Funding search · EIN 742541278 · Temple, TX

Joe and Louise Cook Foundation

Name: Joe and Louise Cook 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.

43
grants reported: $1.5M
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

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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

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Journey of Faith United Methodist Church3 grants · $630,000
Southeast Center for Cooperative Development2 grants · $200,000
St Stephen United Methodist Church2 grants · $160,000
Temple Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $80,000
Kmfa Classical 8952 grants · $80,000
Reconciling Ministries Network2 grants · $65,000
Lydia Patterson Institute2 grants · $50,000
Centex Alcohol Rehabilitation Center1 grant · $30,000
Westar Institute1 grant · $20,000
Academie Musique2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$511,000

2022

$480,500

2023

$480,000

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$480,000
Journey of Faith United Methodist Church · Round Rock, TX · 2024
General support
$100,000
Southeast Center for Cooperative Development · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$100,000
Southeast Center for Cooperative Development · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
$80,000
Journey of Faith United Methodist Church · Round Rock, TX · 2023
General support
$80,000
St Stephen United Methodist Church · Mesquite, TX · 2023
Um insight project
$80,000
St Stephen United Methodist Church · Mesquite, TX · 2022
Um insight project
$70,000
Journey of Faith United Methodist Church · Round Rock, TX · 2022
General support
$60,000
Temple Symphony Orchestra · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$50,000
Kmfa Classical 895 · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$40,000
Reconciling Ministries Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Centex Alcohol Rehabilitation Center · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$30,000
Kmfa Classical 895 · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$25,000
Lydia Patterson Institute · El Paso, TX · 2023
Scholarships
$25,000
Lydia Patterson Institute · El Paso, TX · 2022
Scholarships
$25,000
Reconciling Ministries Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
Temple Symphony Orchestra · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$20,000
Westar Institute · Farmington, MN · 2022
General support
$15,000
Upshur County Library Literacy Program · Gilmer, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
Academie Musique · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$10,000
Academie Musique · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Family Promise · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Salvation Army · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$7,500
We Care Palestine · Palestine, TX · 2023
General support
$7,500
We Care Palestine · Palestine, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Churches Touching Lives for Christ · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Family Promise · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Hot Spring County Literacy · Malvern, AR · 2023
General support
$5,000
Huston Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Klru-Tv · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Methodist Federation for Social Action Central Texas Chapter · Georgetown, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wilson Youth Clubs · Temple, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Churches Touching Lives for Christ · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Citizens for Progress · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Huston Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Methodist Federation for Social Action Central Texas Chapter · Georgetown, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Ralph Wilson Youth Clubs · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$3,000
Methodist Federation for Social Actionrio Texas Chapter · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$3,000
Klru-Tv · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$2,500
Hot Spring County Literacy · Malvern, AR · 2022
General support
$2,000
Temple Literacy Council · Temple, TX · 2022
General support
$1,000
Methodist Federation for Social Actionrio Texas Chapter · Austin, TX · 2022
General support

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