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Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation

Name: Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation 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.

181
grants reported: $8.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

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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.

Timeline Theatre Company4 grants · $940,000
Writers Theatre4 grants · $690,000
Anti-Defamation League4 grants · $540,000
Equality Illinois Education Project4 grants · $425,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu Il4 grants · $425,000
Jewish United Fund4 grants · $402,218
Planned Parenthood of Il4 grants · $400,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society4 grants · $315,100
Illinois Holocaust Museum3 grants · $300,500
US Holocaust Museum3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$2.7M

2024

$1.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 181 grants.

$910,000
Timeline Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$210,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$210,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$210,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$150,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$150,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150,000
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$150,000
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$125,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$125,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu Il · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$120,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$120,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$101,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$101,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$100,118
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,100
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$100,000
Jewish Children & Family Service · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Il · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$100,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$100,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Il · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu Il · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Il · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu Il · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Wttw Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Planned Parenthood of Il · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu Il · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Wttw Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$75,000
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Jewish Children & Family Service · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$60,000
Howard Brown Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Howard Brown Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Jewish Children & Family Service · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Howard Brown Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$55,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$53,100
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,100
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,000
Equality Illinois Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,000
Wttw Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$50,000
Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Wttw Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Jewish Children & Family Service · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$40,000
Christ the King Prep School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$40,000
Christ the King Prep School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Christ the King Prep School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Christ the King Prep School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,600
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Boys& Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$30,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$30,000
Ort America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$30,000
Boys& Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Boys& Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Boys& Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$25,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$25,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Primary Health Care Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$20,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Operation Walk · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025
Unrestricted general support
$15,000
Operation Walk · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Operation Walk · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Operation Walk · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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