Open Foundations · Virginia

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Lansdowne, Virginia · EIN 541896244. 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 $25.1M across 1,418 grants in 2024, a median of $8K each.

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$25.1M
paid in 2024
1,418
grants paid
$8K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$940.1M
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
JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION
Address
44325 WOODRIDGE PARKWAY, LANSDOWNE, VA, 20176
Phone
8009413300
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.JKCF.ORG FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON APPLICATION FORMS AND WHERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS.
Submission deadline
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.JKCF.ORG FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
Restrictions on awards
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.JKCF.ORG FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY OF AWARDS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202620999349100902. 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 words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educational scholarshipeducational loaneducational internship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 1,418 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1From the Top IncMA$515,000SUPPORT FTT TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG MUSICIANS WITH FINANCIAL NEED
2American Indian Science and Engineering SocietyNM$500,000SUPPORT THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF AISES
3The Loudoun Education FoundationVA$300,000SUPPORT LEF TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LCPS STUDENTS WHO HAVE FINANCIAL NEED
4Emerge FellowshipTX$200,000SUPPORT EMERGE'S INNOVATIVE COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM
5Grove Collective FoundationDC$200,000SUPPORT THE CONSORTIUM FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
6Matriculate IncNY$200,000SUPPORT MATRICULATE'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
7Art of Problem Solving Initiative IncNY$150,000SUPPORT BEAM'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
8High JumpIL$150,000SUPPORT HIGH JUMP'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
9Baylor UniversityTX$100,000SUPPORT BAYLOR TIP AS IT PROVIDES PROGRAMMING TO STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED
10Collegiate Directions IncorporatedMD$100,000SUPPORT CDI IN OFFERING ALL OF ITS PROGRAMMING TO CDI SCHOLARS
11Cristo Rey NetworkIL$100,000SUPPORT THE CRISTO REY NETWORK'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
12Engineering for Us All IncMD$100,000SUPPORT ENGINEERING FOR US ALL TO PROVIDES ACCESS TO ENGINEERING TO STUDENTS
13Heights PhiladelphiaPA$100,000SUPPORT HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA TO SERVE HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS
14Ingenuity Project IncMD$100,000SUPPORT THE INGENUITY PROJECT'S GENERAL OPERATIONS
15Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership IncCT$100,000SUPPORT LEAP TO PROVIDE COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAMMING TO YOUTH WITH FINANCIAL NEED

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20191,118$20.4M
20201,158$22.7M
20211,304$25.1M
20221,483$28.7M
20231,419$24.4M
20241,418$25.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Virginia96%
Maryland1%
California1%
District of Columbia1%
New York1%

Who decides

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

Gregory R DillonDIRECTOR · 2024
Guiseppe BasiliEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Howard B SolowayDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT · 2024
John Kent Cooke SrDIRECTOR · 2024
Linda J KingDIRECTOR · 2024
Mark PollakDIRECTOR · 2024
Ricardo DeleonCFO & TREASURER · 2024
Samantha TweedyDIRECTOR · 2024
Sherice TorresDIRECTOR · 2024
Ted MitchellDIRECTOR · 2024
Wanda G WiserDIRECTOR · 2024

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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