· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $2,000 |
| ADL | $1,500 |
| HORIZONS AT FOOTE SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS CENTER FOR THE CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| DEERFIELD ACADEMY | $500 |
| NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTER | $500 |
| CALVIN HILL DAYCARE | $500 |
| DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN | $500 |
| FORTUNOFF VIDEO ARCHIVE FOR HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES | $500 |
| LONG WHARF THEATRE | $250 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $250 |
| SIERRA CLUB OF CONNECTICUT | $250 |
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 (FY24–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
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 +75% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YNYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL6× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +75%
- ALANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE3× · 2017–2023 · $5k · revenue +78%
- TOTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY6× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +122%
Funded once
- SCSMILOW CANCER HOSPITALone grant, 2022 · $2k
- STSAVE THE SOUNDgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +40%
- FCFRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue +63%
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.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
New haven legal assistance association, inc.'s mission is to provide high quality legal services to individuals, families, and groups who are unable to obtain legal services because of limited income, age, disability, discrimination, and…
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Friends of nathaniel witherell is a not-for-profit organization committed to raising funds in support of the nathaniel witherell, the skilled nursing and short term rehabilitation center owned and operated by the town of greenwich, ct and…
To maintain and promote civil liberties and civil rights within the state of ct, including but not limited to the freedoms of speech, press, association, and religion, and the right to due process of law.
We are a warm and vibrant senior community, infused with jewish values, where people live their best lives.
Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.
To build / maintain a strong and united jewish community in order to ensure the continuity of the jewish people. the federation is the central agency for meeting jewish needs and articulating jewish concerns in the capital region, in…
The westport library was established for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the town of westport, connecticut. the library is committed to empowering the individual and strengthening the community through dynamic interaction…
The goals and objectives of the corporation are as follows:(a) to operate and maintain a nonsectarian, general hospital at one or more locations for the furnishing of inpatient, ambulatory, restorative, preventative and emergency medical…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 35 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 THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW HAVEN GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds INTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J J Cooley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J J Cooley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Fellowship Place Inc: 66% of income from government
- Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
- Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
- Friends Center for Children Inc: 21% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
- New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/a Long Wharf Theatre: 1% of income from government
- Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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