· Private foundation
Reldon & Hattie Cooper Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SBCSD FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SAXONBURG MUSEUM INC | $16,408 |
| SAXONBURG VOL FIRE CO | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| SOUTH BUTLER COMMUNITY LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| SAXONBURG AREA BUSINESS ASSOC | $1,500 |
| BUTLER FREEPORT COMMUNITY TRAIL | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE SAXONBURG POLICE DEP | $1,000 |
| THE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
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 (FY17–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% 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
Backed again, and grew
- FFFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +45%
- TLTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $10k · revenue +45%
- TATHE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY INC3× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- WTWINFIELD TOWNSHIPone grant, 2017 · $3k
- GCGRACEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SBSAXONBURG BOROUGH-MUHLHAUSEN SISTER CITY SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…
The somerset county chamber of commerce is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the somerset county, pennsylvania region as a superior locale in which to live, work, vacation and conduct business.
The mission of the shippensburg area chamber of commerce is to provide members with services that promote and support economic vitality as well as develop shippensburg as a great place to live, work, play, visit, and invest.
To promote successful business activity in the central bucks county, pa area.
Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.
To organize, manage, and supervise southwestern pa commission. to plan, form, promote, and coordinate transportation and economic development of the southwest pa region. to further develop intergovernmental and intermunicipal cooperation.
To provide policy guidance, technical assistance, and program oversight for the city of pittsburgh and allegheny county, and to assist in the economic development of southwestern pa region.
See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…
To be a catalyst that will actively promote and support responsible economic growth in the carlisle region, while continuing to provide enhanced benefits for our membership and a vibrant quality of life for our community.
The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the chamber has 5 strategic priorities: public policy, workforce, business…
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
The pwda is the voice of pennsylvania's workforce system, leading the workforce conversation, telling the workforce story, and serving as a clearinghouse for workforce development information to all stakeholders in the commonwealth of…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 23 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.
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 SOUTH BUTLER COMMUNITY LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds SAXONBURG AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GLADE RUN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAXONBURG POLICE DEP ↗
- Who funds CATALYST CONNECTION ↗
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: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Reldon & Hattie Cooper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reldon & Hattie Cooper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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