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Cooper Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$935kEducation$625kInternational$420kCrime & Legal$375kCommunity Improvement$346kHealth$338kYouth Development$294kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $862k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN EN THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES$80,398
UNITED WAY OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY$39,000
NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION$30,000
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$27,000
HOPE SPOKE$25,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTY$25,000
CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE ADVANCEMENT$25,000
BRAVEBE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
NEBRASKA ARTS COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT CORP$25,000
CLYDE MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
RABBLE MILL DBA THE BAY$25,000
THE HUB CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS$25,000
CENTER FOR PEOPLE$25,000
LINCOLN LITERACY$20,000
VOICES OF HOPE LINCOLN INC$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $521k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%POVERTY IMPACT NETWORK INC: $10k → 11%SHARE A FARE INC: $10k → 12%NEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION: $30k → 16%SHARE A FARE INC: $8k → 12%YWCA LINCOLN: $15k → 13%NEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION: $15k → 16%YWCA LINCOLN: $10k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $9k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $8k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $7k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $7k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $7k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $20k → 12%GIVE NEBRASKA: $7k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND OF NEBRASKA: $6k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND OF NEBRASKA: $6k → 13%YWCA LINCOLN: $20k → 13%YWCA LINCOLN: $20k → 13%YWCA LINCOLN: $10k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $15k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $15k → 13%VISIONARY YOUTH: $10k → 13%FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $20k → 13%FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $20k → 13%NEBRASKA TRIBES ADDRESSING VIOLENCE COALITION: $20k → 13%NEBRASKA TRIBES ADDRESSING VIOLENCE COALITION: $15k → 13%WELLBEING INITIATIVE: $10k → 13%THE HUB CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $25k → 13%INDIAN CENTER INC: $20k → 13%EL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS: $20k → 13%INDIAN CENTER INC: $15k → 13%EL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS: $10k → 13%THE HUB CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $10k → 13%INDIAN CENTER INC: $10k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $20k → 13%THE HUB CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $2k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $15k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $15k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $10k → 13%CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $1k → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 111 repeat orgs$757k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 62 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
58

Total granted

$5.1M
$599k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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

  • MC
    MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $240k · revenue ×19
  • RM
    RABBLE MILL
    5× · 2019–2023 · $230k · revenue +379%
  • LC
    LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
    5× · 2019–2025 · $93k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • LP
    LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIO
    one grant, 2022 · $28k
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
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
2
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College

Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential

Education
3
Leading Age Nebraska

The organization's mission is to expand the world of possibilities for aging through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

Housing & Shelter
4
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

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5
Nebraska State Education Association

The mission of the nebraska state education association is to advocate for all education professionals, emplowering them to provide an excellent public education for every student.

Employment
6
Nebraska Votes

The organization's purpose is to ensure a fair and modern democracy in nebraska through research, education, and advocacy for policies and practices that promote participation in democracy.

Civil Rights
7
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
8
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce Inc

Promotion of tourism, business, industry and history in the community of nebraska city, ne

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9
Nebraska Safety Council

Provide education and leadership to empower people to live safe and healthy.

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10
Urban League of Nebraska

The mission of the urban league of nebraska is to be an empowering voice in the community advocating for economic self-reliance, parity, power, civil rights and equal opportunity for all (see schedule o). the vision of the urban league of…

Human Services
11
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
12
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Voz De Esperanza. 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

136 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 136 of the 187 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)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
133/136
Grantees still filing
95/136
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN EN THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES: $500,242 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN EN THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUESMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $240,100 · OtherMALONE COMMUNITY CENTERUNITED WAY OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY: $180,397 · Other+112 more: $2,493,025 · Other+112 moreLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $90,000 · Arts & CultureLUX CENTER FOR…ASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN COMMUNIT…NEBRASKA WRITERS COLLECTIVE: $55,000 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA WRITE…LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN ORCHES…Mid-America Arts Alliance: $54,000 · Arts & CultureMid-America Ar…LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $52,400 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CHILDR…THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLA CATH…CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $35,600 · Arts & CultureSUNRISE COMMUNICATIONS INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $30,500 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CROSSROADS FESTIVAL: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMEADOWLARK MUSIC FESTIVAL: $27,500 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPE: $26,300 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $86,500 · Arts & Culture+9 moreCENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $81,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR…YWCA OF LINCOLN: $75,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF LI…GIVE NEBRASKA: $55,000 · Human ServicesGIVE NEBRA…NEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA I…INDIAN CENTER INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesINDIAN CEN…VISIONARY YOUTH: $40,000 · Human ServicesVISIONARY …FOSTER CARE CLOSET: $40,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER CAR…THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $37,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUB - …Nebraska Tribes Addressing Violence Coalition: $35,000 · Human ServicesNebraska T…EL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS: $30,000 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $25,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $20,000 · Human Services+3 more: $37,500 · Human Services+3 moreLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $57,100 · EducationDOANE UNIVERSITY: $56,500 · EducationMIDLAND UNIVERSITY: $49,000 · EducationEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC: $45,000 · EducationNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $41,500 · EducationSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $37,000 · EducationBellevue University: $24,000 · EducationHASTINGS COLLEGE: $24,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $24,000 · EducationECHO COLLECTIVE: $22,000 · EducationMENTOR NEBRASKA: $20,000 · EducationBRIGHT LIGHTS INC: $15,000 · Education+5 more: $33,600 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $72,500 · HealthHOPESPOKE: $70,000 · HealthCENTERPOINTE INC: $40,000 · HealthNEBRASKA TRANSITION COLLEGE: $22,500 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILIES: $12,000 · HealthAT EASE USA: $10,000 · HealthNo Footprint Too Small Birth and Bereavement Services: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $12,600 · HealthRABBLE MILL: $230,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $92,500 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $45,000 · Crime & LegalBRIDGES TO HOPE: $32,500 · Crime & LegalNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $27,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,413,764Arts & Culture$780,300Human Services$566,000Education$448,700Health$249,600Recreation & Sports$240,000Crime & Legal$197,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $240,100 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetRABBLE MILL: $230,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $92,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $90,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCIVIC NEBRASKA: $87,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE: $81,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetYWCA OF LINCOLN: $75,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $75,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $72,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPESPOKE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $64,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SOLIDAGO CONSERVANCY: $57,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $57,100 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetDOANE UNIVERSITY: $56,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE NEBRASKA: $55,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetNEBRASKA WRITERS COLLECTIVE: $55,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetLINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $55,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $54,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $54,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $52,400 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL: $50,250 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMIDLAND UNIVERSITY: $49,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetEDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOODS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetINDIAN CENTER INC: $45,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY CROPS: $44,700 over 2y, 12% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $42,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $41,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY: $40,250 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVISIONARY YOUTH: $40,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOSTER CARE CLOSET: $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEBRASKA LAND TRUST INC: $38,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $37,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $37,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $35,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF LINCOLN INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RABBLE MILL ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPESPOKE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE SOLIDAGO CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DOANE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GIVE NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA WRITERS COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT ↗
  • Who funds Mid-America Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCARE OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CROPS ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Community 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.

Lincoln Community Fou…The Sherwood Foundati…Abel FoundationSpreetail FoundationUnited Way of Lincoln…D F Dillon FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Lozier FoundationAcklie Charitable Fou…Duncan Family TrustNebraska Community Fo…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE174.8× affinity96 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Abel Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · D F Dillon Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Nebraska Community 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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cooper Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    47report 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 Cooper Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cooper 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 187 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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