· Public charity
Marjorie Cook Foundation
The foundation was created for the purpose of furthering and fostering the equality of women under the laws of the united states.
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100% of Marjorie Cook Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Associated Jewish Charities Of Baltimore, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Marjorie Cook Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $690k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $650k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOUSE OF RUTH MD | $200,000 |
| NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER | $150,000 |
| MID-SHORE PRO BONO INC | $150,000 |
| NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES | $150,000 |
| WOMEN'S LAW CENTER OF MARYLAND | $10,000 |
| SOUTHERN MARYLAND CENTER FOR FAMILY ADVOCACY | $10,000 |
| NARAL PRO-CHOICE MARYLAND FUND INC | $10,000 |
| MID-SHORE COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $350k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…
Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) is a nonprofit law firm that protects the safety, privacy, and civil rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Washington through holistic and trauma-informed practices rooted in race and…
To provide civil legal services to women in crisis.
The women against abuse legal center provides free attorney representation, advocacy and telephone counseling to victims of domestic violence seeking legal protections in philadelphia.
The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all with an emphasis on domestic violence and crisis intervention services.
Women aware envisions a society where individuals can live free from violence and injustice. our mission is to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of individuals and families affected by domestic violence in middlesex county, new…
The survivor justice center secures justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowers them to create their own future.
The mission of the maryland volunteer lawyers service (mvls) is to remove barriers to justice through free civil legal help, community engagement, and advocacy for equitable laws. (see schedule o for the complete mission statement.)
To break the cycle of abuse and violence - domestic, sexual and child by providing services that create hope, restore lives and drive social change through education and community collaboration
The women's resource center's mission is to eliminate domestic violence and sexual assault abuse through advocacy, education, system change, and empowering services to all surviors. the center provides sexual assault and domestic violence…
The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.
How this is measured
9 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE ↗
- Who funds THE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds SHORE LEGAL ACCESS INC ↗
- Who funds MID-SHORE COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S LAW CENTER OF MD INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN MARYLAND CENTER FOR FAMILY ADVOCACY INC ↗
- Who funds NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland 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.
Open a dossier: Maryland Legal Services Corporation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Marjorie Cook Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marjorie Cook Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Women's Law Center of Md Inc: 24% of income from government
- The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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