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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$2.3MHuman Services$34kRecreation & Sports$27kYouth Development$15kInternational$15kCrime & Legal$10kHealth$5kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $210k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON COLLEGE$210,000
FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL$21,000
PROVIDENCE ST MEL SCHOOL$8,000
OAK PARK COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$5,000
ST LUKE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$1,000
HELP HOPE LOVE$500
OUR PLACE$500
WTTW$150
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SARAH'S INN: $6k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 17 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
18

Total granted

$2.4M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+29%

Still filing today

59%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCrime & LegalHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $975k · revenue +50%
  • BS
    Big Shoulders Fund
    4× · 2020–2023 · $375k · revenue +67%
  • DM
    DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    4× · 2020–2023 · $101k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +43%
  • EA
    EVAN'S AVENGERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -3%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

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

4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
8
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

9
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
10
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Shoulders Fund and the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr15%24%35–55yr16%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr17%1%20–35yr15%62%35–55yr16%35%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
16%
5,000/31,489

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $975,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEBig Shoulders Fund — $375,000 · EducationBig Shoulders Fund+5 more — $50,810 · EducationFENWICK HIGH SCHOOL — $772,300 · OtherFENWICK HIGH SCHOOLDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $101,200 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDProvidence St Mel School — $40,000 · Other+18 more — $88,500 · Other+18 moreNorthwestern University — $26,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY — $15,000 · Crime & LegalRECIPE FOR CHANGE — $10,000 · Crime & LegalSARAH'S INN — $11,000 · Human ServicesHorizons for Youth — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentHELPHOPELIVE INC — $1,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $500 · HealthWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — $150 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,400,810Other$1,002,000Recreation & Sports$26,500Crime & Legal$25,000Human Services$11,000Youth Development$5,000Health$2,000Arts & Culture$150

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $975,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund — $375,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $101,200 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetProvidence St Mel School — $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University — $26,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOak Park Country Club Foundation — $25,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSAN MIGUEL FEBRES CORDERO SCHOOL INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSARAH'S INN — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRECIPE FOR CHANGE — $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorizons for Youth — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $310 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
  • Who funds Big Shoulders Fund
  • Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
  • Who funds Providence St Mel School
  • Who funds Northwestern University
  • Who funds Oak Park Country Club Foundation
  • Who funds SAN MIGUEL FEBRES CORDERO SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds CENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Who funds SARAH'S INN
  • Who funds RECIPE FOR CHANGE
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc
  • Who funds Horizons for Youth
  • Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC
  • Who funds HEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds THE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds RIVER FOREST PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
  • Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community TrustIL19× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Good Heart Work Smart Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Chicago Board of Trade Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn?

Find your warmest path to Robert J & Loretta W Cooney Family Fdtn 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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