Funding search · EIN 912088813 · Seattle, WA

Cooper-Newell Foundation

Name: Cooper-Newell 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.

63
grants reported: $5.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

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Top recipients

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Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $2.0M
National Nordic Museum4 grants · $1.4M
Northwest Maritime Center3 grants · $970,000
Wakefield Museum Association2 grants · $236,365
College Unbound1 grant · $200,000
Audubon Washington2 grants · $150,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Earthjustice1 grant · $100,000
Daci3 grants · $70,000
Ballard Senior Center2 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.1M

2024

$2.1M

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Cooper-newell donor advised fund
$1.0M
National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education, arts, environment
$650,000
Northwest Maritime Center · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
Education
$325,600
National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education, arts, environment
$200,000
Northwest Maritime Center · Port Townsend, WA · 2024
Education
$200,000
College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2023
Education
$136,365
Wakefield Museum Association · Wakefield, KS · 2022
Education
$120,000
Northwest Maritime Center · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Education
$100,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$100,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environment
$100,000
Wakefield Museum Association · Wakefield, KS · 2023
Education
$100,000
Audubon Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environment
$50,000
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environment
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho · Yakima, WA · 2024
Education
$50,000
Audubon Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environment
$50,000
Ballard Senior Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts, education
$30,000
Daci · 2025
Support of research, twinning and outreach activities preceding the 2027 daci conference in malaysia
$30,000
National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2025
For use on east garden projects
$30,000
Daci · 2023
Arts, education
$25,000
Common Power Future · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$25,000
Early Music Guild of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education, arts
$25,000
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$25,000
Northwest Abortion Access Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
Education
$25,000
Renewable Northwest Project · Portland, OR · 2024
Environment
$25,000
Sunset Hill Community Hall · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education, arts
$25,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$25,000
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$25,000
National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education, arts, environment
$20,000
Jefferson County Historical Society · Port Townsend, WA · 2024
Education
$20,000
Sound Generations · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$20,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$20,000
Ballard Senior Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts education
$20,000
Early Music Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education and arts
$20,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$20,000
Early Music Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education, arts
$10,500
Jefferson County Historical Society · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
Education
$10,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Center for Contemporary Music · Oakland, CA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Eli Whitney Museum · Hamden, CT · 2023
Education
$10,000
Puget Soundkeeper · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Daci · Philedelphia, PA · 2022
Education, arts
$5,000
Burke Museum Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$5,000
E B Dunn Historic Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2024
Environment
$5,000
Seattle Bach Festival · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education, arts
$5,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$5,000
Burke Museum Girls in Science Camp · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education
$5,000
Dunn Historic Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environment
$5,000
Pacific Music Works · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts
$5,000
Unicef (Ukranian Childrens Fund) · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$5,000
Burke Museum Girls in Science Camp · Seattle, WA · 2022
Education
$5,000
Dunn Historic Garden Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environment
$5,000
Jefferson County Historical Society · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Education
$5,000
Puget Soundkeeper · Seattle, WA · 2022
Environment
$5,000
Unicef (Ukranian Childrens Fund) · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$2,500
Medieval Womens Choir · Seattle, WA · 2024
Arts
$2,500
Medieval Womens Choir · Seattle, WA · 2023
Arts
$2,500
Medieval Womens Choir · Seattle, WA · 2022
Arts
$2,000
Ballard Historical Society · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$2,000
Ballard Historical Society · Seattle, WA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Sound Action · Vashon, WA · 2023
Environment
$1,000
Sound Action · Vashon, WA · 2022
Environment

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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.