Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation
Private foundation · Glencoe, IL · EIN 36-3219529 · reported 2023–2025
130grants reported
$28Kmedian award
$2,000lower quartile
$100smallest grant
$6.2Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 7 of its 130 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $586K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 48
Glencoe, IL 60022-0048
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $910,000 |
| Writers Theatre | Glencoe, IL | $210,000 |
| Writers Theatre | Glencoe, IL | $210,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Equality Illinois Education Project | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | New York, NY | $125,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation ACLU IL UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Chicago, IL | $120,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $101,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Skokie, IL | $100,500 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $100,118 |
| Jewish United Fund UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $100,100 |
| Jewish Children & Family Service UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of IL UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Chicago Public Media | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of IL | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation ACLU IL | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| US Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Wttw Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $100,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of IL | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation ACLU IL | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| US Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| The Ark UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Equality Illinois Education Project | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Jewish Children & Family Service | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Writers Theatre UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Glencoe, IL | $60,000 |
| Howard Brown Center | Chicago, IL | $60,000 |
| Jewish Children & Family Service | Chicago, IL | $60,000 |
| Howard Brown Center | Chicago, IL | $60,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $55,000 |
| Keshet UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Northbrook, IL | $53,100 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $50,100 |
| Chicago Public Media UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Equality Illinois Education Project UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Montgomery, AL | $50,000 |
| Wttw Chicago UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Keshet | Northbrook, IL | $50,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Public Media | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Keshet | Northbrook, IL | $50,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $50,000 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Wttw Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $40,000 |
| Christ the King Prep School UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $40,000 |
| Christ the King Prep School | Chicago, IL | $40,000 |
| Christ the King Prep School | Chicago, IL | $40,000 |
| Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind | Chicago, IL | $35,000 |
| Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind | Chicago, IL | $30,600 |
| Boys& Girls Clubs of Chicago UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
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