The Cooper Family Foundation I Inc appears to make focused, local investments in community social services, providing sizable unrestricted support to a single New York nonprofit. Their lone recorded grant was a $275,000 general-use award to MET COUNCIL, suggesting a preference for direct operating support to established city-based service providers, likely with a Jewish community or anti-poverty focus.
Highly concentrated: a single, large general‑use grant rather than many small awards. Funding appears local and unrestricted, favoring established nonprofits over project-specific grants.
MET COUNCIL
A $275,000 general-use grant to Met Council anchors The Cooper Family Foundation I Inc’s recent giving and points to a pattern of flexible support for Jewish and anti-poverty organizations. Across the latest grants, the foundation backs city-based service providers and advocacy groups with unrestricted awards rather than tightly scoped project funding. Met Council appears more than once in the record, including a second $100,000 grant in the prior year, which suggests an ongoing relationship. Other large awards go to organizations serving Jewish community needs, Israel-related education and advocacy, emergency response, and health support, all through general-use funding. The grant list also shows that the foundation is willing to support both New York institutions and a small number of organizations outside the city, while keeping the portfolio concentrated in U.S. nonprofits. The overall picture is of a regular funder using sizable, discretionary grants to reinforce established organizations that operate in Jewish communal life, humanitarian aid, and community support.
In Jewish community poverty relief, the foundation gave $275,000 to Met Council for general use, and also made a $125,000 award to Edith & Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst. Jewish communal infrastructure shows up again in grants to Dorot and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, both at $100,000 for general use. Israel-related and Jewish advocacy work is another clear theme: Israaid US received $150,000 for general use, while Hasbara Fellowships and StandWithUs each received general-use support as well. The foundation also backed programs tied to Jewish education and identity through Birthright Israel Foundation and PJ Library, both appearing in multiple grant years.
Typical grants cluster at a $50,000 p25, $50,000 median, and $100,000 p75. The recent record shows repeated awards to several organizations across multiple years, including Met Council, Israaid US, Birthright Israel Foundation, Dorot, Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc, StandWithUs, and PJ Library, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-off support. The foundation is classified as a regular funder and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grants shown are broad-purpose awards, with “general use” the dominant designation and no application process disclosed in the data.
$2.5M
$10.8M
$859K
$2.5M
Most grants fall between $50K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Giving is heavily weighted to New York recipients, which account for 58% of grants in the dataset. New York City locations appear frequently, including New York, Brooklyn, and several Manhattan-based organizations. Outside New York, the foundation also gave to Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Potomac, Agawam, and Philadelphia. California is the top state by grant count, reflecting a meaningful secondary footprint beyond the headquarters state.
The grant record centers on Jewish communal and social-service organizations. Recipients include Met Council, Edith & Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, Dorot, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Birthright Israel Foundation, Hasbara Fellowships, StandWithUs, and PJ Library, all receiving general-use support.
Yes. The recorded grants are described as general use, including a $275,000 award to Met Council and multiple $100,000 awards to other organizations. That pattern indicates flexible support rather than tightly restricted project-only funding.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including Met Council, Israaid US, Birthright Israel Foundation, Dorot, Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc, StandWithUs, and PJ Library. That repetition points to recurring relationships rather than isolated awards.
The grant-size distribution is concentrated at $50,000 and $100,000. The p25 and median are both $50,000, while the p75 is $100,000, with some larger awards such as $150,000 and $275,000 appearing in the recent record.
Recipients are concentrated in New York, which represents 58% of grants in the dataset. California is the top state by grant count, and recipient cities include New York, Brooklyn, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Potomac, Agawam, and Philadelphia.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NAGEN PROJECT INC | AVENTURA, FL | $500,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $450,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| MET COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| ISRAAID US | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $175,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| EDITH & CARL MARKS JEWISH COMMUNITY HOUSE OF BENSONHURST | BROOKLYN, NY | $125,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION DBA PJ LIBRARY | AGAWAM, MA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| STANDWITHUS | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| HASBARA FELLOWSHIPS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| DOROT | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| ZIONESS MOVEMENT | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK - ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | SYOSSET, NY | $50,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| SUNRISE ASSOCIATION | OCEANSIDE, NY | $18,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| MET COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $275,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ISRAAID US | PALO ALTO, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| EDITH & CARL MARKS JEWISH COMMUNITY HOUSE OF BENSONHURST | BROOKLYN, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC | POTOMAC, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ISGAP | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| DOROT | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| PJ LIBRARY | AGAWAM, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| STANDWITHUS | PASADENA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HASBARA FELLOWSHIPS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BROTHERS FOR LIFE | SEATTLE, WA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK - ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | SYOSSET, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ZIONESS MOVEMENT | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HILLEL INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH | BOCA RATON, FL | $36,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| AUTISM SPEAKS | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| SUNRISE ASSOCIATION | OCEANSIDE, NY | $16,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ISRAAID US | PALO ALTO, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| STANDWITHUS | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| DOROT | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| EDITH & CARL MARKS JEWISH COMMUNITY HOUSE OF BENSONHURST | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| PJ LIBRARY | AGAWAM, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| MET COUNCIL | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| ZIONESS MOVEMENT | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC | POTOMAC, MD | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| HASBARA FELLOWSHIPS | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
THE NAGEN PROJECT INC
$500,000GENERAL USE
MET COUNCIL
$300,000GENERAL USE
GENERAL USE
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY
$100,000GENERAL USE
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$100,000GENERAL USE
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK - ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND
$50,000GENERAL USE
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION
$18,000GENERAL USE
MET COUNCIL
$275,000GENERAL USE
SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC
$100,000GENERAL USE
ISGAP
$100,000GENERAL USE
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$100,000GENERAL USE
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
$50,000GENERAL USE
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK - ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND
$50,000GENERAL USE
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION
$16,000GENERAL USE
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$100,000GENERAL USE
MET COUNCIL
$100,000GENERAL USE
THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM & POLICY
$50,000GENERAL USE