Ira W. DeCamp Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 51-0138577 · since 1976jpmorgan.com/private-bank/foundations/decamp·New York·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$4.8M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$35,000 to $125k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$70,000

Typical grant (median)

62 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

This foundation's priority is New York City, so only organisations working there should consider it.
It funds community-based health care, child and family wellbeing, and workforce development, so check your work matches one of these themes closely, including the specific preferences it states for each.
Typical grants fall between $35,000 and $125,000, with a median of $75,000, so a request in that range is realistic for most applicants; the $385,000 grant went to the Fund for the City of New York, an organisation it funds every year that regrants to other organisations, so this is not a guide for a first-time or smaller applicant.
With 77% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the prior two filings, this looks like a relationship-led funder where repeat support is common, so new applicants should apply with a strong, well-targeted case.
Applications are submitted online against an annual deadline of 15 July, and the foundation does not fund individuals, private foundations, matching gifts or loans, endowments, scholarships or fellowships, so organisations seeking these should not apply; workforce applicants need a main mission in workforce development or a substantial job-connection programme, and internship proposals are only competitive if there is a clear post-internship job pathway.

Overview

Ira W. DeCamp Foundation is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, in Chicago, IL.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation funds organisations across community-based health care, child and family wellbeing, and workforce development, with grants supporting work in New York City’s five boroughs. Its community health programme seeks to improve healthcare quality, access and equity for people facing the greatest barriers, and to reach historically medically underserved communities. It prioritises a stronger healthcare workforce, improved maternal health, and housing stability and healthy living conditions for youth and families. Its child and family programme supports community and grassroots organisations working to prevent child-protection and foster-care involvement, support caregivers and affected young people, and address systemic inequities in child welfare. Workforce grants support organisations connecting people to full-time jobs; preferences include job training that combines hard and life skills with trainee support, competitive employment placement, post-placement support and outcome data.

Themes

Community-based health care
Child and family wellbeing
Workforce development

Geographic Focus

Priority: New York City.

What They Don't Fund

Individuals
Private foundations
Matching gifts or loans
Endowments
Scholarships
Fellowships

How to apply

Organisations should review the funding-interest guidelines and application procedures, then submit their application online.

Deadlines: All program areas have an annual submission deadline of 15 July.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 184 grants to organisations were $75,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation prioritises community-based and grassroots organisations reaching populations most at risk of foster-care involvement, including LGBTQ+ youth and lower-income families.
Workforce applicants need a main mission focused on workforce development or a substantial programme connecting people to full-time jobs.
The foundation prefers job training with hard and life skills, trainee support, full-time competitive employment, post-placement support and outcome data.
Internship proposals are not competitive without direct post-internship job pathways.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

New York98%

New Jersey2%

California<1%

District of Columbia<1%

The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 77% of grant dollars went to organisations Ira W. DeCamp Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
12% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

62 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $70,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 62 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$25k–$50k13%

$50k–$100k69%

$100k–$250k16%

$250k–$500k2%

Median $70,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Fund for the City of New York · General
$365,0002024 tax year
Community Health Project · General
$175,0002024 tax year
Montefiore Medical Center · General
$175,0002024 tax year
FJC · General
$170,0002024 tax year
Fund for Public Health in New York · General
$150,0002024 tax year
New York Presbyterian Fund · General
$150,0002024 tax year
Goodwill Industries Of Greater Ny · General
$125,0002024 tax year
Sunset Park Health Council · General
$120,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Administered by its trustee, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA.

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$5,555,479	$4,952,852	$88,934,263	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$4,948,413	$4,284,150	$107,408,230	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$5,471,357	$4,800,000	$121,161,987	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.