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Il Cohen 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.

$283k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
59
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
57 to 72
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Il Cohen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving68$279k29%
FY202459$254k12%
FY202359$228k39%
FY202272$296k85%
FY202164$258k70%
FY202057$150kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$149kEnvironment$146kCivil Rights$131kFood & Nutrition$125kInternational$112kHealth$96kEducation$52kHuman Services$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AR
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of Il Cohen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwest Indian College Foundation$22,0002n/a
Anti-Defamation League$22,00040%
Feeding America$13,00040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$12,50040%
Minds Matter of Seattle Inc$12,00043%
Support Center for Child Advocates$11,00020%
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc$10,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Aplastic Anemia & Mds International Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$10,00010%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$10,00010%
Opal Community Land Trust$10,00010%
Earthjustice$10,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$9,00010%
Philabundance$9,00020%
Pro Publica Inc$8,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$6,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$6,00010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$6,00020%
Share Our Strength$6,00020%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$5,00020%
Northwest Indian College$5,0001n/a
Global Citizen Journey$5,0001n/a
Finca International Inc$4,00010%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$4,00010%
Heifer Project International$4,00010%
Oxfam America Action Fund Inc$4,00011%
Minds Matter of Philadelphia Inc$4,00012%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$4,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$4,00010%
Grassroots International Inc$4,00010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$4,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,00010%
Jewish Community of Amherst Inc$4,0001n/a
The Trust for Public Land$4,00010%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$4,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$4,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$3,50010%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$3,00010%
National Children's Alliance Inc$3,00010%
Survival Centers Inc$3,00010%
Orcas Island Food Bank$3,00010%
Teaching for Change$3,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Wmass$3,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$3,00010%
University of Washington Foundation$2,50010%
Cascade Public Media$2,50010%
Medshare International Inc$2,50010%
Urban League of Greater Springfield Inc$2,50010%
Monarch Butterfly Fund$2,50012%
Congregation Shearith Israel$2,5001n/a
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$2,50010%
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc$2,50010%
Musicopia Inc$2,00020%
Common Cause Education Fund$2,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$1,50010%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$1,50010%
American Sephardi Federation$1,50010%
Sunflower of Peace Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,00010%
Americares Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Jazz Bridge Project Inc$1,00011%
Friends of High School Park$1,00011%
Orcas Open Arts$64211%
Friends of the Bryant Library$2501n/a
Hiway Theatre Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 145 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Il Cohen Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnti-Defamation League: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinds Matter of Seattle Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAplastic Anemia & Mds International Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpal Community Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer Project International: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam America Action Fund Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMinds Matter of Philadelphia Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrassroots International Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Children's Alliance Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSurvival Centers Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOrcas Island Food Bank: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeaching for Change: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Family Service of Wmass: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCascade Public Media: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedshare International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Greater Springfield Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMonarch Butterfly Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA15× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Lorber Foundation · Orcas Island Community Foundation · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer 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.

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About Il Cohen Foundation

How much does Il Cohen Foundation give?
Il Cohen Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $282,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 72 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Il Cohen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (12%), Environment (12%), Civil Rights (11%).
Who are Il Cohen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Northwest Indian College Foundation ($22k), Anti-Defamation League ($22k), Feeding America ($13k).
Does Il Cohen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Il Cohen 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 Il Cohen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Lorber Foundation, Orcas Island Community Foundation.
Where is Il Cohen Foundation based?
Il Cohen Foundation is based in PA.

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 215 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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