Funding search · EIN 066022958 · Chester, CT
John Brown Cook Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $9.6M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $125,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Friends of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research3 grants · $1.9M
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education4 grants · $1.1M
- Institute for Justice3 grants · $1.0M
- Accuracy in Media4 grants · $995,000
- Moving Picture Institute4 grants · $925,000
- Epidemic Answers4 grants · $700,000
- Emergent Order Foundation4 grants · $650,000
- Venture for America3 grants · $525,000
- Hand To Heart Project4 grants · $400,000
- Global Peht3 grants · $315,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.0M
Friends of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $475,000
Friends of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $475,000
Friends of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $450,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $450,000
Accuracy in Media · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $400,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
- $400,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2021
General support
- $325,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $300,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
- $275,000
Accuracy in Media · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $275,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $275,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
- $275,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $250,000
Epidemic Answers · West Simsbury, CT · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Venture for America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Venture for America · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $225,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Global Peht · Trumbull, CT · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Accuracy in Media · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Epidemic Answers · West Simsbury, CT · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2021
General support
- $200,000
Epidemic Answers · West Simsbury, CT · 2021
General support
- $200,000
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2021
General support
- $150,000
University of Austin - Uatx · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Hand To Heart Project · Cornish Flat, NH · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Hand To Heart Project · Cornish Flat, NH · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Hand To Heart Project · Cornish Flat, NH · 2021
General support
- $100,000
Constructive Dialogue Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
University of Austin - Uatx · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
- $95,000
Global Peht · Trumbull, CT · 2022
General support
- $70,000
Accuracy in Media · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $50,000
America'S Future · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
STEM Teachers Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
The Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Epidemic Answers · West Simsbury, CT · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
STEM Teachers Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Independent Institute · Denver, CO · 2021
General support
- $50,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
General support
- $50,000
STEM Teachers Nyc · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $50,000
The American Conservative · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $25,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Hand To Heart Project · Cornish Flat, NH · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Incubate Debate · Madison, FL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Venture for America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Constructive Dialogue Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Constructive Dialogue Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $20,000
Global Peht · Trumbull, CT · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Constructive Dialogue Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Incubate Debate · Madison, FL · 2022
General support
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