New York · Private foundation
George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable 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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $152k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | $88k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $13k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $130k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $77k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $69k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $337k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $61k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destination College | $531,000 | 8 | 51% |
| St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neurovascular Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NewYork-PresbyterianLawrence Hospital | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helphopelive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newburgh Armory Unity Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Jewish Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concordia College | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bronxville School Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destination College | $531,000 | 8 | 51% |
| St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neurovascular Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NewYork-PresbyterianLawrence Hospital | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helphopelive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newburgh Armory Unity Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Jewish Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concordia College | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bronxville School Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fordham University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corp | $1,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Gramatan Village Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Teen Challenge Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lawrence Community Health Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| San Miguel Academy of Newburgh | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($296k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · The Nagle Family Foundation · Esmond Nissim Foundation Inc Co Bosworth Gray & Fuller Esq · The Community Fund of Bronxville Eastchester Tuckahoe Inc · Steven a and Marianne M Mills Charitable Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Tracy Flanigan McVey Family Foundation · The Joan C and David L Henle Foundation · Andrew M Paul Family Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation
- How much does George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation give?
- George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $87,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Health (4%), Religion (4%).
- Who are George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Destination College ($531k), St Patricks Cathedral Landmark Foundation Inc ($25k), Neurovascular Foundation ($15k).
- Does George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation 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 George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc, The Nagle Family Foundation, Esmond Nissim Foundation Inc Co Bosworth Gray & Fuller Esq.
- Where is George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation based?
- George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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