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The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found

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.

$167k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,380
Organizations funded a year
9 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$861k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentOther
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 arriving15$167k27%
FY202314$263k21%
FY202212$146k33%
FY20219$188k22%
FY202010$222k20%
FY201920$193k45%
FY201817$240k18%
FY201725$377kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MRecreation & Sports$433kEducation$94kHealth$36kSocial Science$27kPhilanthropy$20kReligion$10kYouth Development$4kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Park Conservancy Inc$401,25080%
Whitney Museum of American Art$325,57080%
Creative Time Inc$309,55582%
New York Academy of Art$289,26081%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$113,37970%
Duke University$75,00010%
The Aspen Institute Inc$27,20040%
The Atlantic Golf Club Foundation$19,937420%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$15,07040%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$15,00020%
The Drawing Center Inc$13,24050%
Atlantic Golf Club Educational Fund Inc$10,00020%
Friends of Hudson River Park Inc$10,00020%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
Child Mind Institute Inc$9,99430%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$7,50010%
New Yorkers for Parks$7,20020%
Wainscott Windmill Fund$5,00012%
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc$4,66030%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$4,50020%
Prep for Prep$4,00020%
The Chapin School Ltd$4,00030%
The Parrish Art Museum Inc$3,95020%
New Art Publications Inc$2,61010%
The Horticultural Society of New York$2,60010%
School of American Ballet Inc$2,44010%
Museum of Modern Art$2,33020%
Longhouse Reserve$2,20010%
Union Settlement Association Inc$2,10010%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$1,85010%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$1,73010%
Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation$1,29010%
Career Gear Inc$1,28510%
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust$1,0001n/a
The Ladies Village Improvement Society of East Hampton$1,00010%
Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc$50010%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$40010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $401,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $325,570 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Time Inc: $309,555 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetNew York Academy of Art: $289,260 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $113,379 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $27,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Atlantic Golf Club Foundation: $19,937 over 4y, 20% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $15,070 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drawing Center Inc: $13,240 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAtlantic Golf Club Educational Fund Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Hudson River Park Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Foundation for the Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $9,994 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Yorkers for Parks: $7,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWainscott Windmill Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNew York Landmarks Conservancy Inc: $4,660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrep for Prep: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Parrish Art Museum Inc: $3,950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Art Publications Inc: $2,610 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Horticultural Society of New York: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $2,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $2,330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLonghouse Reserve: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Settlement Association Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Second Stage Theatre Inc: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $1,730 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFashion Institute of Technology Foundation: $1,290 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCareer Gear Inc: $1,285 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ladies Village Improvement Society of East Hampton: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Georgica Pond Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $400 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber FoundationNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation · May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found

How much does The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found give?
The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found reported 15 grants totaling $166,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (64%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Education (5%).
Who are The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Park Conservancy Inc ($401k), Whitney Museum of American Art ($326k), Creative Time Inc ($310k).
Does The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found 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 & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daniel M Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found based?
The Robert & Suzanne Cochran Fam Found is based in NY.

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 52 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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