FundersPennsylvania

Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-Agy

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 31-1537177. Reported 238 grants totalling $5,306,000 to 105 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$5,306,000granted, 2022-2024
105organizations funded
84%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,021,363assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-Agy did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $350,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
32 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
103 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
61 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
13 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
13 grants
$100,000 and Up
16 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Squirrel Hill Health CenterPittsburgh, PA$1,050,000332024
Jewish Federation of Greater PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$645,000332024
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh FdnPittsburgh, PA$495,000332024
William J Brennan JR Center forWashington DC, DC$300,000332024
Planned Parent Hood of WesternPittsburgh, PA$250,000332024
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food BankDuquesne, PA$225,000332024
American Civil Liberties FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$200,000332024
Juvenile Diabetes ResearchNew York, NY$200,000222023
Women's Center and Shelter ofPittsburgh, PA$150,000332024
New York Times Neediest Cases FundNew York, NY$100,000222023
Fresh Air FundNew York, NY$85,000332024
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY$75,000332024
Network for Victim Recovery of DCWashington, DC$60,000222024
The New York Times Communities FundNew York, NY$50,000112024
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting CorpPittsburgh, PA$45,000332024
Berkshire Community Land TrustGreat Barrington, MA$40,000222023
Taarifa Readers and StorytellersPittsburgh, PA$39,000112022
Human Rights Campaign FoundationWashington DC, DC$35,000332024
Transgender Legal Defence and EductionNew York, NY$35,000332024
American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY$30,000222023
Carnegie Library of HomsteadMunhall, PA$30,000332024
Carnegie Library of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$30,000332024
Depression and Bipolar Support AllianceChicago, IL$30,000332024
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment andWashington, DC$30,000112022
International Bipolar FoundationSan Diego, CA$30,000332024
Lambda Legal Defense and EducationNew York, NY$30,000332024
Maryland Food Bank IncBaltimore, MD$30,000332024
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal JusticeWashington, DC$30,000332024
National Family Violence Law CenterWashington, DC$30,000112023
National Public Radio IncWashington DC, DC$30,000332024
Persad Center IncPittsburgh, PA$30,000332024
Reading Ready PittsburghHomestead, PA$30,000332024
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal ServicesSan Antonio, TX$30,000332024
The George Washington UniversityWashington, DC$30,000112024
The Williamsburg Symphony OrchestraWilliamsburg, VA$30,000332024
Wqed MultimediaPittsburgh, PA$25,000332024
Pine Street Inn IncJamaica Plain, MA$22,500332024
Science With a Mission IncSharon, MA$22,500332024
Tickets for Kids FoundationPittsburgh, PA$22,500332024
Hillel Jewish University CenterPittsburgh, PA$20,000332024
NAMI IncArlington, VA$20,000222024
The National Alliance to End HomelessnesWashington, DC$20,000222024
Mainstay Life ServicesPittsburgh, PA$16,000332024
Allies for Health and WellbeingPittsburgh, PA$15,000332024
American Foundation for Suicide PreventiNew York, NY$15,000112024
American Psychiatric AssociationWashington, DC$15,000112024
American Psychiatric Association FdnWashington, DC$15,000112022
American Psychiatric Association FoundationWashington, DC$15,000112023
Aspinwall Meals on WheelsBlawnox, PA$15,000332024
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care ShelterBaltimore, MD$15,000332024
Brookline Arts Center IncBrookline, MA$15,000332024
Brookline Community Foundation IncBrookline, MA$15,000332024
Brookline Food Pantry IncBrookline, MA$15,000332024
Brookline Library Foundation IncBrookline, MA$15,000332024
CASA of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PA$15,000332024
City Year IncBoston, MA$15,000332024
Coalition for the Homeless IncNew York, NY$15,000332024
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy CouncilPittsburgh, PA$15,000332024
Literacy for Incarcerated TeensBrooklyn, NY$15,000332024
National Brain Tumor Society IncNewton, MA$15,000332024
Pittsburgh Youth LeadershipPittsburgh, PA$15,000332024
Planned Parenthood FederationRochester, NY$15,000332024
The Bail ProjectPasadena, CA$15,000332024
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA$15,000332024
World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC$15,000332024
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research IncNew York, NY$15,000332024
Aspinwall Riverfront Park IncAspinwall, PA$11,000332024
Children's Institute of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$11,000332024
City Theatre Company IncPittsburgh, PA$11,000332024
Civic Light Opera AssociationPittsburgh, PA$11,000332024
Abolitionist Law CenterPittsburgh, PA$10,000222024
Breakthrough T1D FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112024
Dreams of HopePittsburgh, PA$10,000222023
NAMI IncBaltimot, MD$10,000112023
The National Alliance to End HomelessnessWashington, DC$10,000112022
The Open Door IncPittsburgh, PA$10,000222023
The Trevor ProjectWest Hollywood, CA$10,000112024
Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA$10,000222024
Animal Rescue League of BostonBoston, MA$7,500332024
Kingiti School Scholarship and Village Health Outreach Fund IncBrooklyn, NY$7,500222024
Abolistionist Law CenterPittsburgh, PA$5,000112022
Baltimore Safe HavenBaltimore, MD$5,000112024
Childrens Oncology Services of Mass IncBrookline, MA$5,000112022
Childrens Oncology Services of MassachusBrookline, MA$5,000112024
Community Center Association for Lauri Ann West Community CenterPittsburgh, PA$5,000112022
Lauri Ann West Community CenterPittsburgh, PA$5,000112023
Native American Rights FundBoulder, CO$5,000112024
Reproductive Freedom for All FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112024
Sisters PghPittsburgh, PA$5,000112024
The Boston HouseBrookline, MA$5,000112023
The Fistula FoundationSan Jose, CA$5,000112024
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$5,000112024
Wikimedia FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112023
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition IncBaltimore, MD$4,000222024
Film PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$3,000332024
Friends of the Jewish Chapel IncAnnapolis, MD$3,000332024
Jewish Chapel Tithes and Offerings FundPittsburgh, PA$3,000332024
United States Coast Guard AlumniNew London, CT$3,000332024
West Point Jewish Chapel FundWest Point, NY$3,000332024
The Kingiti FundBrooklyn, NY$2,500112023
Baltimore Harn Reduction Coalition IncBaltimore, MD$2,000112022
Baltimore Tree Trust IncBaltimore, MD$2,000112024
Maryland SPCABaltimore, MD$2,000112024
Lauri Ann West Community Center AssocPittsburgh, PA$1,000112024
Muckrock FoundationBoston, MA$1,000112024

73 of 105 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 160 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
23 grants
Civil Rights
17 grants
Education
13 grants
Religion
12 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Food & Nutrition
9 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
Human Services
9 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202277$1,803,500$7,500
202377$1,762,000$5,000
202484$1,740,500$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 66% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$3.5M
New York
$703K
District of Columbia
$645K
Massachusetts
$214K
Maryland
$73K
California
$70K
Virginia
$50K
Illinois
$35K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc42 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund42 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc36 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program35 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation28 shared recipientsThe Pittsburgh Foundation26 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-Agy's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 185, Pittsburgh, PA, 15230. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-1537177 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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