Funding search · EIN 546828582 · Birmingham, AL

Max and Lorayne Cooper Foundation

Name: Max and Lorayne Cooper Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

49
grants reported: $6.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $33,300
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.

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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.

Blount County Education Foundation3 grants · $1.6M
New Schools for Alabama3 grants · $1.4M
Cornerstone School3 grants · $742,832
I3 Academy1 grant · $562,000
I3 Academy Charter School1 grant · $500,000
Tarrant Board of Education3 grants · $416,534
Teach for America Alabama3 grants · $400,000
Read To Lead1 grant · $167,322
Center for Educational Innovation1 grant · $167,322
Foundations Early Learning Center1 grant · $77,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$2.6M

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$630,000
Blount County Education Foundation · Oneonta, AL · 2024
General support
$562,000
I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$510,000
New Schools for Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$500,000
I3 Academy Charter School · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$470,000
Blount County Education Foundation · Oneonta, AL · 2023
General support
$460,000
New Schools for Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
$460,000
New Schools for Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$450,000
Blount County Education Foundation · Oneonta, AL · 2022
General support
$354,000
Cornerstone School · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
$199,303
Cornerstone School · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$189,529
Cornerstone School · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$167,322
Center for Educational Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$167,322
Read To Lead · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$154,200
Tarrant Board of Education · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$150,000
Teach for America Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$150,000
Teach for America Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
$144,007
Tarrant Board of Education · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$118,327
Tarrant Board of Education · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Teach for America Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$77,000
Foundations Early Learning Center · Fairfield, AL · 2024
General support
$61,494
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic School · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Hope Institute · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe · La Crosse, WI · 2023
General support
$33,300
Foundations Early Learning & Family Center · Fairfield, AL · 2022
General support
$30,000
Augustine Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
General support
$30,000
Seton Education Partners · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Maurice & Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies · Waltham, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Boston Jewish Film Festival · Newton, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Trust · Needham, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Trust · Needham, MA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Bhs Innovation Fund · Brookline, MA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Ramah Darom · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Ramah Darom · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Steps To Success · Brookline, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
$6,000
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Freedom Preparatory Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Brookline Food Pantry · Brookline, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Lafayette College Hillel Society · Easton, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Solomon Schechter Day School of Boston · Newton, MA · 2023
General support
$4,500
Brandeis University Hillel Society · Waltham, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
College Affordable · Needham, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
One Night Out Boston Ability Center · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Boys & Girls Club of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Conquer Cancer Coalition of Massachusetts · Framingham, MA · 2023
General support
$800
Alabama Giving · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support

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