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The Cooper Matthews Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$374k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.5MRecreation & Sports$1.4MAnimals$403kHealth$384kEmployment$350kEducation$280kInternational$129kPhilanthropy$115kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $384k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $325k
  • $250k+2 grants · $724k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EXPLORE AUSTIN$374,000
CENTRAL AUSTIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$350,000
THE MEANING FOUNDATION$225,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$100,000
DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$40,000
FLATWATER FOUNDATION$40,000
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA$36,845
BREWSTER ACADEMY$35,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$35,000
DOG IS MY CO-PILOT$30,000
UNITED WAY$25,000
4ATX FOUNDATION$25,000
WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION$20,000
WAVES OF IMPACT$15,000
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 (FY21–24, $557k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $13k → 10%THE MEANING FOUNDATION: $225k → 14%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $13k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $12k → 10%THE MEANING FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%FLATWATER FOUNDATION: $70k → 10%FLATWATER FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%FLATWATER FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%FLATWATER FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
WY
PA
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
KS
DC
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 26 repeat orgs$189k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
11

Total granted

$4.7M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+10%

Still filing today

65%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationReligionOther
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

  • AE
    AUSTIN EXPLORE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +187% · 29% of their budget
  • CA
    CENTRAL AUSTIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +195% · 51% of their budget
  • TF
    THE FLATWATER FOUNDATON
    4× · 2021–2024 · $155k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CC
    CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +25%
  • WO
    WAVES OF IMPACT
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
2
Texas 4000 for Cancer

The mission of texas 4000 is to cultivate student leaders and engage communities in the fight against cancer. we share hope, knowledge and charity through leadership development, grant-making, and our cornerstone event, a 4,000+ mile 70-…

Health
3
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
4
Team Impact Inc

Team impact is the only u.s. nonprofit that tackles the emotional trauma and social isolation experienced by children facing serious and chronic illnesses by matching them with a college athletic team. because no child should be sidelined…

Philanthropy
5
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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6
Curebound

The organization's mission is to provide funding for the best cancer research ideas in san diego. all proceeds from curebound stay in san diego to fund innovative and collaborative cancer research.

Health
7
The Curetivity Foundation

Provide monetary or financial aid exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes and to solicit, receive, maintain and disburse funds for these purposes and for the betterment of children.

Health
8
Teen Cancer America Inc

The mission of teen cancer america is to increase survival and improve the lives of adolescents and young adults with cancer by transforming health systems to better serve their needs.

Youth Development
9
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
10
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
11
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
12
Autism Partnership Foundation

Advancing effective methodology and behavior analytic treatment to improve outcomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dell Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dog Is My Copilot. 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

31 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. 31 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $1,462,200 · EducationAUSTIN EXPLORE INCBrewster Academy: $117,000 · EducationBrewster AcademyCENTRAL AUSTIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $1,205,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL AUSTIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATIO…4ATX FOUNDATION: $145,000 · Recreation & Sports4ATX FOUNDATION+4 more: $41,001 · Recreation & SportsCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $270,000 · OtherCANINE COMPANIONS FOR …DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDA…EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL: $95,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOLWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · OtherWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSO…UNITED WAY SUCCESS BY SIX: $70,000 · OtherUNITED WAY SUCCESS BY …TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE MOBILE LOAVES FISHES: $35,000 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $35,000 · Other+20 more: $222,114 · Other+20 moreMeaning Foundation: $350,000 · Human ServicesMeaning Found…THE FLATWATER FOUNDATON: $155,000 · Human ServicesTHE FLATWATER…HOSPICE AUSTIN: $41,750 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTI…FOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesDOG IS MY COPILOT: $120,000 · AnimalsGRAMMY ROSE DOG RESCUE AND SANCTUARY INC: $7,500 · AnimalsDIVINE CANINES: $5,000 · AnimalsAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $128,795 · InternationalThe Trail Conservancy: $70,000 · Environment
Education$1,579,200Recreation & Sports$1,391,001Other$972,114Human Services$576,750Animals$132,500International$128,795Environment$70,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $1,462,200 over 4y, 29% of budgetCENTRAL AUSTIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $1,205,000 over 4y, 51% of budgetMeaning Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTHE FLATWATER FOUNDATON: $155,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budget4ATX FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $128,795 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDOG IS MY COPILOT: $120,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBrewster Academy: $117,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Trail Conservancy: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $41,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTART UP KIDS CLUB: $20,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHEEL FUN: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTexas Book Festival: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRAMMY ROSE DOG RESCUE AND SANCTUARY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDIVINE CANINES: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $2,065 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADD IMPACT NETWORK INC: $1,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLY BALL FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Tecumseh FoundationAustin Community Foun…The Moody FoundationBetter Business BureauThe Burdine Johnson F…Silicon Valley Commun…Raymond James Charita…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …
Tecumseh FoundationTX20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tecumseh Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Moody Foundation · Better Business Bureau · The Burdine Johnson Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Cooper Matthews Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cooper Matthews Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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