California · Private foundation
The Cox Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,628,840
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $3,628,840
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations The Cox Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $3.6M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Students Rising Above | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries International Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| By the Bay Health | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hanna Boys Center | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Students Rising Above | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries International Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| By the Bay Health | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hanna Boys Center | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raphael House of San Francisco Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Music Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Claremont Educational Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Rangeland Trust | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cox 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Cox Foundation
- How much does The Cox Foundation give?
- The Cox Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $3,628,840 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does The Cox Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (97%), Education (1%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are The Cox Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation ($10k), California Pacific Medical Center Foundation ($10k), Foundation for Students Rising Above ($10k).
- Does The Cox Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cox 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 Cox Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, McNabb Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Cox Foundation based?
- The Cox Foundation is based in CA.
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