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The Dunlap-Cogswell Foundation at a glance

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The Dunlap-Cogswell Foundation

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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$114kHuman Services$43kEnvironment$42kArts & Culture$36kReligion$32kHealth$28kCommunity Improvement$12kAnimals$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$829k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
EAST ANGEL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION$5,500
CROSS OVER MINISTRIES$4,000
HIGHLANDS CASHIERS LAND TRUST$3,500
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$3,000
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE$3,000
VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION$3,000
BIKES TOGETHER$3,000
THE BASCOM$2,500
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$2,500
SAINT MARY'S ACADEMY$2,500
PEGGY CROSBY CENTER$2,500
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$2,000
CASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT$2,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $7k → 10%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $22k → 12%SAINT MARY'S ACADEMY: $3k → 6%REFORMED UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP: $3k → 9%URBAN PEAK OF DENVER: $4k → 9%THE CIVIC CANOPY: $4k → 12%CROSS OVER MINISTRIES: $4k → 9%STEWARD SCHOOL: $12k → 6%VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOME FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE: $3k → 13%CNU EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $6k → 10%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $19k → 12%THE CIVIC CANOPY: $4k → 12%STEWARD SCHOOL: $12k → 6%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 10%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $10k → 12%BIKES TOGETHER: $3k → 12%STEWARD SCHOOL: $9k → 6%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $4k → 10%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 12%STEWARD SCHOOL: $7k → 6%VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $4k → 10%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $10k → 12%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 12%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 12%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $10k → 12%ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 12%HIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST: $10k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DENVER: $6k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DENVER: $4k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%EAST ANGEL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $6k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%PEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $4k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $4k → 12%HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $4k → 12%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%HIGHLANDS CASHIERS LAND TRUST: $4k → 12%HIGHLANDS CASHIERS LAND TRUST: $4k → 12%PEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $3k → 12%PEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $3k → 12%PEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $3k → 12%PEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $3k → 12%MARTIN LIPSCOMB PERFORMING ARTS CEN: $3k → 12%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
WY
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$371k · 36 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
30

Total granted

$371k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+53%

Still filing today

56%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TS
    THE STEWARD SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +28%
  • SA
    ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +33%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CE
    CNU EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • VB
    VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOME FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • UP
    URBAN PEAK OF DENVER
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
The Charleston Museum

To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.

Arts & Culture
2
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
Carolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art

The mission of the gibbes museum of art is to enhance lives through art by engaging people of every background and experience with art and artists of enduring quality; collect and preserve the art that touches charleston; and provide…

Arts & Culture
5
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc

To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

Arts & Culture
6
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
7
The Commonwealth Institute for

To use policy, research, and analysis to advance the well-being of Virginia communities, and improve the economic security and social opportunities of all Virginians.

Public Benefit
8
Columbia Basin Health Association

To provide equal access to quality health care to all persons regardless of age, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or the ability to pay.primary activities: medical, dental, vision and related healthcare services.

Health
9
Heckscher Museum

Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.

Arts & Culture
10
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
11
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
12
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Life Enrichment Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chipley Historic Center. 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 73 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $80,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE STEWARD SCHOOL: $40,700 · OtherTHE STEWARD SCHOOLHIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $28,000 · OtherHIGHLANDS LAND TRUSTPEGGY CROSBY CENTER: $22,000 · OtherPEGGY CROSBY CENTERHIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherHIGHLANDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTHE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT INC: $15,000 · OtherMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DENVER: $11,250 · Other+47 more: $115,290 · Other+47 moreST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $25,500 · EducationST ANNE'S…SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $11,500 · EducationSWEET BRI…+1 more: $200 · EducationPerforming Arts Center Inc: $6,000 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation: $5,500 · Arts & CultureHIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureAltamaha Riverkeeper Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC: $1,150 · EnvironmentTHE CIVIC CANOPY: $11,500 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE: $2,000 · Community ImprovementALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC INC: $2,000 · HealthTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 · HealthHERE FOR THE GIRLS INC: $500 · HealthPark Hill Bike Depot dba Bikes Together: $4,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$332,890Education$37,200Arts & Culture$17,000Environment$15,150Community Improvement$13,500Health$8,500Recreation & Sports$4,500

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 budgetTHE STEWARD SCHOOL: $40,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $25,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CIVIC CANOPY: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAltamaha Riverkeeper Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChipley Historic Center: $5,250 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetHIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetVIRGINIA BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPark Hill Bike Depot dba Bikes Together: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO FISCAL INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES FIRST: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERE FOR THE GIRLS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGORDON CENTER FOR THE CHILDREN INC: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVININGS VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE STEWARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST ANNE'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CIVIC CANOPY ↗
  • Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds St Anne's Episcopal School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Altamaha Riverkeeper Inc ↗
  • Who funds Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds Performing Arts Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Bascom Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Chipley Historic Center ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Park Hill Bike Depot dba Bikes Together ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds HENRICO CHRISTMAS MOTHER ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Al Williams Jr Family…Mountain Findings IncThe Woodcrest Foundat…The Colorado Health F…Wantoot Foundation IncThe Bell Family Found…The Klamon Family Fou…Ashcourt Family Found…The Inman FoundationBrighton Foundation T…The H Foundation
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Mountain Findings Inc · The Woodcrest Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Wantoot Foundation Inc · The Bell Family Foundation · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · The Inman Foundation · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · The H Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • St Anne's Episcopal School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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