California · Private foundation
James J Cotter Foundation
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.
- $260k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations James J Cotter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $225k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $236k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $225k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $194k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $216k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $187k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $96k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $203,387 | 8 | 0% |
| Village School Inc | $101,151 | 8 | 0% |
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | $75,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation | $73,225 | 8 | 1% |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Marymount High School | $49,939 | 6 | n/a |
| God Squad Productions Inc | $30,250 | 6 | 3% |
| Youball Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Only Make Believe Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $203,387 | 8 | 0% |
| Village School Inc | $101,151 | 8 | 0% |
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | $75,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation | $73,225 | 8 | 1% |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Marymount High School | $49,939 | 6 | n/a |
| God Squad Productions Inc | $30,250 | 6 | 3% |
| Youball Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Only Make Believe Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Room to Grow National Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Camping Association Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The New 42nd Street Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $517 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($384k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James J Cotter Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About James J Cotter Foundation
- How much does James J Cotter Foundation give?
- James J Cotter Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $260,175 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James J Cotter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Religion (16%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are James J Cotter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Georgetown University ($400k), Harvard-Westlake School ($203k), Village School Inc ($101k).
- Does James J Cotter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James J Cotter 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 James J Cotter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is James J Cotter Foundation based?
- James J Cotter Foundation is based in CA.
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