Maryland · Private foundation
The Marguerite G Cooley 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $383k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 10 | $27k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $29k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $27k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $27k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $56,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Gonzaga College High School | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Feed My Poor Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| National Gallery of Art | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Diabetes Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Many Hands Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $56,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Gonzaga College High School | $10,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Feed My Poor Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| National Gallery of Art | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Diabetes Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Many Hands Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| C&O Canal Trust Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Humane Society | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Eating Disorders Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Community Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Some Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Service Dogs of Virginia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Washington Housing Conservancy Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Art Buchwald Collect Ion | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Marguerite G Cooley 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation
- How much does The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation give?
- The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $27,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (17%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C ($57k), Gonzaga College High School ($11k), Feed My Poor Inc ($8k).
- Does The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Marguerite G Cooley 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 Marguerite G Cooley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
- Where is The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation based?
- The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation is based in MD.
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