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The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc

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.

$630k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
168
Grants FY2025
176
Organizations funded FY2024
65%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
110 to 176
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 65% of the organizations The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving160$595k9%
FY2024176$565k65%
FY2022110$448kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$535kEducation$351kHealth$178kPhilanthropy$137kRecreation & Sports$132kReligion$81kCivil Rights$50kFood & Nutrition$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
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IN
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NJ
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MO
VA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 140 grantees
All grantees of The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$145,35030%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$92,60030%
Maccabi USA Inc$51,50021%
Northwestern University$49,50030%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$40,00030%
The Women's Initiative$30,00021%
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women$30,00030%
Barnard College$28,85030%
Congregation Emanuel$22,0002n/a
New DramatistsInc$20,00021%
Cornell University$20,00010%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$20,00030%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$19,25030%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$17,5003n/a
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$16,00030%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$15,00030%
Full Circle Fund$15,00023%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$12,00030%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$10,00030%
Serving Up Hope Inc$10,00023%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond$10,00020%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$9,00030%
Feeding Westchester Inc$8,50020%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$8,50030%
California Academy of Sciences$8,25030%
Neighbors for a Greener Harlem Inc$7,5002n/a
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$7,50030%
The Jewish Museum$7,50020%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$7,00020%
Charlottesville Free Clinic$7,00020%
Congregation Beth Israel$6,50021%
Masters School$6,00020%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$5,50020%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$5,10020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia$5,00020%
Empower Work Inc$5,00020%
Marin Humane Society$5,00020%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$5,00020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$4,50030%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$4,50030%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$4,50020%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$4,15020%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$4,00020%
San Francisco Playhouse$4,00020%
Equality Virginia Inc$4,00020%
Playwrights Horizons Inc$4,00020%
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine$4,0001n/a
Museum of Modern Art$3,60020%
City Parks Foundation Inc$3,50030%
Readykids Inc$3,50020%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$3,10020%
Teachers College Columbia University$3,00030%
Tuesday Evening Concert Series Inc$3,00020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$3,00030%
Conservation Society of California$3,00020%
Year Up Inc$3,00020%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$3,00020%
American Lung Association$3,00010%
The Bhutan Foundation$3,00030%
Bottomless Closet$3,00020%
People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry$2,50030%
The Art Institute of Chicago$2,50030%
Food Bank for New York City$2,50010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$2,40030%
By Kids Inc$2,30030%
The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$2,25020%
The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc$2,00020%
Bay Area Discovery Museum$2,00020%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$2,00020%
The Clear Fund$2,00020%
Sesame Workshop$2,00020%
New Rochelle Young Men's Christian Association Inc$2,00020%
Emergency Food Network$2,00020%
The Exploratorium$2,00020%
Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc$2,00020%
The Center for the Arts at the Armory Inc$2,00020%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$2,00020%
A Wider Bridge$2,00030%
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc$2,00020%
Charlottesville Opera$2,00020%
Rainforest Trust$1,90030%
Paws Inc$1,70020%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$1,50030%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$1,50030%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$1,50010%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$1,50030%
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley$1,50010%
Georgia Aquarium Inc & Subsidiary$1,50020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley$1,50010%
Northside Center for Child Development Inc$1,50030%
Immigrant Family Defense Fund$1,50020%
Artworks NYC Inc$1,50031%
The San Diego Women's Foundation$1,25010%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$1,25030%
Aceing Autism Inc$1,25020%
Luv Michael Inc$1,20020%
Women for Women International$1,00010%
New York Shakespeare Festival$1,00010%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$1,00010%
Garth Newel Music Center Foundation$1,00020%
The Rye Arts Center Inc$1,00010%
The Common Good Forum Inc$1,00020%
Pomona College$1,00020%
Shelter for Help in Emergency Inc$1,00020%
American Academy of Pediatrics$1,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,00010%
City of Promise Inc$1,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,00010%
Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc$1,00010%
Curiodyssey$1,00010%
Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville- Albemarle$1,00020%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$1,00020%
Head Count Inc$1,00010%
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$1,00010%
American Theatre Wing Inc$1,0001n/a
San Francisco Zoological Society$1,00010%
Yonkers Partners in Education Inc$75020%
Dalton Schools Inc$75020%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago$75020%
The Philanthropy Connection Inc$60020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation$50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5001n/a
International Center of Photography$50010%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc$50010%
Evanston Dance Ensemble$50020%
Steves Camp at Horizon Farms Inc$50020%
Calvary Fund Inc$50010%
Society of Professional Journalists$5001n/a
Rosie's Place Inc$40020%
International Rescue Committee INC$40020%
Museum of Contemporary Art$30020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25010%
Avenues to Independence$25010%
National Police Accountability Project Inc$25020%
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project Inc$20020%
Equal Justice Initiative$20020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($643k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJazz at Lincoln Center Inc: $145,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $92,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaccabi USA Inc: $51,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $49,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Women's Initiative: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Foundation for Education of Women: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBarnard College: $28,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew DramatistsInc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $19,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFull Circle Fund: $15,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Second Stage Theatre Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeer Health Exchange Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetServing Up Hope Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding Westchester Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $8,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharlottesville Free Clinic: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCongregation Beth Israel: $6,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMasters School: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEmpower Work Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarin Humane Society: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Conservatory Theatre Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Jazz Organization: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $4,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Virginia Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlaywrights Horizons Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Parks Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReadykids Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $3,000 over 3y, 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 133.

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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.

Caplin FoundationDE29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Caplin Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr · Perry Foundation Inc · Manning Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Genan Foundation · The Oak Hill Fund · The Better Living Foundation · The Watterson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund

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 The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc

How much does The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc give?
The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc reported 168 grants totaling $630,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 110 and 176 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (11%), Education (7%), Health (4%).
Who are The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc ($145k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($93k), Maccabi USA Inc ($52k).
Does The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc 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 Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Caplin Foundation, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, The Charles Fund Inc.
Where is The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc based?
The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 244 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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