COOPER & LEVY TRUST

Financial Information

Total Assets: $2,178,724

Total Giving: $177,000

Area of Service:

Washington

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2007:
$15,000 to Solid Ground, Seattle, WA. For Broadview Emergency Shelter, transitional housing and family shelter programs, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers, Seattle, WA. For Family Team and Pathways Home programs addressing the healthcare needs of homeless families, payable over 1 year.
$8,500 to Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Program, Seattle, WA. For Puget Sound program working with 93 partner sites hosting literacy programs and books, payable over 1 year.
$6,000 to World Vision, Federal Way, WA. For KidReach mentoring and tutoring services for academically at-risk elementary kids, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce County, Tacoma, WA. For Project Interdependence, helping people move from welfare to self-sufficiency, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center, Woodinville, WA. For therapeutic horseback riding and hippotherapy for children with disabilities, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Washington Womens Employment and Education, Tacoma, WA. For Housing to Self Sufficiency, helping families find safe shelter and stablizing services, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to YWCA of Tacoma and Pierce County, Tacoma, WA. For Children’s Program, helping children of women who are fleeing domestic violence, payable over 1 year.
$3,000 to Family Works, Seattle, WA. For comprehensive food and nutrition program: food bank, training and programs, payable over 1 year.
$2,000 to American Diabetes Association, Seattle, WA. For summer camp program for kids with diabetes, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Giving primarily in the Puget Sound area of WA, including King, Pierce, Spokane, Snohomish, and Yakima counties.
No support for medical research organizations, or for projects serving older adults or indigent adults without dependent children.
No grants to individuals, or for capital campaigns, computers or office equipment, book/video/website production, or for sponsorships.

Summary

Giving primarily to provide financial support for the United Way and to other nonprofit agencies providing food, shelter, basic services and medical care to low-income families and children in Washington state.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Established in 1995 in WA.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/cooperlevy

Located in:

Seattle,

Washington

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: (206) 781-3472

Email: [email protected]

Address:
c/o Union Bank of California, N.A.
901 5th Ave., Ste. 1200
Seattle, WA 98164-2017

Procedure:
Due to previous commitments, the trust will not be accepting requests for funds for the Spring, 2009 funding cycle. Check foundation web site for application guidelines. Only nonprofits who fit the guidelines are welcome to apply. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Results expected from proposed grant
2. Statement of problem project will address
3. Copy of IRS Determination Letter
4. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990
5. Descriptive literature about organization
6. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their affiliations
7. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
8. Contact person
9. Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
Initial approach: Brief proposal
Deadline(s): May 15 and Oct. 15

Donors & Leadership

Trustees:
Union Bank of California, N.A.

EIN:

911726697

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