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Coypu Foundation Trust XXXXX3002

Chicago, IL · EIN 58-1795856. Reported 72 grants totalling $3,360,166 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$49,673median grant
$3,360,166granted, 2021-2024
41organizations funded
42%of grantees funded again the next year
$21.2Massets, 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. Coypu Foundation Trust XXXXX3002 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 $49,673. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $61,800; the smallest was $3,474 and the largest $109,494. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
23 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
30 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 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
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$375,000442024
National Wildlife FederationRexburg, ID$255,000442024
LSU FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$220,881442024
University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LA$204,916222022
National Audubon Society IncNew York, NY$190,000332024
Nicholis State UniversityThibodeaux, LA$183,525332024
Audubon Nature InstituteNew Orleans, LA$154,548442024
Common Ground ReliefNew Orleans, LA$113,690222023
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, LA$104,996222023
American Bird ConservancyThe Plains, VA$104,000332024
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas IncDallas, TX$100,000222023
Southwest Research InstituteAnn Arbor, MI$100,000222024
Friends of Lafitte Corridor IncNew Orleans, LA$91,000222022
University of Idaho Foundation IncMoscow, ID$91,000332023
Woodlands ConservancyBelle Chasse, LA$85,000222024
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$84,160112024
Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationNew Orleans, LA$67,943112021
Chimp HavenKeithville, LA$63,500222023
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of FloridaTallahassee, FL$61,800112021
Bat Conservation InternationalAustin, TX$59,697112022
Governing Council of the University University of TorontoToronto, Ontario$50,000112024
Morris Animal FoundationDenver, CO$50,000112024
Texas A&m University Corpus Christi Foundation IncCorpus Christi, TX$50,000112022
Royal Ontario MuseumToronto, Ontario$49,350112023
Coalition to Restore Coastal LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA$49,214112023
University of the Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS$47,464112024
Pontchartrain ConservancyMetairie, LA$45,646112023
Hill Country AllianceAustin, TX$40,000222023
South Wings IncAsheville, NC$40,000222023
Friends of the Baton Rouge ZooBaton Rouge, LA$37,500112023
Ducks UnlimitedMemphis, TN$28,333112024
Peregrine Fund IncBoise, ID$25,000112023
SeacologyBerkeley, CA$25,000112024
Teaching Responsible Earth EducationNew Orleans, LA$25,000112022
Texas Water TradeAustin, TX$25,000112021
John G Shedd AquariumChicago, IL$17,189222023
Shedd AquariumChicago, IL$14,265112024
Moncus ParkLafayette, LA$12,000112023
One Earth ConservationHollis Hills, NY$10,000112021
The LensNew Orleans, LA$5,000112022
Istrouma Area Council of Boy Scouts of AmericaClinton, LA$3,549112021

19 of 41 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
14 grants
Environment
11 grants
Education
7 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$785,688$40,000
202217$885,642$51,996
202320$932,607$47,430
202416$756,229$50,000

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. 46% of this one's giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Louisiana
$1.6M
Virginia
$479K
Idaho
$371K
Texas
$275K
New York
$200K
Michigan
$100K
Ontario
$99K
Florida
$62K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsThe Greater New Orleans Foundation11 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $49,673. 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 Louisiana.
  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 Coypu Foundation Trust XXXXX3002'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: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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 58-1795856 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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