Connecticut · Private foundation
J J Cooley Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $313k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations J J Cooley Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $21k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $8k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $10k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $9k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,800 | 3 | 0% |
| The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre | $3,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen Inc | $2,262 | 5 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $1,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Fellowship Place Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Save the Sound | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale New Haven Hospital | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,800 | 3 | 0% |
| The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre | $3,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen Inc | $2,262 | 5 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $1,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Fellowship Place Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Save the Sound | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J J Cooley Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Yale University · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi · Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · Eder Family Foundation Inc · MFUND Inc · Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · Seedlings Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About J J Cooley Foundation Inc
- How much does J J Cooley Foundation Inc give?
- J J Cooley Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does J J Cooley Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Health (12%), Education (8%).
- Who are J J Cooley Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yale New Haven Hospital ($8k), Anti-Defamation League ($5k), The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre ($4k).
- Does J J Cooley Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J J Cooley Foundation Inc 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 J J Cooley Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yale University, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Newalliance Foundation Inc.
- Where is J J Cooley Foundation Inc based?
- J J Cooley Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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