Ira W. DeCamp Foundation

Guidelines

The DeCamp Foundation was established in 1970 by Elizabeth DeCamp McInery in memory of her late husband Ira W. DeCamp. Over the past 20 years, the DeCamp Foundation’s grantmaking has supported a wide array of organizations within three major program areas: community-based health, workforce development and foster care. Grants exclusively support work in the New York metropolitan area.

Funding Interests:
Funding Interests: The foundation’s grantmaking currently focuses on three areas: community-based health care, foster care, workforce development.

Geographic Focus:
New York City

Restrictions:
No grants are made to individuals, private foundations, or for matching gifts or loans. No grants are made to endowments, scholarships, or fellowships.

Eligibility:
Organizations must be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as public charities and tax-exempt under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Grant Cycle:
The annual submission deadline for all program areas is July 15th. Grant funds are awarded by the end of October. 

Type of Support:
See guidelines above for each program area

JPMorgan Chase Relationship:
Sole Trustee

How to Apply:
If after reading the Funding Interest guidelines you find a fit with your organization, please review our application procedures and submit your application online.

Application

Please include the following items in your organization’s request:

1. Proposal (maximum of three pages, 12 pt font, normal margins) which includes:

a. Overview of the organization (i.e., primary goals, needs or problems being addressed, population served)

b. Description of the project for which you are seeking support

i. Statement of purpose and the needs being addressed by the project

ii. Population served and how they will benefit from the project

iii. Project timeline/anticipated project duration

c. Description of what success looks like. If your project will improve capacity, detail what capacity will be developed through the grant.

2. Project budget

a. If it is a two-year request, please include a two-year projected budget

b. Include a list of foundation, corporate and other support applied to the budget, including your pending request to the Foundation.

c. Make sure to include all income and expenses related to the project—not just what the Foundation would support.

3. Current fiscal year board-approved organizational budget

4. List of foundation and corporate supporters

a. Include a list of funders for the current fiscal year

b. Include foundation and corporation names and amounts

5. Most recently completed audited financial statements. If your organization does not conduct an audit, submit the most recent IRS Form 990.

6. List of board members

a. Include professional affiliations (employer)

PLEASE NOTE: All applications to the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation must be submitted online.

Contributions

Total Contributions in 2024: $4,277,500

Contact Information

All application materials must be submitted online

Grant recipients should address receipts and reports to: The Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, grant.reports@jpmorgan.com.

Contacts for the specific initiative are: