Funding search · EIN 581408721 · Southern Pines, NC

Donald & Elizabeth Cooke Foundation

Name: Donald & Elizabeth Cooke 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.

65
grants reported: $883,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

educational scholarship

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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.

Samaritan'S Purse2 grants · $125,000
Union Pines High School2 grants · $57,000
Wake Forest University2 grants · $45,000
North Carolina Zoological Society2 grants · $35,000
Campbell University2 grants · $35,000
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities2 grants · $30,000
Wake Forest University1 grant · $30,000
Campbell University1 grant · $30,000
Moore Humane Society2 grants · $30,000
North Moore High School2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$315,000

2022

$298,000

2023

$270,000

2024

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Union Pines High School · Cameron, NC · 2024
Educational
$35,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Educational
$30,000
Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC · 2022
Educational scholarship
$30,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Educational
$25,000
Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC · 2023
Educational Scholarship
$25,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Walthour-Moss Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Charitable
$22,000
Union Pines High School · Cameron, NC · 2023
Educational
$20,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Educational
$20,000
Union Pines High School · Cameron, NC · 2022
Educational
$15,000
Moore Humane Society · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
North Moore High School · Robbins, NC · 2024
Educational
$15,000
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
Educational
$15,000
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Moore Humane Society · Carthage, NC · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
North Moore High School · Robbins, NC · 2023
Educational
$15,000
Sandhills Community College Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2023
Educational
$15,000
Unc Center for Public Tv · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Moore Humane Society · Carthage, NC · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
North Moore High School · Robbins, NC · 2022
Educational
$15,000
Unc Center for Public Tv · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Village Heritage Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Arts Council of Moore County · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC · 2024
Educational Scholarship
$10,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Friends of the Wnc Nature Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
North Carolina Zoological Society · Asheboro, NC · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Arts Council of Moore County · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Educational
$10,000
Friends of the Wnc Nature Center · Asheville, NC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Penick Village Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Walthour-Moss Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Arts Council of Moore County · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Educational
$10,000
Atlantic Center for the Arts · New Smyrna Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of Western North Carolina Nature Center · Asheville, NC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Sandhills Community College Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2022
Educational
$10,000
The Penick Village Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Boys and Girls Homes of Nc · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Prancing Horse · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Atlantic Center for the Arts · New Smyrna Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Boys and Girls Homes of Nc · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Given Tufts Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Prancing Horse Center · Hoffman, NC · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Sandhills Children'S Center · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The Companion Animal Clinic Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Boys and Girls Homes of Nc · Lake Waccamaw, NC · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Given Memorial Library · Pinehurst, NC · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Prancing Horse · Hoffman, NC · 2022
Educational
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of the Southern Pines Library · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Three Rivers Land Trust · Salisbury, NC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Atlantic Center for the Arts · New Smyrna Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Sandhills Community College Foundation · Pinehurst, NC · 2024
Educational
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Penick Village Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Walthour-Moss Foundation · Southern Pines, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Sandhillsmoore Coalition for Human Care · Southern Pines, NC · 2023
Charitable

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