Funding search · EIN 205691089 · Los Angeles, CA

James J Cotter Foundation

Name: James J Cotter Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

54
grants reported: $771,175
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services

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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.

Top recipients

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

Georgetown University3 grants · $200,000
Harvard-Westlake School3 grants · $100,000
Brown University3 grants · $85,000
The Paulist Fathersst Paul the Apostle3 grants · $84,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation3 grants · $43,725
Variety Boys and Girls Club3 grants · $43,000
The Motion Picture Club Foundation3 grants · $37,500
Xavier High School3 grants · $30,000
Marymount High School3 grants · $30,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart3 grants · $19,500

Giving over time

$250,000

2022

$261,000

2023

$260,175

2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$70,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$70,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$60,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$35,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$35,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$35,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$32,500
The Paulist Fathersst Paul the Apostle · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$30,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$26,500
The Paulist Fathersst Paul the Apostle · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$25,000
The Paulist Fathersst Paul the Apostle · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$24,000
The Motion Picture Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$20,000
Variety Boys and Girls Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$17,500
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$16,225
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$13,000
Variety Boys and Girls Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Marymount High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Xavier High School · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Marymount High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Variety Boys and Girls Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Xavier High School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Marymount High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$10,000
Xavier High School · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$7,500
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$7,500
Convent of the Sacred Heart · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$7,500
The Motion Picture Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$7,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$6,000
Providence Mission Hospital Laguna Beach · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$6,000
The Motion Picture Club Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
Convent of the Sacred Heart · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
You Ball Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
You Ball Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
God Squad Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$4,450
The Variety Children'S Charity · Stevenson Ranch, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$3,000
Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$3,000
Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Falling Creek Camp · Tuxedo, NC · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Sister Stella Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
American Camp Association · Martinsville, IN · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
God Squad Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Sister Stella Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Falling Creek Camp · Tuxedo, NC · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Only Make Believe · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
Sister Stella Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$2,500
The New 42nd Street · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted program services
$2,000
The Variety Children'S Charity · Stevenson Ranch, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services

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