· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA | $15,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $15,000 |
| THE WOMENS CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN | $15,000 |
| JRLA OPERATION GRADUATION | $12,000 |
| KATE'S CLUB | $5,000 |
| PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER | $5,000 |
| OZONE HOUSE | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $330k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
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 +230% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GCGuadalupe Center Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $142k · revenue +145%
- TWTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN9× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +230%
- TBTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC3× · 2019–2024 · $48k · revenue +693%
Funded once
- OGOPERATION GRADUATIONone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +0%
GIRLS GROUPone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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.
Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…
King street center empowers youth to explore their talents and find their voice through learning, play, and opportunity.
To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring adults.
Provide services and programs for women, teens, children, and families of miami-dade county in focusing our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
To provide club members with a safe, supportive, fun, and enriching environment that inspires and empowers them to achieve their greatest potential. bgcmd accomplishes this mission with a foundational social- emotional learning approach…
Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…
See schedule oto inspire and enable all young people to realize their potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and community leaders of tomorrow. the club has been at the forefront of youth development, working with young…
To provide services and programs for children.
To enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Girls inc.'s mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. in partnership with schools and community organizations, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and…
Ywca tri-county area is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
The young men's christian association of birmingham, inc. is a charitable organization that opens its doors to all women, men, families, teenagers, and children regardless of their ability to pay. the mission of the ymca is to put…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 14 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 Guadalupe Center Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Peace Neighborhood Center ↗
- Who funds KATE'S CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds BEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION GRADUATION ↗
- Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Costley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Costley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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