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The Cornelius J & Ellen P Coakley Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Cornelius J & Ellen P Coakley Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$471k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$93k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$769kEducation$730kPhilanthropy$248kHousing & Shelter$229kArts & Culture$163kHuman Services$121kYouth Development$37kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $295k
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION$93,000
THE JENNIFER BUSH LAWSON FOUNDATION$91,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$60,250
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$51,000
MAKE A WISH$27,500
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER$20,000
KENNEDY CENTER$16,700
WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY$15,000
ST AGNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL$15,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$15,000
Individual grant recipient$13,000
THE ELLINGTON FUND$11,000
MARCH OF DIMES$8,000
YOUTH FOR TOMORROW$6,500
BONE HEALTH & OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION$6,135
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $18k → 7%HOLY CHILD CHARITY: $2k → 8%SMYAL: $5k → 14%HOMESTRETCH INC: $2k → 4%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

IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 16 repeat orgs$333k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$2.0M
$229k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+18%

Still filing today

69%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • MU
    MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $309k · revenue +19%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $304k · revenue +4%
  • RA
    RAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $281k · revenue +795% · 71% of their budget

Funded once

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC
    one grant, 2019 · $85k · revenue +7%
  • NC
    Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +44%
  • LF
    LymeLight Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +67%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
The Lam Foundation

The LAM Foundation urgently seeks safe and effective treatments and ultimately a cure for LAM.

Philanthropy
3
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
4
Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience,…

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5
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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6
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
7
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
8
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
9
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
12
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holy Child Charity Inc. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $308,500 · OtherMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYKENNEDY CENTER: $132,970 · OtherKENNEDY CENTERWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $90,000 · OtherWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMYCLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITYMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $85,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $80,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESTHE LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON: $67,500 · OtherTHE LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON+21 more: $197,050 · Other+21 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $303,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCRAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC: $281,000 · HealthRAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $32,485 · HealthThe Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation: $244,500 · PhilanthropyThe Jennifer B…Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyNicklaus Child…OPERATION RENEWED HOPE FOUNDATION: $217,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION …CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $85,250 · EducationTHE LANGLEY SCHOOL INC: $6,800 · EducationBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSynetic Theater Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLymeLight Foundation: $17,500 · Human ServicesSMYAL Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesHomestretch Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesHoly Child Charity Inc: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$1,051,020Health$616,985Philanthropy$294,500Housing & Shelter$217,000Education$92,050Arts & Culture$30,000Human Services$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $308,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $303,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC: $281,000 over 6y, 71% of budgetThe Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation: $244,500 over 5y, 70% of budgetOPERATION RENEWED HOPE FOUNDATION: $217,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $85,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $85,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON: $67,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ELLINGTON FUND: $21,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $17,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $10,550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSynetic Theater Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LANGLEY SCHOOL INC: $6,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $6,135 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMYAL Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALKING WITH ANTHONY: $3,350 over 1y, 14% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHomestretch Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA FOREVER-HOME RESCUE FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Greater Washington Co…Dominion Energy Chari…The Van Metre Family …Arlington Community F…United Way of the Nat…The Community Foundat…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC20.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Arlington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable 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 Cornelius J & Ellen P Coakley Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cornelius J & Ellen P Coakley Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Raymond a Wood Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 45 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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