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Irrevocable Declaration of Charitable Trust of the Cohen Family

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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$54kReligion$52kEducation$24kHuman Services$15kInternational$12kAnimals$10kCrime & Legal$8kScience & Tech$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$106k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FRIENDS OF IDF$4,000
HADASSAH OF GREATER BALTIMORE$3,000
CHESAPEAKE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$3,000
CHILDHELP$3,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$3,000
CHANA$2,500
ASPCA$2,500
MAZON & A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER$2,000
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 (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDHELP: $3k → 8%CHILDHELP: $3k → 8%CHILDHELP: $3k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 19%CHILDHELP: $3k → 8%CHILDHELP: $2k → 8%CHILDHELP: $1k → 8%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

ND
NY
NJ
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 14 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$144k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+61%

Still filing today

21%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • TP
    The PAP Corps
    4× · 2017–2021 · $35k
  • BE
    BETH EL CONGREGATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $20k
  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $15k

Funded once

  • BT
    BNAI TORAH CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ISRAEL GOSPEL MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • WL
    WORLDWIDE LIFE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
Jacksonville Humane Society Inc

The jacksonville humane society provides care, comfort and compassion to animals in need while engaging the hearts, hands and minds of our community to bring about an end to the killing of abandoned and orphaned shelter animals.

Animals
2
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
3
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
4
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
5
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
6
Lake Humane Society

Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…

Animals
7
Helping Animals Live & Overcome in

Helping animals live and overcome (h.a.l.o.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. we continually refine our programs to maintain a 98% save…

Animals
8
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

Our mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet…

Unclassified
9
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
10
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
11
Sweet Farm Foundation

Sweet farm is the world's first nonprofit sanctuary to address the devastating impact that factory farming has on climate change from the perspective of animals, plants, and the planet. we must first understand how these pieces are…

Animals
12
Humane Fort Wayne Inc

Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childhelp Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lost Dog Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The PAP Corps: $34,800 · OtherThe PAP CorpsBETH EL CONGREGATION: $19,800 · OtherBETH EL CONGREGATIONBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $14,500 · OtherBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATIONMAZON & A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER: $13,000 · OtherMAZON & A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGERBNAI TORAH CONGREGATION: $10,000 · OtherBNAI TORAH CONGREGATIONCHANA: $8,250 · OtherCHANAHADASSAH OF GREATER BALTIMORE: $7,500 · Other+16 more: $44,500 · Other+16 moreCHILDHELP INC: $13,700 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP…JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH CO…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,250 · AnimalsDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $1,000 · AnimalsLost Dog Foundation: $500 · AnimalsMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $2,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthHYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · HealthHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $1,000 · HealthJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $3,000 · International
Other$152,350Human Services$15,200Animals$9,750Health$6,000International$3,000

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 budgetCHILDHELP INC: $13,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLost Dog Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEEKEND BACKPACKS BALTIMORE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 CHILDHELP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds Lost Dog Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WEEKEND BACKPACKS BALTIMORE 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.

Herbert Bearman FoundationMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert Bearman Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Irrevocable Declaration of Charitable Trust of the Cohen Family funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irrevocable Declaration of Charitable Trust of the Cohen Family. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 34 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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