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Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation at a glance

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Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$11MHealth$1.4MRecreation & Sports$429kHuman Services$253kEducation$158kYouth Development$138kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kArts & Culture$42kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,400,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUND$5,000,000
DONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUND$1,400,000
DONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUND$1,300,000
DONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUND$296,931
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 21%ONE DEARBORN: $2k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 15 repeat orgs$9.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
31

Total granted

$4.8M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+5%

Still filing today

40%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • VISTA MARIA
    5× · 2017–2022 · $93k · revenue +84%
  • SF
    STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $60k · revenue +11%
  • AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN
    2× · 2017–2019 · $41k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DONALD AND MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • FI
    FIDELITY INV CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $201k
  • OH
    OAKWOOD HELATHCARE
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
Detroit Athletic Club

To create life-enriching experiences that build meaningful relations, foster personal and professional growth, and celebrate culture in the heart of detroit.

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3
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
4
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

—
5
Honor Credit Union

Providing solutions for financial success.

—
6
Detroit Experience Factory

Detroit Experience Factory is a leading resource for both visitors and locals to discover, experience and learn about the people, places and projects around the city of Detroit.

Community Improvement
7
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
8
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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9
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

—
10
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc

To nuture a life-long love of music through imaginative and inspiring experiences for the listeners of today and tomorrow.

—
11
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
12
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beaumont Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUND: $7,996,931 · OtherDONALD & MARY KOSCH CHARITABLE FUNDFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNT: $2,700,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIVING ACCOUNT+32 more: $2,161,088 · Other+32 moreBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $880,500 · HealthAUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN: $41,000 · Health+1 more: $30,000 · HealthSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesDEARBORN COMMUNITY FUND: $3,500 · Arts & CultureHENRY FORD ESTATE: $1,600 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureEton Academy: $5,000 · EducationThe Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County: $2,500 · Crime & LegalTHE GREENING OF DETROIT: $2,000 · Environment
Other$12,858,019Health$951,500Human Services$67,000Arts & Culture$7,600Education$5,000Crime & Legal$2,500Environment$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $880,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $92,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEton Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEARBORN COMMUNITY FUND: $3,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetThe Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County: $2,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE GREENING OF DETROIT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY FORD ESTATE: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
  • Who funds STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Eton Academy ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DEARBORN COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out Wayne County ↗
  • Who funds THE GREENING OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds ONE DEARBORN INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD ESTATE ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUNGARIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗

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.

Ford PhilanthropyDTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …The Kresge FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Ford PhilanthropyMI17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald and Mary Kosch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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