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The Jonathan L Cohen 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.

$49k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$30kEducation$15kArts & Culture$13kYouth Development$5kScience & Tech$5kPublic Benefit$5kHousing & Shelter$4kPhilanthropy$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $49,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$281k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pace University$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America$4,000
Carley Cunniff Peter S Dixon Md Foundation$3,000
NYU Langone Health System$3,000
The Naval Institute Foundation$2,500
Long Island Community Hospital$2,000
The News Literacy Project$2,000
The Partnership To End Homelessness$2,000
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund$2,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc$2,000
Legal Aid Society$2,000
The Mariners' Museum$2,000
The Morgan Library & Museum$2,000
Girl Scouts of the USA$2,000
The New York Public Library$2,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 12 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against -44% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$52k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
-44%

Still filing today

92%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PU
    PACE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +14%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HEALTH SYSTEM
    2× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • TN
    THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • SB
    STONY BROOK SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • UN
    US Naval Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • MM
    MARINERS MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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.

03Its 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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

Education
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
The Trustees of the New York Society Library

The new york society library was founded in 1754 by the new york society, a civic-minded group formed in the belief that the availability of books would help the city of new york to prosper.

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11
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STONY BROOK SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherSTONY BROOK SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITALLong Island Community Hospital: $4,000 · OtherLong Island Community HospitalTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · OtherTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCUS Naval Institute: $2,500 · OtherUS Naval InstituteMARINERS MUSEUM INC: $2,000 · OtherHistorical Society of Pennsylvania: $1,500 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $2,000 · OtherTRIFORM CAMPHILL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Other+11 more: $10,000 · Other+11 morePACE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITYTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INCThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $4,000 · EducationThe Pierpont Morgan LibraryCARLEY CUNNIFF-PETER S DIXON MD FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationCARLEY CUNNIFF-PETER S DIXON MD F…The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $3,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIO…SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…NYU LANGONE HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,000 · HealthNYU LANGONE HE…THE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthTHE FIBROLAMEL…THE PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMILL REEF FUND: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$39,500Education$28,000Health$12,000Housing & Shelter$4,000Arts & Culture$4,000Philanthropy$3,500Crime & Legal$3,000

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 budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNYU LANGONE HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARLEY CUNNIFF-PETER S DIXON MD FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIFORM CAMPHILL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARINERS' MUSEUM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Pennsylvania: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILL REEF FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.
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How do I get to The Jonathan L Cohen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Jonathan L Cohen Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 37 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $109k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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