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Cooper Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$255k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$246kInternational$110kCrime & Legal$35kEnvironment$20kEducation$17kReligion$13kAnimals$9kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2019 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k18 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $190k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA$115,378
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$75,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$15,100
ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN$10,000
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART$8,000
THE TEMPLE$6,003
JEWISH WOMEN'S FUND OF ATLANTA$6,000
OUR HOUSE$5,000
AHAVATH ACHIM CONGREGATION$4,160
GEORGIA AQUARIUM$3,754
THE ATLANTA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$3,000
MEDSHARE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CONGREGATION OR HADASH$540
THE BETTIE BRAND MOTHER'S ENDOWMENT$125
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 (FY19–19, $225) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BETTIE BRAND MOTHER'S ENDOWMENT: $125 → 14%FAMILIES FIRST INC: $100 → 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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$117k · 10 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
18

Total granted

$117k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+81%

Still filing today

70%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • TA
    THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +226%
  • GA
    GEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY
    2× · 2017–2019 · $9k · revenue +77%
  • TA
    THE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $8k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • GD
    GILEE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $35k
  • SC
    SWARTHMORE COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
3
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
4
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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5
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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6
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Avodah develops lifelong social justice leaders whose work is informed by jewish values and who inspire the jewish community to work toward a more just and equitable world.

Community Improvement
7
Board of Jewish Education Inc

The organization works to inspire and empower educators and institutions to create transformative jewish learning experiences for children, teens, and families. building on its historic role serving jewish day schools, congregations, and…

Religion
8
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
9
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
10
Repair the World

Repair the world mobilizes jews and their communities to take action to pursue a more just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service. we believe service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing jewish community and an…

Community Improvement
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
The Jewish Publication Society

Our mission has always been to enhance jewish literacy through the publication of great books.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holy Angels Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blue Dove Foundation Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 42 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $198,628 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INCTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH WOMEN'S FUND OF ATLANTA: $37,000 · OtherJEWISH WOMEN'S FUND OF ATLAN…GILEE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherGILEE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL…SWARTHMORE COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND: $10,000 · OtherSWARTHMORE COLLEGE ALUMNI FU…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELOUR HOUSE INC: $6,800 · OtherOUR HOUSE INCTHE TEMPLE: $6,514 · OtherTHE TEMPLEAHAVATH ACHIM CONGREGATION: $4,160 · Other+25 more: $10,032 · Other+25 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATIO…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $24,100 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDA…+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $8,754 · AnimalsROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $5,100 · EducationTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · Education
Philanthropy$206,628Other$119,506International$100,100Environment$20,000Animals$8,754Arts & Culture$8,000Education$7,100

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $198,628 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $24,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $8,754 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $6,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALFRED AND ADELE DAVIS ACADEMY INC: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FELICIA PENZELL WEBER JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN JEWISH RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $360 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETTIE BRAND MOTHERS EMPOWERMENT FUND INC: $125 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Dove Foundation Inc: $103 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChastain Park Conservancy Inc: $50 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.

Jewish Federation of …The Community Foundat…The Zaban Foundation …Cooper Family Foundat…The Allan & Melanie N…The Engel Foundation …The Frank Family Foun…The Marcus Foundation…Horowitz Family Found…Henry and Etta Raye H…Rosenberg Family Foun…Luci and Stan Sunshin…
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta IncGA23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Zaban Foundation Inc · Cooper Family Foundation Inc · The Allan & Melanie Nelkin Foundation Inc · The Engel Foundation Inc · The Frank Family Foundation Inc · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Horowitz Family Foundation Inc · Henry and Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation Inc · Rosenberg Family Foundation Inc · Luci and Stan Sunshine Family 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 Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cooper Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    3report 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 Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cooper Foundation Inc 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 42 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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