Michigan · Private foundation
Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $8.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,400,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k 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 | 1 | $8.0M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $400k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $700k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $899k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $696k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $662k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $880,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Vista Maria | $92,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Starfish Family Services Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Autism Alliance of Michigan | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Divine Child Parish Dearborn | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eton Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dearborn Community Fund | $3,500 | 1 | 5% |
| The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $880,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Vista Maria | $92,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Starfish Family Services Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Autism Alliance of Michigan | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Divine Child Parish Dearborn | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eton Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dearborn Community Fund | $3,500 | 1 | 5% |
| The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| The Greening of Detroit | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| One Dearborn Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Estate | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Hungarian Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald and Mary Kosch 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: Ford Philanthropy · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation
- How much does Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation give?
- Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $7,996,931 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Health (10%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beaumont Health Foundation ($881k), Vista Maria ($93k), Starfish Family Services Inc ($60k).
- Does Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ford Philanthropy, DTE Energy Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
- Where is Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation based?
- Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation is based in MI.
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