Public Charity

The Cool Cooperative Inc

Based in New Orleans, LA, The Cool Cooperative Inc operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $813K in revenue, $629K in expenses, $505K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 10 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $168K.

EIN: 464909146 New Orleans, LA Film & Video NTEE: A31 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$813K
Total Expenses$629K
Total Assets$505K
Grant Records10
Funding Total$168K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The mission of the COOL Cooperative is to inspire and teach middle and high school students filmmaking. We serve as mentors and trainers to bring underserved communities to work in the film industry, encourage creative entrepreneurism and provide them workforce training.

Where $100 goes at The Cool Cooperative Inc

How The Cool Cooperative Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$30 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $70 for programs

$70
The Cool Cooperative (Creating Outstanding Opportunities Locally) exists to serve our community
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Antarah Hasan-Spears
Board Member Baraka Perez
Advisory Board Member Carroll Morton
Advisory Board Member Chris Hitzman
Board Member Christa Talbott
Advisory Board Member Daniel Lewis

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$120,369 7 grants
Arts & Culture
$35,000 2 grants
Youth Development
$12,613 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $813K $629K $505K
2024 $599K $585K $321K
2023 $423K $422K $276K
2022 $566K $354K $275K
2021 $368K $328K $63K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $368K to $813K (+121%), with total assets most recently reported at $505K.

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