- Revenue 2024
- $139,200
- Expenses 2024
- $204,500
Program services were 26.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Street
- 12330 PRESTON ROAD
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE COOPER INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING LIFE-LONG HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROMOTING LIFE-LONG HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
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RESEARCH: PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS THROUGH THE COOPER CENTER LONGITUDINAL STUDY ("CCLS"). THE CCLS IS THE LARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING OBSERVATIONAL STUDY WITH MEASURED CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS IN THE WORLD.
Expenses $8,011 · Revenue $6,738
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YOUTH EDUCATION: THE INSTITUTE IS HOME TO THE NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM PROJECT ("NFL PLAY 60"). NFL PLAY 60 IS A PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY THE NFL FOUNDATION, WHICH ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AT LEAST 60 MINUTES PER DAY. PRIOR TO ITS SALE ON DECEMBER 16, 2021, THE INSTITUTE MANAGED FITNESSGRAM, AN EVIDENCE-BASED YOUTH FITNESS ASSESSMENT AND SOFTWARE. FITNESSGRAM SUPPORTS YOUTH AWARENESS OF HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS AND EVALUATES THE SUCCESS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMMING.
Expenses $45,458 · Grants $2,408 · Revenue $45,176
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PUBLIC ADVOCACY: THE INSTITUTE SERVES AS A TRUSTED VOICE AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT TO THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES THROUGH EDUCATION ABOUT KEY RESEARCH AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS ENHANCES PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER HEALTHY CHOICES AS WELL AS CREATING HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS.
Expenses $101
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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James KeyesJAMES KEYES
BOT CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Charles AndersonCHARLES ANDERSON
BOT VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Stephen GoodSTEPHEN GOOD
BOT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Laura Defina MDLAURA DEFINA MD
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $175,000
- From this org
- $175,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0
- Bonus
- $175,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $175,000
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Kayla HeathKAYLA HEATH
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $64,400
- From this org
- $64,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $139,200
- Expenses
- $204,500
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $2,408
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2023
- Revenue
- $4,239,271
- Expenses
- $3,852,041
- Contributions
- $2,416,227
- Grants paid
- $321,160
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,070,386
- Expenses
- $3,837,057
- Contributions
- $588,000
- Grants paid
- $296,210
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,086,797
- Expenses
- $3,422,024
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,168,691
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,716,934
- Expenses
- $4,767,800
- Assets (EOY)
- $20,675,481
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,823,302
- Expenses
- $5,854,016
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,271,900
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,359,055
- Expenses
- $6,304,686
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,093,419
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,562,899
- Expenses
- $7,041,022
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,062,194
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,071,647
- Expenses
- $7,930,772
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,799,156
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,645,304
- Expenses
- $8,042,154
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,137,760
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,487,395
- Expenses
- $7,321,627
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,167,088
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,025,308
- Expenses
- $8,913,254
- Assets (EOY)
- $26,076,111
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $7,452,621
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,225,810
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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$144,127
2023 NFL PLAY 60 FITNESS PROGRAM
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$126,555
2022 NFL PLAY 60 FITNESS PROGRAM
Grants received
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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
$2,027,542
2023 THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
$1,762,865
2022 THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
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COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
$649,638
2024 THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$60,000
2022 HEALTH
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.