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Joseph M & Barbara Cohen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Joseph M & Barbara Cohen 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.

$269k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Community Improvement$1.2MArts & Culture$632kFood & Nutrition$330kHealth$236kEducation$111kScience & Tech$65kReligion$56kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $204k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$14,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$369k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$65,000
MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION$30,000
THE JACKSON LABORATORY$25,000
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$25,000
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY$25,000
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$15,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$14,000
THE BIRCH WATHEN LENOX SCHOOL$10,000
THE CHAPIN SCHOOL$10,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$10,000
JEWISH MUSEUM$10,000
TISCH MSR NEW YORK$10,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$10,000
SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PARISH ART MUSEUM INC: $25k → 7%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $10k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25k → 15%THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $25k → 11%CORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $10k → 11%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $20k → 11%PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $25k → 7%THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $15k → 17%THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $20k → 11%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $10k → 11%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $10k → 11%THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10k → 17%THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $10k → 11%THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10k → 17%THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $10k → 11%SEE SCHEDULE ATTACHED: $624k → 17%SEE SCHEDULE ATTACHED: $618k → 17%CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $14k → 17%CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $14k → 17%CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $14k → 17%CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $14k → 17%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $10k → 17%THE FRICK COLLECTION: $10k → 17%CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LICOLN CENTER: $91k → 17%THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25k → 17%MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LICOLN CENTER: $25k → 17%MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $25k → 17%MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $25k → 17%MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $25k → 17%NATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $10k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 17%MEDIA CARES FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $10k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $12k → 17%NATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10k → 17%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $15k → 17%CITY MEALS ON WHEELS: $100k → 17%CITY MEALS ON WHEELS: $100k → 17%CITY MEALS ON WHEELS: $65k → 17%CITY MEALS ON WHEELS: $65k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 22 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
15

Total granted

$1.3M
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+37%

Still filing today

73%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    4× · 2022–2025 · $330k · revenue +1%
  • TC
    The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $116k · revenue +130%
  • TJ
    THE JACKSON LABORATORY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $65k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CR
    CORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • NY
    NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • MO
    Museum of Modern Artgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +53%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
6
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
9
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
10
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
11
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
12
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is The Jackson Laboratory. 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

25 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. 25 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $116,000 · Arts & CultureThe Chamber Music Society of L…THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INCNational Gallery of Art: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNational Gallery of ArtMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCI…SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $26,800 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $75,000 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERACENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $56,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUECHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $50,000 · OtherCHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETYTISCH MSR NEW YORK: $35,000 · OtherTISCH MSR NEW YORKLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $30,000 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORM…CORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherCORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25,000 · OtherNEW YORK PHILHARMONICSOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE: $21,000 · OtherSOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBU…The Frick Collection: $16,500 · Other+5 more: $9,000 · OtherCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $330,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELSMEDIA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 · PhilanthropyMEDIA CARES …THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $65,000 · HealthNATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE BIRCH WATHEN LENOX SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $35,000 · EducationCHAPIN SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$399,800Other$342,500Food & Nutrition$330,000Philanthropy$170,000Health$106,000Education$106,000Recreation & Sports$30,000

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 budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $330,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMEDIA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $116,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE BIRCH WATHEN LENOX SCHOOL: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPIN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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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 Joseph M & Barbara Cohen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph M & Barbara Cohen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 38 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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