Georgia · Private foundation
The Cooper 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.
- $341k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $53k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Cooper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k 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 | 8 | $341k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $300k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $261k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $104k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $124k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $146k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $22k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerge Missions Inc | $296,600 | 7 | 9% |
| Billy Gray Ministries Inc | $255,000 | 5 | 48% |
| Ainbinder Evangelistic Ministries | $123,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Sojourner Charitable Fund | $100,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Grace Fellowship | $79,240 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercy Health Center Inc | $49,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Athens Pregnancy Center Inc | $47,332 | 2 | 6% |
| City of Refuge | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ministry Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Reliant Mission Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerge Missions Inc | $296,600 | 7 | 9% |
| Billy Gray Ministries Inc | $255,000 | 5 | 48% |
| Ainbinder Evangelistic Ministries | $123,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Sojourner Charitable Fund | $100,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Grace Fellowship | $79,240 | 2 | n/a |
| Mercy Health Center Inc | $49,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Athens Pregnancy Center Inc | $47,332 | 2 | 6% |
| City of Refuge | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ministry Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Reliant Mission Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Voice of Love Asia Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fresh Wind Recovery Ministry Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Summit Charter School Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($234k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Cooper Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Cooper Foundation
- How much does The Cooper Foundation give?
- The Cooper Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $341,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Cooper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (78%), Health (8%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
- Who are The Cooper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Emerge Missions Inc ($297k), Billy Gray Ministries Inc ($255k), Ainbinder Evangelistic Ministries ($123k).
- Does The Cooper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cooper 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Cooper Foundation based?
- The Cooper Foundation is based in GA.
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