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Cobb Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$101kArts & Culture$76kHealth$37kHuman Services$34kReligion$26kFood & Nutrition$25kPhilanthropy$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WTTW$15,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER$10,000
UNITED HELP UKRAINE$10,000
MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE$10,000
RED CROSS$5,000
MERCY CHEFS$5,000
CHARITY NAVIGATOR$5,000
UNITED WAY SUNCOAST$5,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL$5,000
HAITI OUT REACH$5,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$5,000
SE EVANSTON PARENT'S ASSOC$2,000
OIL LAMP THEATRE$2,000
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION$525
PURPLE PLUNGE INC$515
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 (FY20–24, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHELTER BOX USA: $10k → 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%MERCY CHEFS: $5k → 20%SHELTER BOX USA: $5k → 10%HUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK: $5k → 14%HUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK: $5k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $5k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $5k → 14%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 20 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
41

Total granted

$248k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+1%

Still filing today

70%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • WT
    WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +16%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • SU
    SHELTERBOX USA INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $9k
  • PB
    PALM BEACH FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
7
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
11
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
12
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Purple Plunge. 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

40 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. 40 of the 72 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES THE LESS: $25,000 · OtherST JAMES THE LESSOIL LAMP THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherOIL LAMP THEATREPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $10,000 · OtherPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherSE EVANSTON PARENT'S ASSOC: $6,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST EVANSTON PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $10,260 · OtherCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC+36 more: $74,920 · Other+36 moreUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesUnited Help Ukraine IncSHELTERBOX USA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INCURBAN INITIATIVES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesURBAN INITIATIVES INCHUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK: $10,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER RESOURCE NETWORKCharity Navigator: $8,000 · Human ServicesCharity NavigatorMERCY CHEFS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INCTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMMUNITY PRO…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUN…KIVA MICROFUNDS: $10,000 · InternationalKIVA MICROFUNDSMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…DIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE W…RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVA…+4 more: $2,350 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $5,000 · HealthPurple Plunge: $1,515 · HealthPucks for Autism Inc: $1,100 · Health+3 more: $975 · HealthNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $10,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $5,000 · Civil RightsMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $500 · Education
Other$160,680Human Services$83,000International$55,000Arts & Culture$52,350Health$18,590Civil Rights$15,000Education$10,500

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 budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $10,260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN INITIATIVES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER RESOURCE NETWORK: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHBROOK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND CITY CANINE RESCUE: $2,685 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPurple Plunge: $1,515 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Morikami Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPucks for Autism Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNSSRA FOUNDATION: $1,023 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Historical Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLIANCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDEBAKER NATIONAL MUSEUM INC: $100 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.

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.

Give N KindAbbVie FoundationVerizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Give N KindIL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give N Kind · AbbVie Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Cobb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cobb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cobb Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cobb Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 72 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home