Missouri · Private foundation
Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $9k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $274k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $8k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $70k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $105k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $93k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Hill School | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Nelson Gallery Foundation | $37,410 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| CLL Global Research Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| New Reform Temple | $12,925 | 4 | n/a |
| Kc Creates Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Tidings Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Trout Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Hill School | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Nelson Gallery Foundation | $37,410 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| CLL Global Research Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| New Reform Temple | $12,925 | 4 | n/a |
| Kc Creates Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Tidings Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| California Trout Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kemper Museum Operating Foundation | $2,950 | 3 | 0% |
| CureCervicalCancer | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas City Chorale | $1,950 | 4 | 0% |
| National Women's Law Center | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Everybody Dance La | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ERICS CAMP FUNDErics Camp Fund | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rose Brooks Center Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas City Art Institute | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayside Waifs Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope House Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The Studios Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($241k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · Merriman Foundation · Copaken Family Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · The Atterbury Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee
How this is measured
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About Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation
- How much does Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation give?
- Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $8,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (19%), Social Science (10%).
- Who are Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pembroke Hill School ($40k), The Nelson Gallery Foundation ($37k), University of Chicago ($30k).
- Does Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee.
- Where is Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation based?
- Phyllis Gordon Cohen Charitable Foundation is based in MO.
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