Illinois · Private foundation
Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $246k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $210,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $810 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $246k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $604k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $599k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $504k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $519k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $975,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fenwick High School | $772,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $375,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $101,200 | 4 | 1% |
| Providence St Mel School | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $26,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Park Country Club Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Miguel Febres Cordero School Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Justice & Accountability | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $975,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fenwick High School | $772,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $375,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $101,200 | 4 | 1% |
| Providence St Mel School | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $26,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Park Country Club Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Miguel Febres Cordero School Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Justice & Accountability | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarah's Inn | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Recipe for Change | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons for Youth | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hephzibah Children's Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 100 Club of Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| River Forest Public Library Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $310 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn 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.
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How this is measured
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About Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn
- How much does Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn give?
- Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn reported 8 grants totaling $246,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (95%), Human Services (1%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of Boston College ($975k), Fenwick High School ($772k), Big Shoulders Fund ($375k).
- Does Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn 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 Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Good Heart Work Smart Foundation, Helen V Brach Foundation.
- Where is Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn based?
- Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn is based in IL.
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