New Jersey · Private foundation
Cotten Charitable Trust
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.
- $422k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $27,472
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,787
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 16
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Cotten Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $422k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $380k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $93,315 | 3 | 1% |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $74,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Hood College | $74,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Winter Park Library Association Inc | $59,848 | 3 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 0% |
| Orlando Museum of Art Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 1% |
| Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Communications Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 1% |
| Winter Park Day Nursery Inc | $52,130 | 2 | 2% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $37,327 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $93,315 | 3 | 1% |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $74,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Hood College | $74,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Winter Park Library Association Inc | $59,848 | 3 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 0% |
| Orlando Museum of Art Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 1% |
| Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Communications Inc | $55,989 | 3 | 1% |
| Winter Park Day Nursery Inc | $52,130 | 2 | 2% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $37,327 | 3 | 0% |
| AdventHealth Home Health and Hospice Inc | $37,327 | 3 | 0% |
| William Duval Chapter Inc Nsdar | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cotten Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Central Florida Foundation · James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc · The Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation Inc · Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cotten Charitable Trust
- How much does Cotten Charitable Trust give?
- Cotten Charitable Trust reported 16 grants totaling $422,083 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 16 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Cotten Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (24%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Cotten Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($93k), Florida Institute of Technology Inc ($75k), Hood College ($75k).
- Does Cotten Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cotten Charitable Trust 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 Cotten Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Florida Foundation, James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc, The Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cotten Charitable Trust based?
- Cotten Charitable Trust is based in NJ.
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