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Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
64
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$224k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $146k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $475k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.4M
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mississippi State University$223,786
Magnolia Speech School$200,000
Mississippi College$141,193
University of Mississippi$135,173
Options Inc$130,000
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation$125,000
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc$100,000
Boys and Girls Country$75,000
Briarwood School$75,000
University of Mississippi$50,000
University of Houston$50,000
University of Mississippi Foundation$50,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center$45,000
University of Southern Mississippi$39,975
Mississippi State University$37,500
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 (FY24–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 24%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Mississippi State University Foundation Inc: $100k → 24%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
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
LA
MS
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 53% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 55%.

Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.6M · 48 repeat orgs$753k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
50

Total granted

$8.6M
$416k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+21%

Still filing today

38%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $337k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MS
    MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
    5× · 2018–2024 · $825k · revenue +50%
  • MC
    Mississippi College
    5× · 2018–2024 · $577k · revenue +17%
  • OI
    OPTIONS INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $550k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +21%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $69k
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +19%
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.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
6
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
11
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
12
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Madisonville Jr High Pta. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 123 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
34/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,667,355 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: $970,931 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPIUniversity of Mississippi: $924,045 · OtherUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Houston: $301,000 · OtherUniversity of HoustonUNIVERSITY OF MISS MEDICAL CENTER: $270,459 · OtherBoys and Girls Country: $225,000 · Other+87 more: $1,074,882 · Other+87 moreMississippi College: $576,734 · EducationMississippi CollegeTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $375,000 · EducationTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $350,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI…FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $205,000 · EducationFRENCH CAMP ACADEMYSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $195,000 · EducationSmall Steps Nurturing Cen…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MI…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $82,500 · Education+17 more: $234,000 · Education+17 moreMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $825,000 · HealthMAGNOLIA …OPTIONS INC: $550,000 · Human ServicesMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesMISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Recreation & SportsBROWN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · Community Improvement
Other$5,433,672Education$2,143,234Health$825,000Human Services$750,000Recreation & Sports$300,000Community Improvement$8,000

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 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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $36,000 over 2y, 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 budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,500 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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 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 MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi College ↗
  • Who funds OPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Small Steps Nurturing Center ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MB SWAYZE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds William Carey University ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds KOSCIUSKO FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PROPEL EDUCATION FORUM OF MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗

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 IncCommunity Foundation …Van Devender Family F…Pinebelt FoundationCommunity Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…The Stevens Family Fo…Century Club Charitie…Feild Co-Operative As…Selby and Richard McR…Lettie Pate Whitehead…Mississippi Power Fou…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 26% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home