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Coughlin Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Coughlin Charitable Foundation

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$257kReligion$22kHuman Services$14kHealth$12kArts & Culture$7kEnvironment$500Science & Tech$250
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$994k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARDINAL GIBBONS HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
FOUNDATION OF HOPE$4,000
THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT$2,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$1,500
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA$500
SOAR$500
ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL$400
HEART$250
BOYS TOWN$250
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 (FY21–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%BOYS TOWN: $250 → 12%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $7k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $3k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $3k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2k → 8%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$287k · 8 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$287k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+3%

Still filing today

50%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • NP
    NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +18%
  • OS
    OUR SISTERS SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • TG
    THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • OL
    OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC PARISH OF RALEIGH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • HEALING TRANSITIONS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +3%
  • WR
    WASHINGTON REGIONAL TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +17%
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
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
7
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our Sisters School; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARDINAL GIBBONS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: $195,000 · OtherCARDINAL GIBBONS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $11,500 · OtherOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC PARISH OF RALEIGH: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $14,625 · Other+8 moreNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $45,000 · EducationNATIVITY PREPARATORY S…OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationOUR SISTERS SCHOOL+2 more: $1,750 · EducationTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $13,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $4,000 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $750 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $500 · Arts & CultureSOAR Inc: $500 · Environment
Other$231,125Education$61,750Human Services$13,250Health$4,750Arts & Culture$500Environment$500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $45,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON REGIONAL TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY: $2,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250 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.

Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Coughlin Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coughlin Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 21 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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