New York · Private foundation
The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $36k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 60% of the organizations The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $80k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $659k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $899k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $552k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $1,200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $325,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $136,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cornell Hillel | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nli USA Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Abby & David Cohen Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation
- How much does The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation give?
- The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $36,000, out of $5,722,381 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2025.
- What does The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (10%), Social Science (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2026: Cornell University ($1.2M), The Brookings Institution ($325k), Jewish Theological Seminary of America ($136k).
- Does The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Abby & David Cohen 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 The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation based?
- The Abby & David Cohen Family Foundation is based in NY.
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