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The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$62kReligion$29kFood & Nutrition$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kHealth$11kArts & Culture$9kInternational$9kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$383k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ALBANS SCHOOL$10,000
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL$2,500
DON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
THE RED CROSS-LA$2,500
GONZAGA COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$1,500
NEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA$1,000
C&O CANAL TRUST$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA: $1k → 8%THE DC DIAPER BANK: $2k → 14%THE DC DIAPER BANK: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%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

NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
MS
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 13 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$120k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

54%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NG
    National Gallery of Art
    5× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +40%
  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +38%
  • MH
    MANY HANDS INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +22%
  • CR
    CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • WF
    WOMEN FOR WOMEN (FOR AFGHAN WOMEN)
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
2
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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3
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
4
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
5
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
6
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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7
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
8
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
9
Greater Washington Partnership

We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.

Recreation & Sports
10
Humanities Council of Washington Dc

To enrich the quality of life, foster intellectual stimulation, and promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of local history and culture in all neighborhoods of the district through humanities programs and grants.

Philanthropy
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Some Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Art Buchwald Collect Ion. 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

18 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. 18 of the 34 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF C: $56,500 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION OF THE D OF CGONZAGA COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $10,500 · OtherGONZAGA COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLDIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD: $8,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELDDON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL: $7,000 · OtherDON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherWOMEN FOR WOMEN (FOR AFGHAN WOMEN): $5,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $5,000 · Other+15 more: $22,000 · Other+15 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3,000 · Human ServicesSERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS INC: $2,000 · HealthFeed My Poor Inc: $7,500 · Food & NutritionNational Gallery of Art: $7,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ART BUCHWALD COLLECT ION: $500 · Arts & CultureMANY HANDS INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyNEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · International
Other$124,000Human Services$9,000Health$8,000Food & Nutrition$7,500Arts & Culture$7,500Philanthropy$4,000International$3,500

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 budgetFeed My Poor Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANY HANDS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERNESS LEADERSHIP & LEARNING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGIATE DIRECTIONS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSOME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON HOUSING CONSERVANCY INC: $500 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.

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.

Greater Washington Co…Clark Charitable Foun…Clark-Winchcole Found…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Marguerite G Cooley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Marguerite G Cooley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Marguerite G Cooley 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 34 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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