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John and Golda Cohen Trust

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
87
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.8MInternational$1.3MEnvironment$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MHousing & Shelter$555kArts & Culture$418kFood & Nutrition$245kAnimals$205kOther$0
02FY2024 · 87 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k51 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $698k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $795k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MSI-US$175,000
Engender Health$170,000
IPAS$170,000
Dave's House$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and$80,000
La Amistad Foundation$50,000
PCI Media Impact$50,000
Mindful Birthing & Parenting Foundation$43,400
Coalition for the Homeless$38,000
Hope Community Center$37,500
Harbor House$35,000
Transition House$35,000
Food Well Alliance$35,000
Celebrity Series of Boston Inc$31,500
Audubon Florida$30,000
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 (FY17–24, $566k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Street Grace: $5k → 9%Street Grace: $3k → 9%Lower Cape Outreach Council Inc: $5k → 8%Lower Cape Outreach Council Inc: $5k → 8%Lower Cape Outreach Council Inc: $3k → 8%Lower Cape Outreach Council: $2k → 8%Lower Cape Outreach Council: $2k → 8%Homeless Prevention Council: $2k → 8%Room to Grow: $15k → 16%Room to Grow: $15k → 16%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Children's Restoration Network: $10k → 13%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Children's Restoration Network: $7k → 13%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Children's Restoration Network: $7k → 13%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Children's Restoration Network: $5k → 13%Room to Grow: $10k → 16%Children's Restoration Network: $3k → 13%Hope Community Center: $41k → 13%Hope Community Center: $38k → 13%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $1k → 8%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $1k → 8%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $1k → 8%Hope Community Center: $15k → 13%Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $1k → 8%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $25k → 13%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $25k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $15k → 16%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $25k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $15k → 16%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $25k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $25k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $15k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando: $5k → 13%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
NC
DC
LA
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 125 repeat orgs$314k to everyone else

125 repeat relationships: 83 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

125
14

Total granted

$7.0M
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+160%

Still filing today

66%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $271k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationHealthInternationalOther
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

  • IPAS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $581k · revenue +15%
  • LA
    LA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +15%
  • DH
    DAVE'S HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +264%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2021–2023 · $11k
  • HC
    Horizon Community in Prisons
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
2
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
3
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
4
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
10
Central Square Theater Inc

Central square theater, the oldest female-led theater organization in greater boston, is an innovator in the non-profit arts field in collaborative leadership. cst engages over 35,000 people annually through live performance, rigorous…

Arts & Culture
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health Care Center for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Minyan Oneg Shabbat. 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

100 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. 100 of the 144 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)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/100
Grantees still filing
79/100
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MSI-US: $509,000 · OtherMSI-USPlanned Parenthood of Greater Orlan: $367,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Greater OrlanLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 · OtherLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INCCoalition for the Homeless: $251,000 · OtherCoalition for the HomelessTRANSITION HOUSE INC: $234,000 · OtherTRANSITION HOUSE INCHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $217,000 · OtherHarbor House of Central Florida IncTHE CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON INC: $175,500 · OtherMSI US: $175,000 · Other+81 more: $1,393,550 · Other+81 moreIPAS: $581,000 · InternationalIPASENGENDERHEALTH INC: $500,000 · InternationalENGENDERHEALTH INCPCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC: $401,000 · InternationalPCI-MEDIA IMPACT INCHIAS INC: $106,000 · InternationalHIAS INC+3 more: $37,500 · InternationalDAVE'S HOUSE INC: $250,000 · HealthDAVE'S HOU…SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $195,000 · HealthSHEPHERD'S…Health Care Center For The Homeless Inc: $120,000 · HealthHealth Car…BOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $64,000 · HealthBOSTON COM…+3 more: $31,000 · HealthHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $168,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Restoration Network: $31,000 · Human Services+7 more: $45,750 · Human ServicesTREES ATLANTA INC: $115,500 · EnvironmentBirds Georgia Corporation: $82,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $75,000 · EnvironmentFLORIDA ACCESS NETWORK: $33,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $31,500 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $26,000 · Environment+6 more: $34,850 · EnvironmentWGBH Educational Foundation: $118,000 · Arts & CultureCOOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $24,600 · Arts & CultureARTBARN COMMUNITY THEATER INC: $22,200 · Arts & CultureWorld Music Inc: $20,800 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWYLDE CENTER INC: $17,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $16,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $32,250 · Arts & CultureThe Food Project Inc: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD WELL ALLIANCE: $74,000 · Food & NutritionUMI Feeds Inc: $19,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,602,050International$1,625,500Health$660,000Human Services$570,250Environment$398,350Arts & Culture$271,350Food & Nutrition$195,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIPAS: $581,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetENGENDERHEALTH INC: $500,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC: $401,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetDAVE'S HOUSE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE INC: $234,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $217,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $195,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON INC: $175,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMSI US: $175,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $168,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $145,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetHealth Care Center For The Homeless Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $118,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $115,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHIAS INC: $106,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Project Inc: $100,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $90,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMindful Birthing and Parenting Foundation: $88,400 over 4y, 14% of budgetBirds Georgia Corporation: $82,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD WELL ALLIANCE: $74,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $64,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFLORIDA ACCESS NETWORK: $33,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $31,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Restoration Network: $31,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCOURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC: $30,700 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetA HOME FOR EVERYONE IN DEKALB INC: $30,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES OF MID-FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $29,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FLORIDA TRAIL ASSOCIATION INC: $24,800 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCOOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $24,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetARTBARN COMMUNITY THEATER INC: $22,200 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetWriteBoston Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHamaatsa Inc: $21,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Music Inc: $20,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLOWER CAPE OUTREACH COUNCILINC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEDGEWOOD CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWYLDE CENTER INC: $17,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND: $16,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetADAMAH INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $13,050 over 7y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds IPAS ↗
  • Who funds ENGENDERHEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds PCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC ↗
  • Who funds LA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVE'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITION HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Harbor House of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds MSI US ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER ORLANDO INC ↗
  • Who funds Health Care Center For The Homeless Inc ↗
  • Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TREES ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mindful Birthing and Parenting Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Birds Georgia Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds FOOD WELL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ACCESS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Restoration Network ↗
  • Who funds COURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH 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.

Boston Foundation IncMA27.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Central Florida Foundation · AEC Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · The Richard C Munroe Foundation Inc

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 John and Golda Cohen Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Golda Cohen Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Florida Trail Association Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Transition House Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Health Care Center for the Homeless Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Adamah Inc: 10% of income from government
  • De Novo Center for Justice and Healing: 9% of income from government
  • Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc: 6% of income from government
  • World Music Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Homeless Prevention Council Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Celebrity Series of Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Orleans Conservation Trust: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England: 2% of income from government
  • Brookline Arts Center: 2% of income from government
  • Bay State Performing Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hope Community Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to John and Golda Cohen Trust?

Find your warmest path to John and Golda Cohen Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 144 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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