Michigan · Private foundation
Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 54
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $45M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $279k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $1.6M | 66% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $1.5M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $3.9M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $3.1M | 54% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.3M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $3.8M | 93% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $195k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Church Inc | $5,312,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Holland Christian Education Society | $2,049,524 | 6 | 3% |
| International Justice Mission | $1,500,500 | 3 | 2% |
| River Valley Church | $810,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Church of Douglas | $674,509 | 6 | n/a |
| Pro Athletes Outreach | $525,150 | 5 | 3% |
| Compassionate Heart Ministries | $260,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Shield Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $146,240 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 101 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Onequest Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation
How this is measured
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About Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation
- How much does Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation give?
- Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,625,431 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (16%), International (11%).
- Who are Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Discovery Church Inc ($5.3M), Holland Christian Education Society ($2.0M), International Justice Mission ($1.5M).
- Does Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation, Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation.
- Where is Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation based?
- Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation is based in MI.
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