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Jerome M Cohen Foundation at a glance

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Jerome M 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.

$301k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$487kArts & Culture$387kEducation$187kCivil Rights$163kYouth Development$140kPhilanthropy$134kHousing & Shelter$105kHuman Services$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $195k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGACY GLOBAL PROGRAMS$50,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE CO$50,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FUND$30,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$25,000
CONNECTIONS MENTOR INC$25,000
THE ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$25,000
WIN INC$20,000
DONORSCHOOSE$20,000
THE HOPPER BELMONT FOUNDATION$10,000
CANCER CARES$10,000
PAWS NY$10,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVATORY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ACTION PLAY$5,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$1,000
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 (FY20–23, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $10k → 9%NEW YORK WOMENS FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $25k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%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

NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
AZ
DC
TX
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 28 repeat orgs$535k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
29

Total granted

$1.3M
$435k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+3%

Still filing today

82%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +129%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $98k · revenue +28%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    4× · 2020–2025 · $85k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue -12%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +37%
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
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hopper-Belmont 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

47 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. 47 of the 63 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
30/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $60,000 · OtherNEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $50,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODWIN INC: $40,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $40,000 · OtherALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRESNY: $30,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FUND: $30,000 · OtherTHE DOE FUND INC: $75,000 · OtherTHE DOE FUND INCPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $55,000 · OtherPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWSHOPPER-BELMONT FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Other+28 more: $389,232 · Other+28 moreDONORSCHOOSEORG: $117,112 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $85,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF …THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF …THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDA…Actionplay Incorporated: $15,000 · EducationActionplay Incor…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · EducationROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT TH…HEALING TREE CO: $46,500 · Arts & CultureHEALING TREE …CHASHAMA INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCHASHAMA INCNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK FOUN…JAZZ DRAMA PROGRAM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $97,500 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN C…ACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE…THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER …+1 more: $5,000 · Civil RightsPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 · HealthPLANNED PA…CHARLEY'S FUND INC: $50,000 · HealthCHARLEY'S …Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $11,000 · HealthDana-Farbe…THE BRAIN TUMOR NETWORK INC: $10,500 · HealthTHE BRAIN …Cancer Care Inc: $10,000 · HealthCancer Car…THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthTHE MOUNT …CONNECTIONS MENTOR INC: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentLegacy Global Programs: $50,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK CARES INC: $35,000 · Philanthropy
Other$804,232Education$277,112Arts & Culture$226,500Civil Rights$167,500Health$166,500Youth Development$120,000Philanthropy$120,000

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 budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTIONS MENTOR INC: $120,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $117,112 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $97,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $55,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCHARLEY'S FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHEALING TREE CO: $46,500 over 4y, 35% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPPER-BELMONT FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHASHAMA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lit Fund: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetActionplay Incorporated: $15,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRAIN TUMOR NETWORK INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ DRAMA PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $5,160 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NORML FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

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.

Fairfield County's Co…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Jerome M Cohen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerome M Cohen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 63 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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