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Richard & Patricia Cohn Family 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.

$29k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,290
Organizations funded a year
15 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$318k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving36$29k28%
FY202424$34k8%
FY202330$27k17%
FY202230$37k27%
FY202131$29k35%
FY202030$32k30%
FY201931$37k45%
FY201815$44k40%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$161kArts & Culture$84kReligion$18kHuman Services$11kEnvironment$7kEducation$5kYouth Development$4kHealth$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
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WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
UT
CO
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MD
AZ
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TN
DC
GA

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
Truenorth Community Services$90,54090%
National Ability Center$69,55570%
Ravinia Festival Association$59,55090%
Kuntry Cookin'$23,2007n/a
Park City Jewish Center Inc$14,7059n/a
Build Inc$3,92580%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$2,20070%
College Bound Opportunities$1,65070%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$1,65060%
Anti-Defamation League$1,60060%
Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Truenorth Community Services$90,54090%
National Ability Center$69,55570%
Ravinia Festival Association$59,55090%
Kuntry Cookin'$23,2007n/a
Park City Jewish Center Inc$14,7059n/a
Build Inc$3,92580%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$2,20070%
College Bound Opportunities$1,65070%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$1,65060%
Anti-Defamation League$1,60060%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$1,60060%
North Shore Senior Center$1,28070%
Chicago Horticultural Society$1,18750%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,10060%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$1,00060%
Camp Nebagamon$1,0004n/a
Camp Nebagamon Foundation$70030%
National Geographic Society$65020%
Shore Community Services Inc$50050%
Utah State University$4215n/a
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc$40020%
Parkinson's Disease Research Society$40020%
Kiwanis Foundation of Evanston Inc$3303n/a
American Diabetes Association$3001n/a
Window to the World Communications Inc$30020%
St Mary Parish & School$2501n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$25020%
Moraine Township Charitable Fund Charitable Fund$20010%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$2001n/a
One Tail at a Time Nfp$20010%
Global Goods Partners Inc$20010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20010%
National Wildlife Federation$17520%
The Volunteer Center$15020%
Peace House Inc$15010%
Orphans of the Storm$1001n/a
Arizona Humane Society$10010%
Family Service of Glencoe$10020%
Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$10010%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$10010%
People's Health Clicnic$5010%
Lake County Crisis Center$5010%
National Park Foundation$5010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5010%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$5010%
Breakthrough T1d$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTruenorth Community Services: $90,540 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNational Ability Center: $69,555 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $59,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBuild Inc: $3,925 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Conservancy Inc: $2,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Bound Opportunities: $1,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDaniel Murphy Scholarship Fund: $1,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $1,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Senior Center: $1,280 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $1,187 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Tennis Centers Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Nebagamon Foundation: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShore Community Services Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEquest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Disease Research Society: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMoraine Township Charitable Fund Charitable Fund: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne Tail at a Time Nfp: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Goods Partners Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Volunteer Center: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeace House Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Service of Glencoe: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake County Crisis Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

Modestus Bauer FoundationIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Modestus Bauer Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Circle of Service Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation

How much does Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation give?
Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $29,195 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (52%), Arts & Culture (27%), Religion (6%).
Who are Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Truenorth Community Services ($91k), National Ability Center ($70k), Ravinia Festival Association ($60k).
Does Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard & Patricia Cohn Family 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 Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Modestus Bauer Foundation, First Bank Chicago Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Where is Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation based?
Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 91 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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