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Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
106
Grants FY2025
112
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 112
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$23M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2025still arriving105$1.0M10%
FY2024112$958k11%
FY2023111$976k25%
FY202296$944k32%
FY202171$683k35%
FY202050$383k30%
FY201938$363k42%
FY201831$238k48%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$628kHealth$531kEducation$474kHousing & Shelter$408kReligion$360kPublic Safety & Disaster$349kEnvironment$308kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$440,0009n/a
GoochlandCares$200,00071%
The Richmond Ballet$175,00090%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$165,00070%
Eight Days of Hope Inc$155,00081%
The Collegiate School$125,00050%
Virginia Opera Association Inc$110,00090%
The Richmond Symphony$105,00090%
Visitation Hospital Foundation$95,00077%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$95,00081%
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All grantees of Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$440,0009n/a
GoochlandCares$200,00071%
The Richmond Ballet$175,00090%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$165,00070%
Eight Days of Hope Inc$155,00081%
The Collegiate School$125,00050%
Virginia Opera Association Inc$110,00090%
The Richmond Symphony$105,00090%
Visitation Hospital Foundation$95,00077%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$95,00081%
Tabernacle Baptist Church$85,0009n/a
The Land Trust of Virginia Inc$75,00061%
Feed More Inc$60,00060%
Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity$60,00071%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$60,00080%
The Faison Center Inc$60,00080%
A Place to Be$60,00081%
Coordinators 2 Inc$55,00061%
Hanover County Support Services$50,000731%
Camp Marymount Inc$50,0006n/a
National Park Foundation$50,00050%
Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation$50,00060%
Wakefield School Inc$45,00070%
Children's Museum of Richmond$45,00060%
Middleburg Fish$43,200612%
Healthy Harvest Food Bank Inc$42,50060%
Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc$40,00040%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$40,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$40,00030%
Hanover Christmas Mother Inc$38,00059%
Hanover Tavern Foundation$35,00071%
Goose Creek Association$35,00057%
Childfund International USA$35,00070%
Montgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville$35,00060%
Irvington Baptist Church$32,5008n/a
Elk Hill Farm Inc$32,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$30,00050%
Chatham Hall$30,00050%
Casa Inc$30,00041%
Gary Sinise Foundation$30,00050%
Comfort Zone Camp Inc$30,00060%
St Marys Health Wagon Inc$30,00030%
Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation$26,000412%
Camp Kesem National$25,00050%
Junior Achievement of Central Va Inc$25,00060%
Middleburg Community Center Inc$25,00051%
Thistle Farms Inc$25,00050%
The Haven Shelter and Services Inc$25,00050%
Maymont Foundation$25,00050%
Viridiant$22,50050%
The Menokin Foundation$22,50052%
Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc$20,00040%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Casa Childrens Intervention Services Inc$20,00041%
Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc$20,00040%
Leashes of Valor$20,00022%
Virginia Historical Society$20,00030%
Riverside School Inc$20,00040%
The Community Music School of the Piedmont Inc$20,00042%
The Frankie Woolwine Story Inc$17,50047%
Rvag Inc$15,00027%
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$15,00030%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$15,00031%
Music Maker Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Seven Loaves Services Inc$15,00032%
Parish Twinning Program of the Americas$15,00031%
Friends of the Warner Parks Inc$15,00030%
Hope Church$15,0003n/a
Moments of Hope Outreach Inc$15,00030%
Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers$15,00030%
The Innerwork Center Inc$13,00014%
Friends of the County of Henrico Public Library$12,50034%
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc$10,00030%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$10,00010%
Beloved Asheville$10,00010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$10,00020%
Shepherds Way Relief Center Inc$10,00015%
Tuckahoe Woman's Club$10,00012%
Ashland Museum$10,0002n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,0001n/a
International Field Studies Inc$10,00011%
Community Bible Study$7,50030%
Virginia War Memorial Foundation Inc$5,00010%
World Pediatrics$5,00010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$5,00010%
The DISTRICT Inc$5,00011%
Middlesex Pet Friends for Life$5,00022%
Good Samaritan Ministries$5,00010%
Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company Inc$5,0001n/a
Friends of Rectortown Inc$5,0002n/a
Chastity Project$5,000110%
Wintergreen Performing Arts Inc$5,00011%
The Montpelier Center for Arts and Education$5,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$2,50010%
Northstar Academy Inc$2,50010%
Urbanna Baptist Church$2,5001n/a
Westminster Canterbury Foundation$1,00010%
Owl Moon Raptor Center Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGoochlandCares: $200,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Richmond Ballet: $175,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $165,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEight Days of Hope Inc: $155,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetThe Collegiate School: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Opera Association Inc: $110,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Richmond Symphony: $105,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetVisitation Hospital Foundation: $95,000 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetWindy Hill Foundation Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetThe Land Trust of Virginia Inc: $75,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFeed More Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHanover and King William Habitat for Humanity: $60,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Faison Center Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetA Place to Be: $60,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCoordinators 2 Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHanover County Support Services: $50,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWakefield School Inc: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $45,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMiddleburg Fish: $43,200 over 6y, 12% of budgetHealthy Harvest Food Bank Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Middle Tennessee Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHanover Christmas Mother Inc: $38,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetHanover Tavern Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetGoose Creek Association: $35,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetChildfund International USA: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery Bell Academy of the University of Nashville: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetElk Hill Farm Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChatham Hall: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetComfort Zone Camp Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSt Marys Health Wagon Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation: $26,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Va Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMiddleburg Community Center Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Haven Shelter and Services Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMaymont Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetViridiant: $22,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Menokin Foundation: $22,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% 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 86.

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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.

The Community Foundation IncVA53.8× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Carmax Foundation · Robins Foundation · Townebank 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.

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About Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda

How much does Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda give?
Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda reported 106 grants totaling $1,045,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 112 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Human Services (11%), Health (9%).
Who are Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ($440k), GoochlandCares ($200k), The Richmond Ballet ($175k).
Does Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Richard S Reynolds Foundation.
Where is Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda based?
Louise B Cochrane Charitable Founda is based in VA.

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 176 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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