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Cogan Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
81
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

International$2.5MHealth$2.1MArts & Culture$657kHousing & Shelter$610kFood & Nutrition$546kEducation$488kHuman Services$449kCrime & Legal$310kOther$0
02FY2025 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $139k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $901k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $180k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boston Medical Center$250,000
UNICEF$80,000
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital$50,000
Doctors Without Borders$50,000
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$40,000
CARE$40,000
Feeding America$40,000
Save the Children Federation Inc$40,000
International Rescue Committee$30,000
Ploughshares Fund$30,000
Woods Hole Research Center$30,000
Harvard Law School$25,000
Perkins School for The Blind$25,000
Brigham & Women's Hospital$25,000
Americares Foundation Inc$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $544k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Wellspring Multi-Service Center: $5k → 8%Youth Villages: $5k → 17%Adolescent Consultation Services: $10k → 8%StarVista: $5k → 7%Adolescent Consultation Services: $10k → 8%Adolescent Consultation Services: $10k → 8%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $10k → 9%Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: $8k → 8%Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: $8k → 8%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $20k → 16%Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: $8k → 8%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $15k → 16%Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: $8k → 8%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $15k → 16%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $15k → 16%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $15k → 16%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $15k → 16%Global Newborn Solutions Inc: $25k → 8%Global Newborn Solutions Inc: $25k → 8%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $10k → 16%Elizabeth Stone House: $10k → 16%Elizabeth Stone House: $10k → 16%St Francis House: $15k → 16%St Francis House: $10k → 16%St Francis House: $10k → 16%St Francis House: $10k → 16%St Francis House: $10k → 16%St Francis House: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
AL
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8.4M · 94 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

94 repeat relationships — 78 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
7

Total granted

$8.4M
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+186%

Still filing today

93%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +38%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    6× · 2020–2025 · $455k · revenue +46%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $315k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • AF
    APPLESEED FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +172%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
10
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
11
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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12
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wellspring Inc and the most unlike its peers is Stonehouse Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Christian Missionary Organi…Policy Research and AdvocacyYouth Development ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringCommunity Arts CentersJewish Community Organizati…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…School District FoundationsPublic Library OperationsFood Banks and PantriesCancer Support ServicesSenior Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Construc…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%1%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%36%20–35yr13%37%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%42%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%25%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/97
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,468

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 104 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/95
Grantees still filing
72/95
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $455,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $315,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $275,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RE…Save The Children Federation Inc — $240,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation IncInternational Rescue Committee INC — $175,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee IN…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INCPRO MUJER INC — $120,000 · InternationalHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES — $120,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND — $90,000 · International+10 more — $560,000 · International+10 moreBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — $1,275,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CO…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC — $300,000 · HealthTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERS…JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC — $100,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $90,000 · Health+3 more — $121,500 · Health+3 moreHarvard Law School — $160,000 · OtherHarvard Law SchoolMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $150,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPOR…GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $90,000 · OtherPloughshares Fund — $90,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA — $87,000 · OtherJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC — $75,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC — $135,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THER…Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc — $160,000 · OtherWoodwell Climate Research Cen…THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 · Other+33 more — $1,197,500 · Other+33 moreBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $95,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES — $60,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL NEWBORN SOLUTIONS INC — $55,000 · Human ServicesADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesHARVARD SQUARE HOMELESS SHELTER CORPORATION — $37,000 · Human ServicesStarVista — $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesROXBURY STONE HOUSE INC — $20,000 · Human Services+2 more — $17,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $150,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational Foundation — $100,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC — $35,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of African American History Inc — $30,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — $30,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $29,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON INC — $28,000 · Arts & CulturePERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $135,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGE — $90,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC — $75,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC — $60,000 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $30,000 · EducationMENLO-ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE — $25,000 · Education+3 more — $28,000 · EducationFeeding America — $230,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $67,500 · Food & NutritionPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $45,000 · Food & NutritionBACKPACK BRIGADE — $41,000 · Food & NutritionArlington Food Assistance Center — $37,500 · Food & Nutrition
International$2,525,000Health$1,886,500Other$2,229,500Human Services$544,000Arts & Culture$537,000Education$443,000Food & Nutrition$421,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — $1,275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $455,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $315,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC — $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $240,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America — $230,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc — $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND — $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC — $135,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetPRO MUJER INC — $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES — $120,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC — $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND — $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE — $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA — $87,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC — $72,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND — $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $67,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC — $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC — $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $62,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetASHOKA — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BELL FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground Washington — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES D STCLAIR COURT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECT INC — $60,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO MUJER INC ↗
  • Who funds HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES ↗
  • Who funds JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds BEREA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LAZARUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds TECHNOSERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHOKA ↗
  • Who funds PLOUGHSHARES FUND INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Liberty Mutual Founda…Boston Foundation IncBushrod H Campbell & …Yawkey Foundation IIUnited Way of King Co…Seattle FoundationAnalog Devices Founda…The Cabot Family Char…Tides FoundationThe Klarman Family Fo…Philanthropic Venture…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA24.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Yawkey Foundation II · United Way of King County · Seattle Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Tides Foundation · The Klarman Family Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cogan Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc — 48% of income from government
  • Museum of African American History Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc — 29% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation — 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
  • The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Wellspring Inc — 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music — 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Community Music Center of Boston Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
18report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cogan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cogan Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 104 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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