Virginia · Private foundation
William a Cooke Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 85
- Grants FY2024
- 85
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 98
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations William a Cooke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 84 | $1.4M | 92% |
| FY2023 | 85 | $889k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 98 | $661k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 87 | $609k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 97 | $593k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 76 | $587k | 87% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $676k | 87% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $792k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Love Outreach Food Pantry Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Louisa County Public Schools | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Orange County Childrens Toy Box | $35,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Journey Home Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Louisa Downtown Development Corpora | $22,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Louisa County Rescue Squad Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Child Health Partnership Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Words Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Louisa Community Emergency Fund Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Love Outreach Food Pantry Inc | $68,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Louisa County Public Schools | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Orange County Childrens Toy Box | $35,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Journey Home Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Louisa Downtown Development Corpora | $22,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Louisa County Rescue Squad Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Child Health Partnership Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Words Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Louisa Community Emergency Fund Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Louisa County Historical Society | $7,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Hopecam Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Historic Gordonsville Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Readykids Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Serenity Farm Equine Sanctuary | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Adult Community Education Formerly Literacy Volunteers of Lou | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Quickstart Tennis of Central Virginia Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 3% |
Plus 375 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William a Cooke Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Sentara Health · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William a Cooke Foundation
- How much does William a Cooke Foundation give?
- William a Cooke Foundation reported 85 grants totaling $1,382,036 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 98 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William a Cooke Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (46%), Education (24%), Recreation & Sports (21%).
- Who are William a Cooke Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shriners Hospitals for Children ($175k), Love Outreach Food Pantry Inc ($68k), Louisa County Public Schools ($65k).
- Does William a Cooke Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William a Cooke Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William a Cooke Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc.
- Where is William a Cooke Foundation based?
- William a Cooke Foundation is based in VA.
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