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Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-3219529 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$4.4M
Grants reported
88
Typical grant
$27.5K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: ABE AND IDA COOPER FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202543$1.7M
202445$2.7M

Where Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Timeline Theatre Company

CHICAGO, IL

$910KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Writers Theatre

GLENCOE, IL

$210KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Anti-Defamation League

CHICAGO, IL

$150KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Anti-Defamation League

CHICAGO, IL

$150KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Unrestricted general support

Roger Baldwin Foundation Aclu IL

CHICAGO, IL

$125KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Unrestricted general support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (88 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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