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George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0172% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$539kHealth$37kReligion$37kArts & Culture$37kRecreation & Sports$10kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kHuman Services$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$152k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DESTINATION COLLEGE$61,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHABAD HOUSE PALM BEACH$2,500
ORDER OF MALTA$1,950
THE JORDAN THEARTER COMPANY$1,500
EASTCHESTER VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP$500
SHRINERS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$200
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 (FY17–25, $531k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $305k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $61k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $50k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $50k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $25k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $25k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $5k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $5k → 9%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $5k → 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

NY
NV
PA
NJ
CA
VA
TN
SC
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$812k · 14 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +104% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
31

Total granted

$812k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+104%
+36%

Still filing today

43%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • DC
    DESTINATION COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $531k · revenue +279% · 51% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +129%
  • EV
    EASTCHESTER VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL LANDMARK FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • NP
    NY PRESBYTERIAN FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • NH
    NewYork-PresbyterianLawrence Hospital
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
2
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
4
New York Medical College

New york medical college (nymc), a member of touro university, is a health sciences college whose purpose is to educate clinical and public health professionals as well as researchers, to conduct biomedical and population-based research…

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5
St Joseph's Physician Health Pc

We, st. joseph's physician health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
6
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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7
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
8
Stony Brook Surgical 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
9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
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
11
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
12
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lawrence Community Health Services; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

17 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. 17 of the 48 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DESTINATION COLLEGE: $531,000 · Human ServicesDESTINATION COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL LANDMARK FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL LANDMARK FOUNDATION…Individual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientORDER OF MALTA: $13,600 · Other+30 more: $74,400 · Other+30 moreNEUROVASCULAR FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $5,000 · HealthEASTCHESTER VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP: $1,125 · Health+4 more: $1,050 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEWBURGH ARMORY UNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyFordham University: $1,500 · EducationSAN MIGUEL ACADEMY OF NEWBURGH: $250 · EducationGRAMATAN VILLAGE INC: $500 · Community Improvement
Human Services$531,000Other$337,000Health$22,175Arts & Culture$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Philanthropy$2,500Education$1,750Community Improvement$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 budgetDESTINATION COLLEGE: $531,000 over 8y, 51% of budgetNEUROVASCULAR FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEWBURGH ARMORY UNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFordham University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTCHESTER VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP: $1,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMATAN VILLAGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds DESTINATION COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NEUROVASCULAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds NewYork-PresbyterianLawrence Hospital ↗
  • Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWBURGH ARMORY UNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds EASTCHESTER VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP ↗
  • Who funds GRAMATAN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds TEEN CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Marilynn and John Hil…The Nagle Family Foun…Esmond Nissim Foundat…The Community Fund of…Steven a and Marianne…Amg Charitable Gift F…Tracy Flanigan McVey …The Joan C and David …Andrew M Paul Family …The Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
Marilynn and John Hill Foundation IncSC17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 48 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 2025, released 2025. 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