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Cooper-Newell Foundation at a glance

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Cooper-Newell 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$326k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

97% of Cooper-Newell Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Cooper-Newell Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 24 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

6
’17
10
’18
6
’19
6
’20
9
’21
7
’22
11
’23
24
’24
1
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.1MPhilanthropy$2.0MEnvironment$393kEducation$299kAnimals$250kCivil Rights$120kHealth$50kPublic Benefit$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $500k
  • $250k+1 grant · $326k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM$325,600
NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER$200,000
EARTHJUSTICE$100,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$100,000
GRIST MAGAZINE INC$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO$50,000
WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND$25,000
COMMON POWER FUTURE$25,000
NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND$25,000
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT$25,000
EARLY MUSIC GUILD OF SEATTLE$25,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND$25,000
SUNSET HILL COMMUNITY HALL$25,000
VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT$25,000
SOUND GENERATIONS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $20k) 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%SOUND GENERATIONS: $20k → 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
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
NM
KS
DC
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.
$3.6M · 24 repeat orgs$803k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
10

Total granted

$3.6M
$268k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+85%

Still filing today

46%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NM
    NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +361%
  • WM
    WAKEFIELD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $261k · revenue +280% · 34% of their budget
  • NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $250k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • College Unboundgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +33%
  • A
    ACLU
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
2
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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3
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
4
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
5
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
6
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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7
Washington Conservation Action

Our mission is to advocate for environmental progress and justice through actions that mobilize the public, elect champions for the environment, and hold our leaders accountable.

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8
Aclu of Washington Endowment Fund

To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights by supporting the aclu-wa foundation.

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9
Museum of Northwest Art

The museum of northwest art collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits art created in the pacific northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people. the museum is free and open to the public seven…

Arts & Culture
10
Friends of Seattle Waterfront

To bring people, communities, and resources together to ensure waterfront park thrives as a vibrant gathering space - uplifting locals, fostering connections and honoring seattle's natural beauty and stories.

Community Improvement
11
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
12
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Maritime Center; the most unlike its peers is Medieval Womens Choir. 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

37 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. 37 of the 55 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
20/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

National Nordic Museum: $1,380,600 · Arts & CultureNational Nordic MuseumNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $1,110,500 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER+7 more: $61,000 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIF…+1 more: $25,000 · Community ImprovementWAKEFIELD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $261,365 · OtherWAKEFIELD MUSEUM AS…College Unbound: $200,000 · OtherCollege UnboundIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…DACI: $70,000 · OtherDACIBALLARD SENIOR CENTER: $70,000 · OtherBALLARD SENIOR CENT…EARLY MUSIC GUILD SEATTLE: $70,000 · OtherEARLY MUSIC GUILD S…JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $61,500 · OtherJEFFERSON COUNTY HI…EARLY MUSIC SEATTLE: $60,000 · OtherEARLY MUSIC SEATTLE+19 more: $256,450 · Other+19 moreNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $250,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL …EARTHJUSTICE: $100,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…Grist Magazine Inc: $50,000 · EnvironmentGrist Mag…WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTO…RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST: $25,000 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $25,000 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $25,000 · Environment+4 more: $20,650 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $25,000 · Civil RightsPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $50,000 · HealthTIDES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyE B DUNN HISTORIC GARDEN TRUST: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$2,552,100Community Improvement$2,025,000Other$1,124,315Environment$525,650Civil Rights$125,000Health$50,000Philanthropy$37,500

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Nordic Museum: $1,380,600 over 4y, 14% of budgetNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $1,110,500 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetWAKEFIELD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $261,365 over 3y, 34% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $250,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Unbound: $200,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $61,500 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSunset Hill Community Hall: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetRENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Early Music Guild of Seattle: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMedieval Womens Choir: $10,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELI WHITNEY MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPACIFIC MUSICWORKS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSeattle Bach Festival: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBURKE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetE B DUNN HISTORIC GARDEN TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSound Action: $4,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCHINESE CULTURE CONNECTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION CENTER: $650 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationArtsfundThe Hugh and Jane Fer…Raikes FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Kaleidoscope Foundati…Mightycause Charitabl…Lucky Seven FoundationPatagoniaorgThe Burning Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA30.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Artsfund · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kaleidoscope Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Burning 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-Newell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cooper-Newell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Cambridge School Volunteers Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Chinese Culture Connection Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Eli Whitney Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 55 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home