Funding search · EIN 201789712 · Glen Ridge, NJ

The Mary Cooney and Edward Essl

Name: The Mary Cooney and Edward Essl grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

58
grants reported: $168,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

children animal care elephants needy rescue affected baby

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Top recipients

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

Adventure Project Corp4 grants · $29,000
Save the Children Federation4 grants · $20,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression4 grants · $20,000
Saint Joseph Catholic Church3 grants · $8,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA4 grants · $8,000
The Childrens Aid Society4 grants · $8,000
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee4 grants · $8,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals4 grants · $8,000
Best Friends Animal Society4 grants · $8,000
Wells Mountain Initiative2 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$40,000

2022

$45,000

2023

$45,000

2024

$38,000

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Adventure Project Corp · New York, NY · 2023
Giving people the tools and resources to lift themselves and their communities out of extreme poverty.
$7,000
Adventure Project Corp · New York, NY · 2022
Giving people the tools and resources to lift themselves and their communities out of extreme poverty.
$6,000
Adventure Project Corp · New York, NY · 2025
Giving people the tools and resources to lift themselves and their communities out of extreme poverty.
$6,000
Adventure Project Corp · New York, NY · 2024
Giving people the tools and resources to lift themselves and their communities out of extreme poverty.
$6,000
Pilots To the Rescue · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$5,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2025
Brain and behavior research projects.
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025
To help needy children.
$5,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2024
Brain and behavior research projects.
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024
To help needy children.
$5,000
Wells Mountain Initiative · Bristol, VT · 2024
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$5,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2023
Brain and behavior research projects.
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023
To help needy children.
$5,000
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · New York, NY · 2022
To help the advancement of science and art.
$5,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2022
Brain and behavior research projects.
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
To help needy children.
$4,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$4,000
Saint Joseph Catholic Church · Maplewood, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,500
Goldens Without Borders Rescue · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,500
Wells Mountain Initiative · Bristol, VT · 2023
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2025
Animal rescue programs.
$2,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2025
The care of an animal sanctuary.
$2,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness of New York City Metro · New York, NY · 2025
Help families and individuals affected by mental illness.
$2,000
Saint Joseph Catholic Church · Maplewood, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,000
Single Parent Resource Center · New York, NY · 2025
Single parents programs.
$2,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2025
Provide services to underserved children in nyc.
$2,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2025
The rescue and hand-raising of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos.
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2025
To help maintain a natural habitat for sick, old and needy elephants.
$2,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2024
Animal rescue programs.
$2,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024
The care of an animal sanctuary.
$2,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness of New York City Metro · New York, NY · 2024
Help families and individuals affected by mental illness.
$2,000
Saint Joseph Catholic Church · Maplewood, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,000
Single Parent Resource · New York, NY · 2024
Single parents programs.
$2,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2024
Provide services to underserved children in nyc.
$2,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2024
The rescue and hand-raising of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos.
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2024
To help maintain a natural habitat for sick, old and needy elephants.
$2,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2023
Animal rescue programs.
$2,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
The care of an animal sanctuary.
$2,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness of New York City Metro · New York, NY · 2023
Help families and individuals affected by mental illness.
$2,000
Single Parent Resource · New York, NY · 2023
Single parents programs.
$2,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2023
Provide services to underserved children in nyc.
$2,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023
The rescue and hand-raising of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos.
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2023
To help maintain a natural habitat for sick, old and needy elephants.
$2,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2022
Animal rescue programs.
$2,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2022
The care of an animal sanctuary.
$2,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Unrestricted grant to support the organization's exempt purpose.
$2,000
Nami National · Arlington, VA · 2022
Help families and individuals affected by mental illness.
$2,000
Single Parent Resource · New York, NY · 2022
Single parents programs.
$2,000
The Childrens Aid Society · New York, NY · 2022
Provide services to underserved children in nyc.
$2,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022
The rescue and hand-raising of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos.
$2,000
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
To help maintain a natural habitat for sick, old and needy elephants.
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025
Health care for children.
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
To help treat and defeat childhood cancer.
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Health care for children.
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
To help treat and defeat childhood cancer.
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Health care for children.
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
To help treat and defeat childhood cancer.
$1,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Health care for children.
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
To help treat and defeat childhood cancer.

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.