Cooper Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation says it considers requests from charitable organisations with a Christian-based mission or a similar focus, so if your work fits that, it is worth an approach; organisations outside that focus are unlikely to fit.
- About 8 in 10 of its 76 grants to organisations fall between $2,500 and $50,000, and the median grant is $5,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, although its largest grant was $150,000.
- No geographic focus is stated, and the filing shows its grants mainly in Alabama, so a group based elsewhere should not assume it will be considered on location alone.
- Repeat support is part of its pattern, with 44% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so an approach that builds a relationship over time may suit it.
- It gives no application deadlines and asks applicants to contact it for how to submit a request, and its directors assess fit through site visits and interviews, so be ready to host them.
Overview
Cooper Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Birmingham, AL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation considers donation requests from charitable organisations with a Christian-based mission or a similar focus. Its directors assess consistency between an organisation’s aims and the foundation’s mission through site visits and interviews with charitable operators. Its recorded giving includes church and ministry work, youth ministries and camp scholarships, as well as medical care and research, services for people with developmental disabilities, environmental protection, and community support. The grants have gone to a varied group of charitable organisations, including churches, ministries, a cancer centre, disability services, a river-protection organisation and a provider of clean drinking water. The record therefore shows an expressed Christian-mission focus alongside grants across other charitable purposes.
Themes
- Christian-based mission
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Alabama.
How to apply
Contact the foundation for information on how to submit a grant request.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 44% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 76 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The directors assess mission fit through site visits to charitable operations and interviews with charitable operators.
- Requests from charitable organisations with a Christian-based mission or similar focus are considered for funding.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 21% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 44% of grant dollars went to organisations Cooper Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 34 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Cathedral Church of the Advent · To help unite people with each other in christ.$150,0002024 tax year
- Renew Birmingham · To renew birmingham neighborhoods.$57,5002024 tax year
- Rooted Ministries · Youth ministries.$50,0002024 tax year
- Mountain Brook First Responders Foundation · To support the special needs of mountain brook first responders.$50,0002024 tax year
- Crimson Tide Foundation · For competition arena.$50,0002024 tax year
- Baptist Health Foundation · To further the healing ministry of jesus christ.$50,0002024 tax year
- Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation · To support the medical needs of children.$25,0002024 tax year
- University of Alabama · For building fund.$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Carlton Ramona Cooper — Secretary, Director
- Griffin Dean Cooper — Director
- David Wyeth Cooper — Director
- Dawson Drinkard Cooper — Director
- Wiley H Cooper V — Director
- Tanya Melton Cooper — Vice President, Director
- Wiley H Cooper IV — President, Treasurer, Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $279,617 | $200,000 | $4,740,973 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $351,525 | $294,500 | $14,661,957 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $796,090 | $681,600 | $16,675,316 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
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- Birmingham, AL
Applying to Cooper Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (205) 541-4334
- Birmingham, AL