Funding search · EIN 396075009 · Eau Claire, WI

Melvin S Cohen Foundation

Name: Melvin S Cohen 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.

115
grants reported: $7.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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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Wyes New Orleans4 grants · $1.9M
Mayo Clinic4 grants · $1.4M
Center for Independent Thought4 grants · $890,000
Free To Choose Network4 grants · $715,000
Foundation for Individual Rights1 grant · $500,000
Middle East Media Research Insitute3 grants · $500,000
Young America'S Foundation3 grants · $342,000
Torah Academy of Minneapolis3 grants · $170,000
Veritas Classical Academy1 grant · $150,000
America Gives2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$1.9M

2024

$1.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 115 grants.

$575,000
Wyes New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Operating funds
$500,000
Foundation for Individual Rights · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating funds
$475,000
Wyes New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Operating funds
$475,000
Wyes New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Operating funds
$400,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
Melanoma research
$377,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Melanoma research
$350,000
Wyes New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Operating funds
$310,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Melanoma research
$310,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Melanoma research
$300,000
Middle East Media Research Insitute · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating funds
$280,000
Free To Choose Network · Erie, PA · 2023
Scholarships and operating funds
$250,000
Center for Independent Thought · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2025
Operating funds
$250,000
Center for Independent Thought · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating funds
$225,000
Free To Choose Network · Erie, PA · 2024
Scholarships and operating funds
$222,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating funds
$200,000
Center for Independent Thought · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating funds
$190,000
Center for Independent Thought · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating funds
$160,000
Free To Choose Network · Erie, PA · 2022
Scholarships and operating funds
$150,000
Veritas Classical Academy · Chippewa Falls, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$125,000
Zaka Tel-Aviv · Jackson Township, NJ · 2023
Operating funds
$100,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
Operating funds
$100,000
America Gives · New York, NY · 2023
Operating funds
$100,000
America-Israel Democracy Coalition · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
Operating funds
$100,000
Middle East Media Research Insitute · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating funds
$100,000
Middle East Media Research Insitute · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating funds
$100,000
Prager Univversity Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Operating funds
$95,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating funds
$70,000
Torah Academy of Minneapolis · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Security upgrades, scholarships
$50,000
Free To Choose Network · Erie, PA · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Force · New York, NY · 2025
Medical equipment and supplies
$50,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2025
Medical equipment and supplies
$50,000
Torah Academy of Minneapolis · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Scholarships
$50,000
Wisc Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$50,000
Zaka Tel Aviv · Jackson Township, NJ · 2025
Medical equipment and supplies
$50,000
America Gives · New York, NY · 2024
Operating funds
$50,000
Torah Academy of Minneapolis · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Security upgrades, scholarships
$50,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Operating funds
$45,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Operations
$25,000
Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$25,000
Liberty Justice Center · Austin, TX · 2025
Fellowship & internship programs
$25,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$25,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Operating funds
$25,000
Student Free Press Assoc · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
The college fix
$25,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating funds
$25,000
The College Fix · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Operating funds
$25,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Operating funds
$20,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$20,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Operating funds
$15,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2025
Operating funds
$15,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2025
Summer law fellowship
$15,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2024
Operating funds
$15,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2023
Operating funds
$15,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
Summer law fellowship
$15,000
Jewish Family & Childrens Serv Mpls · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
Operating funds
$15,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
Summer law fellowship
$10,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
Operating funds
$10,000
Cafe Momentum · Dallas, TX · 2025
Operating funds
$10,000
George Mason Univ Fdn · Arlington, VA · 2025
Mercatus center
$10,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Operating funds
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
Operating funds
$10,000
Cafe Momentum · Dallas, TX · 2023
Operating funds
$10,000
Mercatus Center-George Mason Univ · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating funds
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating funds
$10,000
Cafe Momentum · Dallas, TX · 2022
Operating funds
$10,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2022
Operating funds
$10,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating funds
$7,500
Legal Insurrection Foundation · Barrington, RI · 2023
Operating funds
$6,200
Temple Sholom · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$6,000
American Legion Auxilliary Fdn · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Equipment upgrades
$5,000
Epoch Times Assoc · New York, NY · 2025
Operating funds
$5,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operating funds
$5,000
Young Voices · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$5,000
Sacred Heart-St Patrick Parish · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Building renovations
$5,000
Legal Insurrection Foundation · Barrington, RI · 2022
Operating funds
$4,000
Temple Sholom · Eau Claire, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$3,500
Temple Sholom · Eau Claire, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$3,500
Temple Sholom · Eau Claire, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$2,500
Eau Claire Babe Ruth League · Eau Claire, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$2,500
Eau Claire Babe Ruth League · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$2,200
Literacy Chippewa Valley · Eau Claire, WI · 2022
Operating funds
$2,000
Christians United for Israel · San Antonio, TX · 2025
Operating funds
$2,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Middle East Forum · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Students for Liberty · Lansing, MI · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Law school scholarships
$1,000
Washington Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
Ymca of the Chippewa Valley · Eau Claire, WI · 2025
Operating funds
$1,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Law school scholarships
$1,000
Wsu Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2024
Low income classes
$1,000
Ymca of the Chippewa Valley · Eau Claire, WI · 2024
Operating funds
$1,000
Christians United for Israel · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Operating funds
$1,000
Le Phillips Career Development Ctr · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Operating funds
$1,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Law school scholarships
$1,000
Ymca of the Chippewa Valley · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Operating funds

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