Michigan · Private foundation
Addison P Cook III Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $420k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Addison P Cook III Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $420k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $382k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $235k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $221k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $215k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $112k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $117k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $117k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Railway Museum | $245,000 | 9 | 17% |
| The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc | $223,500 | 9 | 5% |
| Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson | $195,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Jackson Community College Foundation | $120,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Lumen Christi High School | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Jackson Interfaith Shelter | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Jackson District Library | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Cascades Humane Society Inc | $53,000 | 8 | 1% |
| County of Jackson Michigan Dept on Aging | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Railway Museum | $245,000 | 9 | 17% |
| The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc | $223,500 | 9 | 5% |
| Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson | $195,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Jackson Community College Foundation | $120,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Lumen Christi High School | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Jackson Interfaith Shelter | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Jackson District Library | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Cascades Humane Society Inc | $53,000 | 8 | 1% |
| County of Jackson Michigan Dept on Aging | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson Southwest Little League | $40,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Jackson YMCA Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Dahlem Conservancy | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Camp Liberty Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Rise Above | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| The Jackson Michigan Chorale | $19,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Michigan Colleges Alliance | $17,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Jackson Public School District (V) | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jackson Chorale | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($513k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Addison P Cook III Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Jackson Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · Lavery Foundation · The Hurst Foundation · Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust · The L H Field Family Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Wa Foote Memorial Hospital · Philip J Curtis Foundation · Melling Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Addison P Cook III Foundation
- How much does Addison P Cook III Foundation give?
- Addison P Cook III Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $419,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Addison P Cook III Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Education (16%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are Addison P Cook III Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lost Railway Museum ($245k), The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc ($224k), Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson ($195k).
- Does Addison P Cook III Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Addison P Cook III Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Addison P Cook III Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alvin L Glick Foundation, Jackson Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Addison P Cook III Foundation based?
- Addison P Cook III Foundation is based in MI.
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