California · Private foundation
The Cooper Housing Institute
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.
- $885k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- 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, 63% of the organizations The Cooper Housing Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k 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 | 18 | $885k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $206k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $355k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $568k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance | $450,000 | 2 | 2% |
| South County Outreach | $197,700 | 4 | 2% |
| Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation | $160,538 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy House Living Centers | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Assistance Ministries | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pathways Housing First Institute | $25,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Grandma's House of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance | $450,000 | 2 | 2% |
| South County Outreach | $197,700 | 4 | 2% |
| Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation | $160,538 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy House Living Centers | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Assistance Ministries | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pathways Housing First Institute | $25,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Grandma's House of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Orange County Community Housing Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Families Forward | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Association of Nonprofits | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Ventures of Orange County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Funders Together to End Homelessnes | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cooper Housing Institute supplied at peak.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · St Joseph Health System Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Cooper Housing Institute
- How much does The Cooper Housing Institute give?
- The Cooper Housing Institute reported 18 grants totaling $885,038 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Cooper Housing Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (55%), Education (9%), Social Science (9%).
- Who are The Cooper Housing Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance ($450k), South County Outreach ($198k), Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation ($161k).
- Does The Cooper Housing Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cooper Housing Institute 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 Housing Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, St Joseph Health System Foundation.
- Where is The Cooper Housing Institute based?
- The Cooper Housing Institute is based in CA.
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