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THE COOPER INSTITUTE

EIN 23-7075529 DALLAS, TX

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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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • James Keyes

    BOT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Anderson

    BOT VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Good

    BOT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura 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
  • Kayla 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $139,200
    Expenses
    $204,500
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $2,408
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,239,271
    Expenses
    $3,852,041
    Contributions
    $2,416,227
    Grants paid
    $321,160
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,086,797
    Expenses
    $3,422,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,168,691
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,716,934
    Expenses
    $4,767,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,675,481
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,823,302
    Expenses
    $5,854,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,271,900
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,359,055
    Expenses
    $6,304,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,093,419
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,562,899
    Expenses
    $7,041,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,062,194
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,071,647
    Expenses
    $7,930,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,799,156
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,645,304
    Expenses
    $8,042,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,137,760
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,487,395
    Expenses
    $7,321,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,167,088
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,025,308
    Expenses
    $8,913,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,076,111
  • 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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.