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Cook Family Foundation Inc

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.

$571k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$571,469
Largest grant, FY2024
$571,469
Organizations funded a year
18 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Cook Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$571k100%
FY202321$37k24%
FY202220$39k75%
FY202118$41k61%
FY202024$32k54%
FY201921$29k52%
FY201828$27k75%
FY201720$24kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$571kAnimals$65kHealth$31kHuman Services$23kEnvironment$21kInternational$18kCrime & Legal$11kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Cook Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
NAMI National$18,75060%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$14,58370%
Westfield Homeless Cat Project$9,75032%
Saving Grace Animals for Adoption$7,86730%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$7,41750%
Save The Children Federation Inc$6,60020%
Pasadena Humane$6,20030%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,50020%
Sierra Club Foundation$4,50030%
The Innocence Project Inc$4,20030%
Kula Community Watershed Alliance$4,0001n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$3,80020%
United States Fund for Unicef$3,75020%
Animal Welfare Institute$3,25010%
Neads Inc$3,12520%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$3,00020%
Share Our Strength$2,82520%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,72530%
Sierra Club$2,12510%
Rescue- Freedom International$2,12510%
Safe Haven for Cats$2,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$2,00010%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$2,00020%
Western Wake Crisis Ministry$2,00030%
Child Mind Institute Inc$2,00010%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$1,80010%
Kind Inc$1,62510%
Oceana Inc$1,50010%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$1,50010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$1,50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,50010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$1,50010%
Bi-National Breastfeeding Coalition$1,4501n/a
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc$1,36720%
Rainforest Trust$1,30010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$1,20010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,20010%
Freedom for Immigrants$1,20010%
Project Heal Help to Eat Accept & Live$1,06210%
Operation Smile Inc$1,00010%
Greater Seacoast Community Health$1,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$90010%
Save the Manatee Club Inc$86610%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$75010%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$75010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$70010%
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc$66610%
Toucan Rescue Ranch Inc$60010%
Southern California Public Radio$50010%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$5001n/a
Manna Food Bank Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Northampton Neighbors Inc$50010%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$45010%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$40010%
Mercy for Animals Inc$40010%
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
Bountiful Cities Project$20010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Western North Carolina$20010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($642k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cook Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNAMI National: $18,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFarm Sanctuary Inc: $14,583 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWestfield Homeless Cat Project: $9,750 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSaving Grace Animals for Adoption: $7,867 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $7,417 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Humane: $6,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNeads Inc: $3,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $2,825 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,725 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $2,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRescue- Freedom International: $2,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Haven for Cats: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Wake Crisis Ministry: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKind Inc: $1,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Draft Horse Rescue Inc: $1,367 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRainforest Trust: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom for Immigrants: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Heal Help to Eat Accept & Live: $1,062 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Seacoast Community Health: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Manatee Club Inc: $866 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc: $666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetToucan Rescue Ranch Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT15.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Greater Good Charities · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About Cook Family Foundation Inc

How much does Cook Family Foundation Inc give?
Cook Family Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $571,469 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Cook Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Animals (8%), Health (4%).
Who are Cook Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: NAMI National ($19k), Farm Sanctuary Inc ($15k), Westfield Homeless Cat Project ($10k).
Does Cook Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Cook Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cook Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation.
Where is Cook Family Foundation Inc based?
Cook Family Foundation Inc is based in NC.

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 97 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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