Funding search · EIN 133998983 · Philadelphia, PA

The Cogitare Foundation

Name: The Cogitare Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

40
grants reported: $400,495
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

individual scholarship aquire become education members order people

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “aquire” · $75,954

$65,854
Cogitare Zambia · 2023
Contribution to the school to help provide education and training for people to aquire skills in order to become productive members of society.
$10,100
Cogitare Zambia · 2022
Contribution to the school to help provide education and training for people to aquire skills in order to become productive members of society.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cogitare Zambia2 grants · $75,954
Entrepreneurship Grant - Nachilindi Orchards2 grants · $62,760
Scholarship Grant for Chimuka Cheepa4 grants · $54,912
Scholarship Grant for Arnold Pelekelo2 grants · $36,109
Scholarship Grant for Mwiche Nambela3 grants · $35,500
Scholarship Grant for Miyanda Mweetwa2 grants · $24,598
Entrepreneurship Grant - Alan Makwaza2 grants · $17,600
Scholarship Grant for Daniel Sakala3 grants · $16,730
Entrepreneurship Grant - Piety Ngandu2 grants · $14,850
Scholarship Grant for Nick Chiyela Mweene1 grant · $10,617

Giving over time

$58,787

2022

$97,479

2023

$119,885

2024

$124,344

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$65,854
Cogitare Zambia · 2023
Contribution to the school to help provide education and training for people to aquire skills in order to become productive members of society.
$43,060
Entrepreneurship Grant - Nachilindi Orchards · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$26,282
Scholarship Grant for Arnold Pelekelo · 2022
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$19,880
Scholarship Grant for Chimuka Cheepa · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$19,700
Entrepreneurship Grant - Nachilindi Orchards · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$19,000
Scholarship Grant for Mwiche Nambela · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$15,853
Scholarship Grant for Chimuka Cheepa · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$14,327
Scholarship Grant for Chimuka Cheepa · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$14,100
Entrepreneurship Grant - Piety Ngandu · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$14,000
Scholarship Grant for Mwiche Nambela · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$12,850
Scholarship Grant for Miyanda Mweetwa · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$11,748
Scholarship Grant for Miyanda Mweetwa · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$11,100
Entrepreneurship Grant - Alan Makwaza · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$10,617
Scholarship Grant for Nick Chiyela Mweene · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$10,100
Cogitare Zambia · 2022
Contribution to the school to help provide education and training for people to aquire skills in order to become productive members of society.
$9,827
Scholarship Grant for Arnold Pelekelo · 2023
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$8,400
Scholarship Grant for Daniel Sakala · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$7,000
Georgia Mountains Farmers Network · Clarkesville, GA · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$6,500
Entrepreneurship Grant - Alan Makwaza · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$6,000
Scholarship Grant for Prince Kanyimbo · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$5,000
Youths in Business · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$4,885
Scholarship Grant for Daniel Sakala · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$4,852
Scholarship Grant for Chimuka Cheepa · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$4,300
Entrepreneurship Grant - Ruth Ngandu · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$4,175
Scholarship Grant for Steven Sakala · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$4,000
Scholarship Grant for Steven Sakala · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$3,445
Scholarship Grant for Daniel Sakala · 2023
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$3,000
Scholarship Grant for Martin Biemba · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$3,000
Scholarship Grant for Prince Kanyimbo · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$2,600
Tongabezi Trust School · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$2,500
Scholarship Grant for Mwiche Nambela · 2023
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$2,350
Scholarship Grant for Mwiza Elizabeth Biemba · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$2,075
Scholarship Grant for Sophie Ngandu · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$2,000
Scholarship Grant for Jane Ngandu · 2025
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$1,640
Scholarship Grant for Martin Biemba · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$1,200
Scholarship Grant for Jane Ngandu · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$1,025
New Destiny Housing Corp · New York, NY · 2022
Provides housing and services to one of the city's most vulnerable homeless populations survivors of domestic violence and their children committed to increasing permanent housing options for domestic violence survivors… read allProvides housing and services to one of the city's most vulnerable homeless populations survivors of domestic violence and their children committed to increasing permanent housing options for domestic violence survivors by building affordable housing and improving their access to existing housing resources. less
$1,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Contribution to the organization to move together towards a world free of multiple sclerosis.
$750
Entrepreneurship Grant - Piety Ngandu · 2024
Contribution to the organization to provide a scholarship for individual.
$500
Madre · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution to the organization to demand rights, resources and results for women worldwide.

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