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Cousineau Family Charity

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$27k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2024
62
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100
Largest grant, FY2024
$8,220
Organizations funded a year
20 to 62
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$45k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Cousineau Family Charity funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationPublic BenefitHealthInternationalCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving56$27k23%
FY202362$35k31%
FY202261$36k41%
FY202160$17k72%
FY202020$3kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$49kHuman Services$38kInternational$14kPhilanthropy$2kHealth$2kCommunity Improvement$2kEducation$2kCivil Rights$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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IN
OH
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CA
MO
KY
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MD
TN
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GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Father Joe Poor Families Program$15,549311%
Archdiocese of Detroit$5,3205n/a
Lighthouse of Oakland County$4,63652%
Heal Trafficking Inc$4,00020%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,5505n/a
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$2,20020%
Right to Life-Lifespan Inc$9734n/a
Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist$8604n/a
The Heritage Foundation$79040%
Human Life International Inc$65030%
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All grantees of Cousineau Family Charity by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Father Joe Poor Families Program$15,549311%
Archdiocese of Detroit$5,3205n/a
Lighthouse of Oakland County$4,63652%
Heal Trafficking Inc$4,00020%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,5505n/a
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$2,20020%
Right to Life-Lifespan Inc$9734n/a
Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of Eucharist$8604n/a
The Heritage Foundation$79040%
Human Life International Inc$65030%
Thomas More Society$65020%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$61550%
Seraphic Mass Association Inc$5765n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$52510%
Salesian Missions Inc$5234n/a
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity$5205n/a
Life Legal Defense Foundation$50030%
A Vision for Clean Water$4551n/a
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$45040%
Kettering University$40040%
Feeding America$35020%
Tax Foundation$30020%
The American Legion$28040%
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church$2501n/a
Priests for Life$25030%
Students for Life of America Inc$23530%
Help Hospitalized Veterans Inc$20020%
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$20020%
Environmental Working Group$18030%
Catholic Answers Inc$17110%
Population Research Institute Inc$17040%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$15020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15010%
Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed$15020%
Marygrove Conservancy$10310%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$10010%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$10010%
Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society$10010%
Habitat for Humanity$10010%
Hunters for Life$10011%
St Josephs Indian School$1001n/a
Missionhurst Inc$1001n/a
American Life League Inc$10020%
Crown of Life Lutheran Church$1001n/a
The Companions of the Cross (Us)$7410%
Judicial Watch Inc$7020%
Priests of the Sacred Heart$602n/a
Association of the Miraculous Medal$221n/a
40 Days for Life$1010%
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cousineau Family Charity supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFather Joe Poor Families Program: $15,549 over 3y, 11% of budgetLighthouse of Oakland County: $4,636 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHeal Trafficking Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKnights of Columbus Charities Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $790 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Life International Inc: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More Society: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $615 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Legal Defense Foundation: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Michigan Inc: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKettering University: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTax Foundation: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $280 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPriests for Life: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $235 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelp Hospitalized Veterans Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Answers Inc: $171 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Research Institute Inc: $170 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarygrove Conservancy: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland County Pioneer and Historical Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHunters for Life: $100 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Life League Inc: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Companions of the Cross (Us): $74 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budget40 Days for Life: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas FoundationVA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Mary's Foundation · Alexander and Linda Milley Foundation · The Moran Foundation · The Halprin Family Foundation B · John a & Mary Pollock Yanta Memorial Tr · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Sacred Heart Trust Foundation · David Dinnocenti Memorial Foundation · The A&S Giancristofaro Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Cousineau Family Charity

How much does Cousineau Family Charity give?
Cousineau Family Charity reported 57 grants totaling $27,357 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 62 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Cousineau Family Charity fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Human Services (32%), International (12%).
Who are Cousineau Family Charity's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Father Joe Poor Families Program ($16k), Archdiocese of Detroit ($5k), Lighthouse of Oakland County ($5k).
Does Cousineau Family Charity fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Cousineau Family Charity accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cousineau Family Charity?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, Mary's Foundation.
Where is Cousineau Family Charity based?
Cousineau Family Charity is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 121 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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