· Private foundation
Howard & Dona Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k56 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OAK PARK COUNTRY CLUB FDN | $10,000 |
| PACTT LEARNING CENTER | $10,000 |
| PALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING O | $10,000 |
| BETHESDA BY THE SEA CHURCH | $10,000 |
| FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $8,000 |
| PEGGY ADAMS RESCUE LEAGUE | $5,000 |
| ROBIN HOOD FDN | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BETHESDA BY THE SEA CHURCH | $4,300 |
| FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST | $2,500 |
| CHICAGO LIGHTS FOURTH PRESBY C | $2,000 |
| LINCOLN PARK ZOO | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE | $2,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF IL | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
70 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OPOak Park Country Club Foundation5× · 2019–2024 · $58k · revenue +44%
- PLPACTT Learning Center7× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +122%
- TOTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- PMPENN MED DEV ALUMNI RELATIONSone grant, 2023 · $20k
- ISINTRINSIC SCHOOLSgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +208%
- HSHEAD STRONG PROJECT INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -32%
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 prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
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Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
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.
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 100 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 Oak Park Country Club Foundation ↗
- Who funds PACTT Learning Center ↗
- Who funds Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ↗
- Who funds BUTLER NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SARAH'S CIRCLE ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds INTRINSIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds HEAD STRONG PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Palm Beach Island Cats Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
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 Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Howard & Dona Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard & Dona Cohen Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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