· Private foundation
William a Cooke Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k78 grants · $205k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOUISA COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE | $750,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $351,942 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| LOUISA COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD | $20,000 |
| ORANGE CO CHILDRENS TOYBOX | $10,000 |
| SANTA COUNCIL OF LOUISA | $10,000 |
| LOUISA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| LAKE ANNA EMERGENCY SERVICES | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| LOUISA ARTS CENTER | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,594 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| LOUISA CO RESOURCE COUNCIL | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| THE JOURNEY HOME INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
105 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 98 since wound down; 77 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $227k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN7× · 2018–2024 · $175k · revenue +94%- OCORANGE COUNTY CHILDRENS TOY BOX4× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +8%
- LDLouisa Downtown Development Corpora4× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- LCLOUISA COUNTY LITTLE LEAGEone grant, 2017 · $130k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $21k
- MEMOSS-NUCKOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $20k
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.
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.
Find forever homes and foster homes for animals in Louisa County Virginia and the surrounding area. Promoting spay/neuter programs
Little hands virginia's mission is to ensure young children in need in central virginia have essentials from day one to improve outcomes for life.
Henrico Christmas Mother provides charitable relief for low-income families in Henrico County, Virginia, during the holiday season. Qualifying recipients shop for food, clothing, books, and toys for their families, while seniors and…
Provide food programs such as Food Bank,Emergency Pantry,Meals on Wheels and School Backpack for needy families in Louisa County,Va. Also provide medical outreach and referral services for needy families.
Provides emergency medical care and transportation in Louisa County Virginia and water rescue services for Lake Anna Virginia
Loudoun Serenity House's mission is to provide free, peer-based mentoring, education, and advocacy for individuals and families affected by substance abuse disorder, along with structured transitional housing for men and women rebuilding…
to provide fire response an rescue units to the residents of Halifax county VA and surrounding counties as needed
The Total Life Center of Southside Virginia is organized to improve health outcomes and advance health equity in rural communities by addressing social determinants of health. The organization provides programs that increase access to…
The organization provides educational services to under-educated residents of Madison County Virginia: ELL training, basic literacy, GED preparation, introductions to technology.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 392 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William a Cooke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William a Cooke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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