Texas · Private foundation
The Cooper Family Foundation
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.
- $790k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations The Cooper Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $840k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $790k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.9M | 88% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $287k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $140k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Motivate Our Students of Texas | $300,000 | 2 | 93% |
| Comfort Public Library Inc | $175,750 | 2 | 35% |
| Comfort Youth Baseball Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of San Antonio | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluebonnet Childrens Center | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Comfort Golden Age Center Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled Outdoorsmen USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| South Texas Christian Ministries Medina County Christian Job Corps | $75,200 | 1 | 51% |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Motivate Our Students of Texas | $300,000 | 2 | 93% |
| Comfort Public Library Inc | $175,750 | 2 | 35% |
| Comfort Youth Baseball Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of San Antonio | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluebonnet Childrens Center | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Comfort Golden Age Center Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled Outdoorsmen USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| South Texas Christian Ministries Medina County Christian Job Corps | $75,200 | 1 | 51% |
| Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Comfort Table and Food Pantry | $60,000 | 2 | 35% |
| The Cajun Navy Relief Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rancher Navy Tx Corp | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Doyle School Community Center | $45,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Blood & Tissue Center Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Laredo Police Dept Blue Santa Charity Funds | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cuero Blue Santa Inc | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Shelter Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seton Home Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boysville Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hill Country Family Services Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Port Arthur Police Blue Santa | $12,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Blue Santa Toy Run Beaumont | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Santa of Lee County | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baytown Blue Santa | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Blue Santa | $11,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Christian Assistance Ministry | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($453k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Cooper Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · San Antonio Food Bank · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · Greater Houston Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Cooper Family Foundation
- How much does The Cooper Family Foundation give?
- The Cooper Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $790,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Cooper Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Human Services (13%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Cooper Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($2.0M), Motivate Our Students of Texas ($300k), Comfort Public Library Inc ($176k).
- Does The Cooper Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cooper 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 Cooper Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc.
- Where is The Cooper Family Foundation based?
- The Cooper Family Foundation is based in TX.
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