Delaware · Private foundation
The Cooperation Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $21k
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Grants FY2022
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $9,600
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $116k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations The Cooperation Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | $21k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $520k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecocenter Inc | $709,600 | 3 | 12% |
| Sea Star Village | $20,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Aspen Country Day School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ascendigo Autism Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Cooperation Fund
- How much does The Cooperation Fund give?
- The Cooperation Fund reported 3 grants totaling $20,600 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Cooperation Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (96%), Human Services (3%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Cooperation Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Ecocenter Inc ($710k), Sea Star Village ($20k), The Aspen Country Day School Inc ($10k).
- Does The Cooperation Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cooperation Fund 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 Cooperation Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Cooperation Fund based?
- The Cooperation Fund is based in DE.
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