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The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2025
$515
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,250
Organizations funded a year
19 to 20
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$563k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$26k68%
FY202320$20k0%
FY202220$25k10%
FY202119$22k0%
FY202020$22k15%
FY201919$22kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$69kPhilanthropy$17kHuman Services$12kEducation$10kInternational$9kSocial Science$8kArts & Culture$7kEmployment$2kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$16,60060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$13,52260%
Council for Jewish Elderly$7,86360%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$7,75050%
Little City Foundation$5,20050%
American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc$4,75050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$2,75030%
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago$2,75050%
Gilda's Club Chicago$2,60050%
Parenteach Institute$2,50010%
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All grantees of The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$16,60060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$13,52260%
Council for Jewish Elderly$7,86360%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$7,75050%
Little City Foundation$5,20050%
American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc$4,75050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$2,75030%
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago$2,75050%
Gilda's Club Chicago$2,60050%
Parenteach Institute$2,50010%
Autism Speaks Inc$2,46230%
Jane Addams Resource Corporation$2,25050%
Near North Montessori School$2,25050%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$1,12710%
American Lung Association$1,00050%
The Weber Family Arts Foundation$1,0001n/a
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,00010%
Shalva Inc$91030%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$53210%
Connections for the Homeless Inc$51510%
The Josselyn Center Nfp$50010%
Window to the World Communications Inc$50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
Media Process Educational Film$16010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $16,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $13,522 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil for Jewish Elderly: $7,863 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $7,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLittle City Foundation: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGilda's Club Chicago: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetParenteach Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $2,462 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJane Addams Resource Corporation: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNear North Montessori School: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $1,127 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShalva Inc: $910 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $532 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnections for the Homeless Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Josselyn Center Nfp: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Process Educational Film: $160 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 23.

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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About The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen

How much does The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen give?
The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen reported 25 grants totaling $25,526 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (51%), Philanthropy (12%), Human Services (9%).
Who are The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($17k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($14k), Council for Jewish Elderly ($8k).
Does The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen based?
The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen is based in IL.

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 41 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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