Open Foundations · Vermont

Cooper Family Foundation Inc

S Burlington, Vermont · EIN 201326428. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $135K across 23 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$135K
paid in 2025
23
grants paid
$2K
median grant
4%
to first-time recipients
$1.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ROBERT F COOPER
Address
1505 SPEAR STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT, 05403
Phone
8028628004
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING
Submission deadline
THERE ARE NO DEADLINES
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641339349102999. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 23 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Habitat for HumanityFL$65,000GENERAL SUPPORT
2Marco Presbyterian ChurchFL$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
3Parks Foundation of BurlingtonVT$6,000GENERAL SUPPORT
4Boys & Girls Club - BurlingtonVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
5Camp-ta-kum-taVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
6Ronald Mcdonald HouseVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
7Tunnel to Towers FoundationNY$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
8University of Vermont Childrens HospitalVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
9Uvm Home Health & HospiceVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
10Uvmmc FoundationVT$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
11Kurn Hattin HomesVT$3,000GENERAL SUPPORT
12Folds of HonorOK$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
13Greater Burlington YmcaVT$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
14Make-a-wish FoundationVT$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
15Vermont Association for the BlindVT$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202029$101K
20219$126K
202224$120K
202326$332K
202422$120K
2025 (partial year)23$135K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont83%
Florida9%
New York4%
Oklahoma4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

R Scott Cooper1ST V. PRES, AS REQ'D · 2025
Robert F CooperPRES/TREAS, AS REQ'D · 2025
Ronald R PlanteSECRETARY, AS REQ'D · 2025
Tracy Lynne Cresta2ND V. PRES, AS REQ'D · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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