James S. McDonnell Foundation

Private foundation, Missouri

Also known as JSMF

United States

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Given in 2025 $18.2m

Typical grant $462k Middle half $170k to $903k

New grantees in 2025 85% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

$18.1m 2016 30

$36.3m 2017 31

$8.8m 2018 16

$3.8m 2019 16

$18.5m 2020 25

$4.1m 2021 19

$12.9m 2022 24

$17.7m 2023 13

$27.3m 2024 14

$18.2m 2025 27

85% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 41% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

London 9 grants · typical $144k

Washington 8 grants · typical $413k

District of Columbia 4 grants · typical $148k

Texas 3 grants · typical $413k

Indiana 3 grants · typical $147k

California 1 grant · typical $200k

Oklahoma 1 grant · typical $600k

Wisconsin 1 grant · typical $600k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Home Repair Network Home Repair Network Contractor Capacity Building Program $284k 12 Nov 2025

Rising Together Foundation Rising Together Foundation Affordable Home Improvement Loan Program $865k 12 Nov 2025

314Oasis 314Oasis Civic Infrastructure for Tornado-Affected Communities $593k 12 Nov 2025

St. Louis Community Credit Union Collaborative Mortgage Model $3.6m 26 Aug 2025

St. Louis Magazine Economic Mobility Lab $904k 26 Aug 2025

Upward Mentoring (fiscal sponsor: St. Louis Community Foundation) Upward Mentoring $1.0m 26 Aug 2025

Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center St. Louis (AMICSTL) Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center St. Louis (AMICSTL) $200k 26 Aug 2025

Show-Me School-Based Health (fiscal sponsor: St. Louis Community Foundation) School-Based Clinic in the School District of University City $1.2m 26 Aug 2025

Kids Win Missouri Supporting Missouri’s Early Childhood System $250k 26 Aug 2025

Brookings Institution Virtual St. Louis Agent-Based Modeling Platform $2.0m 26 Aug 2025

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