· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $191k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $375k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DISCOVERY CHURCH | $1,000,000 |
| HOLLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | $222,024 |
| COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DOUGLAS | $52,500 |
| COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES | $50,000 |
| TEAM RUBICON | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $36,305 |
| BEREA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH | $30,000 |
| ATLANTA FALCONS FOOTBALL CLUB LLC | $24,982 |
| HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES | $20,520 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,403 |
| FREE 2 PLAY | $15,000 |
| SACRED ROOTS FARM | $13,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,150 |
| UGA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $534k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
44 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY6× · 2019–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +67%
- IJINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION3× · 2019–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +75%
- PAPro Athletes Outreach5× · 2019–2023 · $525k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- SISHIELD INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +440%
- PSPROJECT SUCCESSgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +33%
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETYone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -25%
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.
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.
Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.
How this is measured
80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 168 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Pro Athletes Outreach ↗
- Who funds COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SHIELD INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WALKING THE TEXT ↗
- Who funds PARADISE BOUND MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
- Who funds HOPE FIELDHOUSE ↗
- Who funds PAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LINK ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds Classroom Champions Inc ↗
- Who funds HOLLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CRITTER BARN ↗
- Who funds KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds Grace Medical Home 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Autism Delaware Inc: 12% of income from government
- Pine Castle Christian Academy: 9% of income from government
- Classroom Champions Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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