North Carolina · Private foundation
Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc
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.
- $642k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $625,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 23 | $642k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $639k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $764k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $23k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear River Watch | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fellowship Hall Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Public Radio DBA WHQR | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alleghany Jam | $3,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Disability Resource Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear River Watch | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fellowship Hall Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Public Radio DBA WHQR | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alleghany Jam | $3,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Disability Resource Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Union Theological Seminary | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| NourishNC Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Making It Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Incorporated | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina Symphony Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Club of Wake County Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beaufort Historical Association Inc | $850 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainbow 66 Storehouse Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Surry Arts Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerry & Marilyn Cook 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc
- How much does Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc give?
- Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $642,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Health (1%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cape Fear River Watch ($12k), Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc ($11k), The Rex Healthcare Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jerry & Marilyn Cook 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 Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc based?
- Jerry & Marilyn Cook Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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