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The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,250,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 47
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$131M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationInternationalArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving56$6.1M29%
FY202347$5.2M17%
FY202243$4.2M21%
FY202131$2.3M39%
FY202026$4.6M15%
FY201933$3.1M55%
FY201826$2.4Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$10MEducation$5.9MYouth Development$3.9MReligion$1.4MEmployment$1.0MScience & Tech$1.0MRecreation & Sports$956kHousing & Shelter$820kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
TN
NC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for Catholic Schools Inc$4,475,0207n/a
Upstream USA Inc$2,400,00061%
Ron Burton Training Village Inc$1,210,000711%
Year Up Inc$1,000,00060%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$1,000,00010%
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc$970,00072%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc$825,000620%
Horizons for Homeless Children$800,00072%
Share Winter Foundation$750,00047%
New England Aquarium Corporation$600,00042%
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All grantees of The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for Catholic Schools Inc$4,475,0207n/a
Upstream USA Inc$2,400,00061%
Ron Burton Training Village Inc$1,210,000711%
Year Up Inc$1,000,00060%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$1,000,00010%
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc$970,00072%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc$825,000620%
Horizons for Homeless Children$800,00072%
Share Winter Foundation$750,00047%
New England Aquarium Corporation$600,00042%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$525,0003n/a
Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc$488,15063%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$350,00030%
Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc$330,00042%
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$325,00061%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$320,00040%
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc$242,50033%
St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc$225,00071%
The Maranyundo Initiative Inc$190,00079%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$165,00050%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$145,00040%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$135,00042%
Children's Hospital Corporation$125,00010%
City Year Inc$125,00060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$110,00040%
Scholar Athletes Inc$100,00031%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$100,00040%
Boston Bullpen Project Inc$95,00048%
Gavin Foundation Inc$90,00030%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$75,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$73,00030%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$65,00030%
The Red Sox Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Esplanade Association Inc$46,00011%
Blue Star Families Inc$45,00030%
Morehouse College$35,00010%
Youth Villages Inc$35,00040%
Golf Fights Cancer Inc$35,00031%
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc$33,00010%
Park Street School Inc$31,90540%
Medicine for Humanity$30,000326%
The Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc$30,00011%
One Summit Inc$30,00032%
The Honor Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$28,00010%
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc$25,00044%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts Inc$25,00010%
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$25,00010%
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy Inc$25,0001n/a
The Herren Project$25,00021%
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc$20,05020%
New England Life Flight Inc$20,00010%
Medicines for Humanity Inc$20,00020%
The Warming Place Inc$20,000110%
Caitlin Clavette Memorial Foundation Inc$17,7005n/a
Community Servings Inc$12,50040%
Our House Nantucket Inc$10,00011%
Humanity Rises Inc$10,0001n/a
Boston Public Library Fund Inc$10,0001n/a
Nativity School of Worcester Inc$10,00010%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc$10,00010%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$5,52020%
Buildon Inc$5,00010%
Nantucket Atheneum Inc$5,00010%
Friends of the Public Garden Inc$5,0001n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$3,25010%
Children's Own School Inc$1,95020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,20010%
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc$1,00010%
Anywhere Gives Inc$95010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUpstream USA Inc: $2,400,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc: $1,210,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetYear Up Inc: $1,000,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Harbor View Foundation Inc: $970,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc: $825,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetHorizons for Homeless Children: $800,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetShare Winter Foundation: $750,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $600,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetNantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc: $488,150 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Wonderfund Inc: $330,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCatholic Schools Foundation Inc: $325,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $320,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc: $242,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetSt Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Maranyundo Initiative Inc: $190,000 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $165,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $145,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetScholar Athletes Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTrustees of the College of the Holy Cross: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Bullpen Project Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetGavin Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $73,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Red Sox Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEsplanade Association Inc: $46,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBlue Star Families Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMorehouse College: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Villages Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGolf Fights Cancer Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCatholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc: $33,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPark Street School Inc: $31,905 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMedicine for Humanity: $30,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetThe Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOne Summit Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Honor Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $28,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOld Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Herren Project: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBoston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc: $20,050 over 2y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA36.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Edgerley Family Foundation · The Lynch Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Analog Devices Foundation · Boston Bruins Charitable 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.

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About The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation

How much does The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation give?
The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $6,268,790 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (37%), Education (21%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Fund for Catholic Schools Inc ($4.5M), Upstream USA Inc ($2.4M), Ron Burton Training Village Inc ($1.2M).
Does The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson 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 Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, GivenGain Foundation USA.
Where is The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation based?
The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation is based in MA.

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 97 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.

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