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The Cooper Family Foundation at a glance

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The Cooper Family Foundation

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.

$319k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$313kArts & Culture$300kHealth$181kYouth Development$161kHuman Services$16kHousing & Shelter$6kRecreation & Sports$4kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $254k
$2,600
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY$200,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NORTH FLORIDA COUNCIL$54,000
HERE TOMORROW$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA$9,300
CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER$5,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI$2,600
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE$2,500
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ATHLETICS$2,500
BROOKS HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000
USA TRIATHLON FOUNDATION$300
TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND$259
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$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 (FY20–23, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SEAMARK RANCH: $15k → 14%OPERATION NEW UNIFORM: $500 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IN
CT
CA
CO
KY
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$496k · 10 repeat orgs$489k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$496k
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
-7%

Still filing today

40%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $259k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HT
    HERE TOMORROW INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +468%
  • ES
    EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +22%
  • CG
    CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • M
    MOSH
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • EM
    EMPOWERMENT MEDIA INC JOHN LAURENCE
    one grant, 2021 · $85k · revenue -57% · 43% of their budget
  • SR
    SEAMARK RANCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -38%
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.

04Its 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
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
2
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Inc

Junior achievement of southwest florida is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people for success.

International
3
Junior Achievement of North Florida Inc

The Organization's mission and primary purpose is to inspire young people to succeed in a global economy.

International
4
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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5
Leadership Jacksonville Inc

Educate, connect and inspire diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities.

Public Benefit
6
Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Education
7
University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians Inc

University of florida jacksonville physicians, inc. is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those we serve by providing exceptional and innovative practice management in support of the university of florida college of medicine…

Health
8
Jacksonville University

Our mission is to empower students for life-long growth as global citizens through a transformative, innovative educational experience, built on excellence in community-centered service. We accomplish this mission in a small,…

Education
9
Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc

Our mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy through classroom programs and simulations that focus on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Since 1981, Junior Achievement of the Palm…

International
10
Junior Achievement of South Florida Inc

Junior achievement of south florida, inc. highlights the value of the free enterprise system, teaching business know-how and personal finance. we do that through proven structured, hands-on programs for all students, k-12. the relevancy of…

International
11
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
12
Jacksonville Public Education Fund Inc

Jpef activates community support, connects partners, and advances effective ideas for the success of allstudents.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boy Scouts of America 87 North Florida Council; the most unlike its peers is Hope Ignited. 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

21 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. 21 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
9/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA: $232,042 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAMOSH: $100,000 · OtherMOSHPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $75,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 87 NORTH FLORIDA COUNCIL: $54,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 87 NORTH FLORIDA COUNCILCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $35,300 · OtherCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INCBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $20,000 · Other+18 more: $41,254 · Other+18 moreMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Science and H…EMPOWERMENT MEDIA INC JOHN LAURENCE: $85,000 · EducationEMPOWERMENT MED…EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $52,500 · EducationEPISCOPAL SCHOO…HERE TOMORROW INC: $60,000 · Health+3 more: $2,765 · HealthSEAMARK RANCH INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $6,800 · InternationalBEACHES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$557,596Arts & Culture$200,000Education$137,500Health$62,765Human Services$15,500International$6,800Housing & Shelter$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEMPOWERMENT MEDIA INC JOHN LAURENCE: $85,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetHERE TOMORROW INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $35,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSEAMARK RANCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JOHNS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $6,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBEACHES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN FOUNDATIONINC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Jacksonville Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE IGNITED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION NEW UNIFORM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSA Triathlon Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $250 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Jacksonville Jaguars …Charities Aid Foundat…Csx Foundation IncPga Tour IncThe Maryellen S Willi…The Thomas M and Iren…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Vystar Foundation IncThe Gate Foundation I…United Way of Northea…The Jim Moran Foundat…
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Csx Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Vystar Foundation Inc · The Gate Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc

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 Cooper Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cooper Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Operation New Uniform Inc: 100% of income from government
  • St Johns Country Day School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 35 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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