New York · Private foundation
John a & Margaret H Cook Fund 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $179k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 6 | $13k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $13k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $11k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $9k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Poetry Series Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Thornwillow Institute Ltd | $14,500 | 5 | 3% |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Storm King Art Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry Street Settlement | $4,650 | 2 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the New York Society Library | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Paris Review Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Berry Center Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Poetry Series Inc | $27,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Thornwillow Institute Ltd | $14,500 | 5 | 3% |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Storm King Art Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry Street Settlement | $4,650 | 2 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the New York Society Library | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Paris Review Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Berry Center Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pond Mountain Trust Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The English Concert In America Inc co Sabal & Associates | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pen American Center Inc | $1,350 | 2 | 0% |
| The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent Land Trust Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Spence School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alfanar Inc US | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John a & Margaret H Cook Fund 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
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About John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc
- How much does John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc give?
- John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc reported 6 grants totaling $13,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Education (12%), Health (5%).
- Who are John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Poetry Series Inc ($27k), Thornwillow Institute Ltd ($15k), New York Theatre Workshop Inc ($5k).
- Does John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John a & Margaret H Cook Fund 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 John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc based?
- John a & Margaret H Cook Fund Inc is based in NY.
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