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Cooper 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$41kHousing & Shelter$28kHealth$18kEducation$13kArts & Culture$10kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$3kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$264k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$5,000
HOUSING HOPE - TOMORROWS HOPE$5,000
ANXIETY & DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$1,000
DAWSON PLACE$1,000
BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
SCHACK ART CENTER$500
Individual grant recipient$500
IMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EVERETT$500
HOUSING HOPE$500
EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$400
EVERETT MUSEUM OF HISTORY$300
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 (FY23–24, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTER FOR WOMEN & DEMOCRACY: $500 → 9%CENTER FOR WOMEN & DEMOCRACY: $300 → 9%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
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
HI
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81k · 24 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
22

Total granted

$81k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+16%

Still filing today

63%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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

  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY
    3× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • AC
    ARTS COUNCIL OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2k · revenue +37%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • YE
    YMCA EVERETT Y
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • YE
    YMCA EVERETT Y CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • RC
    ROTARY CLUB OF EVERETT YOUTH
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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2
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
3
Friends of Kexp

Kexp's mission is to enrich your life by championing music and discovery.

Youth Development
4
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
5
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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11
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies

The national association of state workforce agencies (naswa) mission is to enhance the state workforce agencies' ability to accomplish their goals, statutory roles and responsibilities.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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

27 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. 27 of the 54 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)
27/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSING HOPE - TOMORROWS HOPE: $10,000 · OtherHOUSING HOPE - TOMORROWS HOPEEVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT FUND: $9,500 · OtherEVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EVERETT: $4,250 · OtherIMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EVERETTIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,750 · OtherBRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATIONYMCA EVERETT Y: $3,000 · Other+31 more: $20,300 · Other+31 moreUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $40,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyHOUSING HOPE: $17,700 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING HOPE+1 more: $100 · Housing & ShelterTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · HealthANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1,750 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,150 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $500 · HealthEDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,600 · Arts & CultureNAPILI KAI FOUNDATION: $400 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $400 · Arts & CultureEVERETT MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $300 · Arts & CultureTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $1,500 · EducationEverett Public Schools Foundation: $1,000 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY INC: $200 · EducationCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$63,300Philanthropy$40,600Housing & Shelter$17,800Health$8,900Arts & Culture$3,700Education$2,700Youth Development$2,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $40,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING HOPE: $17,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEverett Public Schools Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Women and Democracy: $800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPILI KAI FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD ENERGY COLLECTIVE INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
  • Who funds Everett Public Schools Foundation ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Women and Democracy ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION ↗
  • Who funds NAPILI KAI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds GOOD ENERGY COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERETT MUSEUM OF HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PANTHERA CORPORATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationEvertrust FoundationUnited Way of Snohomi…Hazel Miller Foundati…Medina FoundationCredit Unions in the …Howarth Trust IncThe Whitehorse Founda…Employees Community F…Lucky Seven Foundation
Community Foundation of Snohomish CountyWA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Evertrust Foundation · United Way of Snohomish County · Hazel Miller Foundation · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Howarth Trust Inc · The Whitehorse Foundation · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Lucky Seven 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 Cooper Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cooper Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Cooper Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cooper 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 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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