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Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
64
Grants FY2024
48
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$223,786
Organizations funded a year
30 to 49
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$38M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving48$2.0M38%
FY202348$2.0M33%
FY202248$2.2M40%
FY202149$1.7M67%
FY201830$1.5Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.6MHealth$2.2MYouth Development$225kPublic Benefit$114kHuman Services$100kReligion$25kRecreation & Sports$12kEnvironment$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
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MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
LA
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AL
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mississippi State University$1,667,3555n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$970,9315n/a
Magnolia Speech School$825,00057%
Mississippi College$576,73450%
Options Inc$550,00051%
The Briarwood School$375,00051%
University of Mississippi Foundation$350,00050%
Mississippi's Toughest Kids Foundation$300,00037%
University of Miss Medical Center$270,4594n/a
French Camp Academy$205,00041%
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All grantees of Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mississippi State University$1,667,3555n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$970,9315n/a
Magnolia Speech School$825,00057%
Mississippi College$576,73450%
Options Inc$550,00051%
The Briarwood School$375,00051%
University of Mississippi Foundation$350,00050%
Mississippi's Toughest Kids Foundation$300,00037%
University of Miss Medical Center$270,4594n/a
French Camp Academy$205,00041%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$195,00051%
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation$125,00010%
Mb Swayze Educational Foundation$114,000413%
William Carey University$101,00040%
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Kosciusko Foundation for Excellence$100,000225%
Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc$100,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$82,50040%
Meharry Medical College$30,00020%
Propel Education Forum of Mississippi Inc$28,50016%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$25,00010%
University of Florida$17,5004n/a
Livingston Parish School Board$16,1072n/a
William Marsh Rice University$15,00030%
Reformed Theological Seminary$15,00020%
Case Western Reserve University$12,50030%
University of South Alabama$10,0001n/a
Duke University$10,00030%
Vanderbilt University$9,00020%
Mississippi University for Women Foundation$6,18510%
Yale University$6,0002n/a
Nc State University$5,0001n/a
Madisonville Jr High PTA$4,818111%
PTA Louisiana Congress$4,0181n/a
Yale University$4,0001n/a
University of San Francisco$4,00010%
Rochester Institute of Technology$3,00010%
Rhodes College$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 78 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 Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMagnolia Speech School: $825,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetMississippi College: $576,734 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOptions Inc: $550,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Briarwood School: $375,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Mississippi Foundation: $350,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMississippi's Toughest Kids Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetFrench Camp Academy: $205,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $195,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Southern Mississippi Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMb Swayze Educational Foundation: $114,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetWilliam Carey University: $101,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKosciusko Foundation for Excellence: $100,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $82,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMeharry Medical College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPropel Education Forum of Mississippi Inc: $28,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReformed Theological Seminary: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi University for Women Foundation: $6,185 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadisonville Jr High PTA: $4,818 over 1y, 11% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRhodes College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Ergon Foundation IncMS22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Pinebelt Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Stevens Family Foundation · Century Club Charities Inc · Feild Co-Operative Association · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Mississippi Power 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.

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About Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation

How much does Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation give?
Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation reported 64 grants totaling $1,976,009 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 49 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (46%), Health (15%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Mississippi State University ($1.7M), University of Southern Mississippi ($971k), Magnolia Speech School ($825k).
Does Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ergon Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Mississippi, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee.
Where is Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation based?
Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation is based in TX.

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 123 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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