Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Cotswold Foundation
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.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2020
- 70
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 68
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 12
- Total assets, FY2020
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 44% of the organizations The Cotswold Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 68 | $2.7M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 66 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | $600,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $444,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital | $401,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | $241,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium | $182,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Lankenau Institute for Medical Research | $180,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Drexel University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Main Line Hospitals Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Annunciation House Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Five Valleys Land Trust | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cotswold Foundation 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · Missoula Community Foundation · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (Dba Thornedge Fdn) · The Arcadia Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Louis L Borick Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · The Thendara Foundation · The Neubauer Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Cotswold Foundation
- How much does The Cotswold Foundation give?
- The Cotswold Foundation reported 70 itemized grants totaling $3,159,050, out of $3,323,550 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 68 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Cotswold Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (6%), Science & Tech (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Cotswold Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory ($600k), Philadelphia Museum of Art ($444k), Mount Desert Island Hospital ($401k).
- Does The Cotswold Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cotswold Foundation 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 Cotswold Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation, Colket Family Foundation.
- Where is The Cotswold Foundation based?
- The Cotswold Foundation is based in PA.
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