Maryland · Private foundation
The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 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.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 115
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 115
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $29M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 46 | $2.8M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 115 | $2.4M | 89% |
| FY2020 | 56 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | $531,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum | $255,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sixth & I Synagogue Inc | $101,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 113 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 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 · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Bender Foundation Inc · Alan and Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Inc · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation
- How much does The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation give?
- The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $2,791,022 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 115 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (12%), Arts & Culture (8%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: San Francisco Conservatory of Music ($531k), Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc ($275k), Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum ($255k).
- Does The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 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 Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc, Bender Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation based?
- The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation is based in MD.
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