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The Bill and Kathy Cohen Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Environment$34kAnimals$16kHuman Services$3kHealth$1kEducation$1kArts & Culture$540Religion$105Philanthropy$100
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUDOBON SOCIETY NATIONAL$1,033
ELDORADO AUDOBON SOCIETY$1,000
CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (KEN BALCOMB)$1,000
BERKLEY FOUNDATION INC$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
5
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
6
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
7
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
8
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
9
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
10
Connectocean Conservation and Outreach Inc

Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…

Human Services
11
International Snow Leopard Trust

The international snow leopard trust aims to ethically conserve snow leopards and their high mountain ecosystems through partnerships with indigenous peoples and local communities, and through research to improve the understanding of snow…

Animals
12
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Bird Rescue; the most unlike its peers is The Berkley Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYWORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF): $5,330 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF)OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · OtherOCEAN CONSERVANCYAUDOBON SOCIETY NATIONAL: $2,033 · OtherAUDOBON SOCIETY NATIONALALGALITA: $2,000 · OtherALGALITACENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (KEN BALCOMB): $2,000 · OtherCENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH (KEN BALCOMB)AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA): $2,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA)+14 more: $10,840 · Other+14 moreTHE WHALE SANCTUARY PROJECT: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE WHALE SANCTU…INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE: $2,025 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL BI…PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $1,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE E…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOUR…BOLSA CHICA CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · EnvironmentBOLSA CHICA CO…THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER …INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR-SCHOLAR PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,050 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $400 · Health
Other$36,703Animals$8,025Environment$7,000Human Services$3,000Education$1,050Health$400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHALE SANCTUARY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWARRIOR-SCHOLAR PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOLSA CHICA CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WHALE SANCTUARY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR-SCHOLAR PROJECT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOLSA CHICA CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BERKLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bill and Kathy Cohen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bill and Kathy Cohen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to The Bill and Kathy Cohen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bill and Kathy Cohen Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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