Michigan · Private foundation
The Costley Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $72k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Costley Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $75k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $82k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $86k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $80k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $70k | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Center Inc | $141,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | $93,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Boyce L Ansley School Inc | $47,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $32,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Kate's Club Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ozone House Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bearings Bike Shop Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Operation Graduation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Girls Group | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($249k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Costley Family 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: Jenkins Foundation · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · United Way of Washtenaw County · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Costley Family Foundation
- How much does The Costley Family Foundation give?
- The Costley Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Costley Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (59%), Youth Development (26%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Costley Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Guadalupe Center Inc ($142k), The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan ($93k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ($60k).
- Does The Costley Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Costley Family 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 The Costley Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jenkins Foundation, Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor, James a and Faith Knight Foundation.
- Where is The Costley Family Foundation based?
- The Costley Family Foundation is based in MI.
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