Grants awarded
Who does James S McDonnell Foundation fund?
James S McDonnell Foundation has awarded $126 million across 321 grants to 136 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $125,000, with most between $100,000 and $331,516.
Total awarded
$126.4M
Typical grant
$125K
Grantees
136
Grants
321
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $27.6M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Jsm Charitable Trust | $19.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MO | |
| S St Louis Community Foundation | $5.3M | 12 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5.1M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| C Curators of the University of Missouri-St Louis on Behalf of the University | $4.1M | 6 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U University of California- Davis | $2.2M | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Biostl
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$2.2M | 4 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| T Temple University | $2.1M | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Pennsylvania | $2.0M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Washington | $2.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| U University of Michigan House Officers Association | $1.9M | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| I Indiana University | $1.9M | 9 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Iowa State University | $1.9M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
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$1.8M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
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$1.7M | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| U University of Colorado | $1.6M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
University of Delaware
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$1.6M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DE | |
| W Weill Medical College of Cornell University | $1.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Northwestern University
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$1.4M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
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$1.4M | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| U University of Arizona | $1.3M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$1.2M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NM | |
Neighborhood Solidarity Fund
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$1.2M | 5 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| W Washington University in Saint Louis | $1.2M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Davis & Elkins College
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$1.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WV | |
| U University of Wisconsin | $1.1M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Illinois at Chicago | $1.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Small Business Empowerment Center
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$1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| H Harvard University | $913K | 5 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity International INC | $900K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$900K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| U University of Oxford | $847K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$800K | 8 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| U University of Missouri | $665K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Wepower
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$663K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| U University of Illinois | $643K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | $596K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$575K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| Y Yale University | $550K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Stanford University | $550K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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$495K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$454K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U University of Cambridge | $450K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Trustees of Princeton University
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$450K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
| A Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona | $450K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Iff
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$350K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T Temple University-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ | $346K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
University of British Columbia
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$344K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | |
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$305K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$304K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| R Regents of the University of Colorado | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation | $300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of California-Los Angeles | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Utrecht University | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
International Institute of Metropolitan St Louis
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$275K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| S Saint Louis University | $256K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of California-Santa Cruz | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of South Carolina | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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$250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| U University of Oregon | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cardiff University | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Stanford University School of Medicine | $250K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Georgia | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Inserm | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Texas at El Paso | $250K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Connecticut | $250K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of California at Riverside | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Tulane University | $250K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The University of Queensland
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Washington University
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$250K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MO | |
| B Birkbeck University of London | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Louis Life Sciences Project | $225K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| I Individual recipient | $203K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Institut De Physique Du Globe De Paris | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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California Institute of Technology
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Pomona College
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$200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| C Complexity Science Hub Vienna | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Cortex | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Dartmouth College | $200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The City University of New York | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Cornell University
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$200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| K Koc University | $200K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Central European University
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$200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| N National Academy of Sciences | $200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
University of Saskatchewan
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$195K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | |
| C Curators of the University of Missouri | $182K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Legal Services of Eastern Mo INC | $157K | 4 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Skidmore College
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$150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| F Fundacion Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (utdt) | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Icahn School of Medicine | $141K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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