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Karen B Cohen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Karen B Cohen Foundation Inc

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$82kEducation$55kArts & Culture$51kHealth$24kFood & Nutrition$11kCivil Rights$10kAnimals$7kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$911
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FJC$25,000
GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE$10,000
TEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILA$2,500
TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK$1,800
ASPCA$500
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LONG ISLAND CARES: $3k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $2k → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $950 → 7%LONG ISLAND CARES: $250 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 22 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
28

Total granted

$144k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+45%

Still filing today

64%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    2× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +58%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $9k · revenue +51%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • Cornell Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +50%
  • HS
    HISPANIC SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • TC
    THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +84%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
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
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
5
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
10
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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11
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
12
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wnet; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

27 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. 27 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FJC: $25,000 · OtherFJCTEMPLE BETH EL: $20,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELHISPANIC SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherHISPANIC SOCIETYGREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE: $10,500 · OtherGREAT NECK SYNAGOGUETEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILA: $10,000 · OtherTEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILATEMPLE BETH EL: $9,000 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELGREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $9,000 · OtherGREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLSGREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $5,962 · Other+25 more: $43,525 · Other+25 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MU…THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HA…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHA…WNET: $1,700 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureCornell University: $20,000 · EducationCornell Unive…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELL…GREAT NECK STUDENT AID FUND INC: $3,700 · EducationGREAT NECK ST…LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVER…American Diabetes Association: $21,500 · HealthAmerican …LIVLYME FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthLIVLYME F…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,450 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $700 · AnimalsTHE SHELTER CONNECTION INC: $250 · AnimalsLong Island Cares Inc: $5,400 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 · Human ServicesThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 · International
Other$152,987Arts & Culture$35,200Education$32,200Health$23,000Animals$7,400Human Services$6,900International$6,500

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 budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $5,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $4,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT NECK STUDENT AID FUND INC: $3,700 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetNEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEBRA AGUDAS ACHIM CHESED SHEL EMETH HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATIONINC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINGS POINT PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWNET: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD A MYERBERG SENIOR CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVLYME FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT NECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 1.4% 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 American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Long Island Cares Inc ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
  • Who funds GREAT NECK STUDENT AID FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHEBRA AGUDAS ACHIM CHESED SHEL EMETH HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds KINGS POINT PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds EDWARD A MYERBERG SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds LIVLYME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND 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.

Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Karen B Cohen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karen B Cohen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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 52 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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