The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedPHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.An email address and a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated this way on 4 of 5 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2020 to FY2024). The FY2020 return said: .
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$5.4M
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$42.6M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$9M
FY2024
Expenses
$3.6M
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$8,957,390
$3,622,767
$5,427,643
$42,597,539
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Arts and culture$7.5M · 29
International affairs$3.5M · 5
Education$2.1M · 11
Social science$350K · 2
Recreation and sports$65K · 5
Disease research$10K · 1
Where recipients are
NY$21.8M · 74
PA$10.8M · 22
NJ$1.8M · 5
IL$750K · 5
DC$450K · 5
ME$300K · 14
NM$250K · 1
FL$238K · 7
Based on the 40% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
CHARITABLEFY 2019-FY 2021 GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET
$400,000
2020
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Edward E Cohen
CHAIR, AS REQUIRED
0.00
$0
Betsy Z Cohen
TRUSTEE, AS REQUIRED
0.00
$0
Jonathan Z Cohen
TRUSTEE, AS REQUIRED
0.00
$0
Daniel G Cohen
TRUSTEE, AS REQUIRED
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL 2019-2020; EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, INTERNSHIPS, DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN AND WOMEN AND THE CRITICAL EYE PROGRAM
$370,000
2023
THE BARNES FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2019 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR BARNES ART BALL; CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE AND SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
$360,000
2022
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENSPRINCETON, NJ
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR GALA 2020, FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND LORING HALL RENOVATION PROJECT
$358,333
2021
THE BARNES FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2019 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR BARNES ART BALL; CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE AND SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
$335,000
2020
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR ARETE GORDON EXPEDITION FUND; PENN LECTURES WORLD TERM FUND ADN WORLD ENDOWED FUND
$308,000
2024
THE PUBLIC THEATERMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT; AND GALA
$302,500
2020
THE BARNES FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2019 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR BARNES ART BALL; CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE AND SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
$300,000
2021
THE PUBLIC THEATERMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT; AND GALA
$300,000
2023
THE PUBLIC THEATERMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT; AND GALA
$300,000
2021
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR ARETE GORDON EXPEDITION FUND; PENN LECTURES WORLD TERM FUND ADN WORLD ENDOWED FUND
$300,000
2021
THE PUBLIC THEATERMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT; AND GALA
$300,000
2022
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA
EDUCATIONALSUPPORT FOR ARETE GORDON EXPEDITION FUND; PENN LECTURES WORLD TERM FUND ADN WORLD ENDOWED FUND
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR ASIA GAME CHANGERS FY 2020; SUPPORT FOR DANNIEL RUSSELL WORK; SUPPORT FOR ABIGAIL COHEN FELLOWSHIP IN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY; SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG 30TH ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL GALA
$292,518
2022
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTEMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.WASHINGTON, DC
EDUCATIONALANNUAL SUPPORT
$250,000
2021
THE PUBLIC THEATERMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
CHARITABLESUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN; 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT; AND GALA