South Carolina · Private foundation
Cotton Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $886k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Cotton Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $162k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $155k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $103k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $95k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $143k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $63k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $60k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $350,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tedford Housing | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Krenov Foundation | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Huts & Trails | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | $350,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tedford Housing | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Krenov Foundation | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Huts & Trails | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Future 5 Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cotton Family Foundation Inc 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: Maine Community Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cotton Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Cotton Family Foundation Inc give?
- Cotton Family Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $161,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cotton Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Environment (29%), Health (11%).
- Who are Cotton Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation ($350k), Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc ($145k), Maine Coast Heritage Trust ($85k).
- Does Cotton Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cotton Family Foundation Inc 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 Cotton Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, John T Gorman Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Cotton Family Foundation Inc based?
- Cotton Family Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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