Jim B Cooper and Lillian F Cooper Foundation

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

Applications are required to state the purpose to which grants will be applied, the amount requested for the applicable purpose and the organizational and exempt status.

Deadlines

October 1st for grants; scholarships vary by locality.

Limits on who can apply

Grants and scholarships are restricted to specific uses which were originally requested/intended and subsequently approved by the foundation.

Grants paid in 2025

$45,895, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.