California · Private foundation
The Irv and Helga Cooper 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.
- $465k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $465k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $445k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $478k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $475k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $426k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $250k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $523k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $550,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Outreach Center Inc | $430,000 | 7 | 24% |
| The Richardson Center for Global Engagement | $240,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Chapman University | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum La | $185,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $170,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Peaceplayers International | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $550,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Outreach Center Inc | $430,000 | 7 | 24% |
| The Richardson Center for Global Engagement | $240,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Chapman University | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum La | $185,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $170,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Peaceplayers International | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save a Heart Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 35% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bicycle Angels Inc | $17,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scarritt Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Miracle | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($909k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation
- How much does The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation give?
- The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $465,424 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (41%), Education (20%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($550k), Hope Outreach Center Inc ($430k), The Richardson Center for Global Engagement ($240k).
- Does The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Irv and Helga Cooper 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 Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation based?
- The Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation is based in CA.
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