· Private foundation
The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH UNITED FUND | $10,250 |
| PARENTEACH INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK | $1,127 |
| THE WEBER FAMILY ARTS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| THE ARK | $540 |
| Individual grant recipient | $540 |
| LINCOLN PARK ZOO | $532 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $522 |
| Individual grant recipient | $520 |
| LES TURNER ALS FOUNDATION | $518 |
| CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS | $515 |
| JANE ADAMS RESOURCE CENTER | $515 |
| CJE SENIOR LIFE | $513 |
| SHALVA | $510 |
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 (FY19–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO6× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +57%
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC6× · 2019–2025 · $14k · revenue +17%
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC5× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +20%
Funded once
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFEgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +41%- MPMEDIA PROCESS EDUCATIONAL FILMone grant, 2020 · $160 · 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.
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 41 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.
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds PARENTEACH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NEAR NORTH MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE WEBER FAMILY ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
- Who funds SHALVA INC ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds THE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP ↗
- Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds MEDIA PROCESS EDUCATIONAL FILM ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cooper Foundation % Julie Cohen. Bigger dots raise more.
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