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Nancy and Howard Cobin Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Nancy and Howard Cobin Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Science & Tech$62kEducation$42kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kHealth$4kArts & Culture$1kPhilanthropy$1kEnvironment$1kReligion$500Other$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
First Responders Children's Foundat$7,200
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Lasell College: $25k → 8%First Responders Children's Foundat: $7k → 17%Jewsih Federation of Sarasota-Manat: $1k → 9%St Judes Children's Hospital: $250 → 13%Air Force Association: $690 → 7%Lasell College: $15k → 8%ORTAmerica: $1k → 17%Shriners: $500 → 9%ACS Hope Lodge: $5k → 13%Environmental Defense Fund: $1k → 17%Jewish Family Childern's Service: $300 → 9%American Cancer Society: $4k → 13%Mote Marine Laboratory: $35k → 9%ACS Hope Lodge: $1k → 13%Mote Marine Laboratory: $25k → 9%Mote Marine Laboratory: $2k → 9%Florida Studio Theater: $1k → 9%Friendship Center: $50 → 9%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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108k · 3 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +274% since the first grant, against +101% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
9

Total granted

$108k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+274%
+101%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $62k · revenue +274%
  • LU
    LASELL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue -27%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue -81%
  • OA
    ORT AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -30%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +139%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
7
American Society for Microbiology

To promote and advance the microbial sciences

Science & Tech
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ort America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mote Marine Laboratory Inc. 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

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. 9 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $62,250 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCFirst Responders Children's Foundat: $7,200 · OtherFirst Responders Children's FoundatIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+4 more: $2,000 · OtherLASELL UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationLASELL UNIVERSITY+1 more: $690 · EducationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 · HealthENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,000 · EnvironmentFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$77,450Education$40,690Health$4,250Environment$1,000Arts & Culture$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $62,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLASELL UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $690 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nancy and Howard Cobin Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nancy and Howard Cobin Charitable Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Lasell University: 4% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Nancy and Howard Cobin Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 14 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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