· Private foundation
George M Cohen 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of George M Cohen Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year George M Cohen Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $235k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k4 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $230k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $35,000 |
| PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE | $25,000 |
| DAYSTAR INC | $25,000 |
| FSCJ FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST | $25,000 |
| 4TH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST | $15,000 |
| ST FRANCIS IN-THE-FIELD | $15,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF GATEWAY COUNCIL | $10,000 |
| FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST | $10,000 |
| FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THEATRE JACKSONVILLE | $2,000 |
| THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2021, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DIDAYSTAR INC5× · 2017–2021 · $150k · revenue +23%
- JUJacksonville University5× · 2017–2021 · $63k · revenue +75%
- GSGirl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc6× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- JHJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +14%
- AFALTAPASS FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +620%
- TSTRI STATE COLLIE RESCUEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +90%
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.
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.
To eliminate the needless euthanasia of healthy and treatable pets in North Central Florida by advocating for pets and owners,rehabilitation and adoption of pets, humane education and outreach, and promoting the spaying/neutering of our…
The mission of Caloosa Humane Society is to serve, shelter, and protect the homeless pets in our care. We are dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for our companion animals in need. Our no-kill facility provides low…
We raise money for spay/neuter surgery and fees associated with rescue efforts within the local community. We also raise money for special needs animals such as heartworm positive dogs, and injuries. Our goal is to help the reduce…
As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…
As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…
To discover, preserve, present and keep alive the story of the nation's oldest port, as symbolized by our working St. Augustine Lighthouse.
As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…
The humane society of manatee county leads the community in fostering compassion and respect for animals through quality care, education, and advocacy to improve the lives of animals and strengthen the human-animal bond.
To ensure free access to high-quality, compassionate healthcare that improves the lives of uninsured adult residents in St. Johns County, Florida.
The museum of science and history of jacksonville ("mosh") inspires the joy of lifelong learning by bringing to life the sciences and regional history.
Our mission is to encourage, honor and support the human-animal bond in the suncoast region of florida. our vision is to celebrate a community whose pets are safe and loved. suncoast humane society provides sheltering, prevention and…
To provide shelter, care, medical and adoption services for homeless, lost, abused and neglected animals.
How this is measured
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 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
- Who funds DAYSTAR INC ↗
- Who funds Jacksonville University ↗
- Who funds Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc ↗
- Who funds The Jacksonville Historical Society Inc ↗
- Who funds St Augustine Humane Society Inc ↗
- Who funds Mayland Community College Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ALTAPASS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds TRI STATE COLLIE RESCUE ↗
- Who funds THEATRE JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds The Saint Augustine Historical Society ↗
- Who funds MITCHELL COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds SAN MARCO PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
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: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George M Cohen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George M Cohen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Saint Augustine Historical Society: 3% of income from government
- Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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