· Private foundation
The Cohen Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $322k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARMEL YOUTH ASSISTANCE INC | $134,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | $97,000 |
| INDIANAPOLIS ZOO | $91,000 |
| NEWFIELDS (FORMALLY THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART) | $26,200 |
| BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC | $11,054 |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA | $10,000 |
| BETH EL ZEDECK CONGREGATION | $9,920 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $5,000 |
| MONTVERDE ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW | $5,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FUN TIME EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY | $2,600 |
| INDIANAPOLIS REPERTORY THEATRE | $2,270 |
| STXBP1 DISORDERS | $2,000 |
| YOUTH HAVEN | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IZIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $547k · revenue +24%
- CPConner Prairie Museum Inc5× · 2019–2023 · $218k · revenue +40%
- CYCARMEL YOUTH ASSISTANCE INC2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +64% · 47% of their budget
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $100k
- 9P91 PLACE INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $54k · revenue +28%
- IHINDIANA HEALTH FUND INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -98%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
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Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.
To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.
The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…
To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…
The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…
Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.
How this is measured
40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Klapper Family Foundation Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cohen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cohen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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