Funding search · EIN 205691089 · Los Angeles, CA

James J Cotter Foundation

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

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.

3 grants matching “servicecommunity” · $15,000

$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted program services
$5,000
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Servicecommunity Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted program services

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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