation · Long Grove, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Evan Scholars Foundation - Match Play Challenge · Glenview, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
High Point University 5-Yr Pledge Strted in 2022 · High Point, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Wasatch Adaptive Sports · Snowbird, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
High Point University 5-Yr Pledge Strted in 2022 · High Point, NC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · Golf, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Park City Miners Basketball · Park City, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Carl'S Kids · Durham, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Chicago Chapter of the Spinal Cord Society · Palos Heights, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Big Shoulders · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope · Wilmette, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Carl'S Kids · Durham, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Chicago Chapter of the Spinal Cord Society · Palos Heights, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Sacred Heart Church in Sacramento · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Carl'S Kids · Durham, NE · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Chicago Chapter of the Spinal Cord Society · Palos Heights, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Foundation · Long Grove, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Msrcny - Memory of Rizwana Sadiq · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Peggy Notebeart Nature Museaum Butterfly Ball · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Peggy Notebeart Nature Museaum Butterfly Ball · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Ntl Ms Sty - in Hnr of Kathleen Kelleher Bringming · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Image Reborn Foundation · Holladay, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Cc Cares Foundation Slc · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Cc Cares Foundation Slc · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
American Melanoma Foundation - Memory of Ha Buz · San Diego, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Cc Cares Foundation Slc · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Jdrf Tennessee - Promise Gala To Find a Cure T1 Di · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Judge Memorial Scholarship Fnd Memory of Mike Rodm · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Unrestricted
- $500
Stanford Men'S Gold - Cypress Point Classic · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
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