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Carla R Cooper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Carla R Cooper Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$410kReligion$285kPhilanthropy$255kEducation$140kHealth$115kArts & Culture$48kAnimals$35kInternational$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$405k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dry Ridge Christian Church$100,000
Lake Toxaway Charities$100,000
Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church$35,000
The Puget Sound Fund$30,000
BISSELL Pet Foundation$25,000
Grant Co Friends of the Shelter$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $100k → 13%Lake Toxaway Charities: $100k → 13%Lake Toxaway Charities: $100k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
NJ
CA
KY
VA
AZ
NC
SC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 8 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$1.1M
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LT
    LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES
    4× · 2021–2025 · $410k · revenue -42%
  • DR
    DRY RIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    5× · 2019–2025 · $250k
  • PS
    PUGET SOUND FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $200k

Funded once

  • TR
    TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • UO
    University of South Carolina
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • HH
    HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Brevard College Corporation

Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.

Education
2
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
3
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
4
Canterbury School Inc

Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…

Education
5
Bosque School

To create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world.

Education
6
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
7
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Breck School

We create confident learners who lead lives of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility.

Education
10
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
11
The Bolles School

The bolles school prepares students for college and life by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind, body and soul.

Education
12
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Blue Ridge School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DRY RIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $250,000 · OtherDRY RIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCHPUGET SOUND FUND: $200,000 · OtherPUGET SOUND FUNDLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITY: $50,000 · OtherLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITYTRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherTRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL HOSPITALLAKE TOXAWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherUniversity of South Carolina: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $61,050 · Other+9 moreLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $410,000 · Human ServicesLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIESTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $100,000 · EducationTHE UNIVE…CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $10,000 · EducationCULINARY …+3 more: $5,000 · EducationEisenhower Medical Center: $64,886 · HealthBISSELL Pet Foundation: $25,000 · PhilanthropyHISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN DELEGATION OF SACRED MILITARY CONSTANTINIAN ORDER OF ST GEORGE: $10,000 · InternationalBREVARD BLUE DEVIL CLUB INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $8,800 · Arts & Culture
Other$701,050Human Services$410,000Education$115,000Health$64,886Philanthropy$35,000International$10,000Youth Development$10,000Arts & Culture$8,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $410,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $64,886 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $8,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Charter School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds BISSELL Pet Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN DELEGATION OF SACRED MILITARY CONSTANTINIAN ORDER OF ST GEORGE ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD BLUE DEVIL CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Cultural Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Summit Charter School ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MORONGO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundation for the Ca…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Foundation for the CarolinasNC12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Carla R Cooper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carla R Cooper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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