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The Cousins Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$4.7MYouth Development$1.4MHuman Services$1.0MArts & Culture$908kReligion$485kHealth$415kHousing & Shelter$270kPhilanthropy$235kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.2M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$61M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OGELTHORPE UNIVERSITY$200,000
NEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN$100,000
LEAP YEAR$100,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO ATLANTA$100,000
COR INC$100,000
PAW KIDS$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA$100,000
YOUTHSPARK INC$75,000
NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL$55,000
CITY OF REFUGE$50,000
AGAPE YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
WELLSPRING LIVING INC$50,000
PURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA$50,000
COVENANT HOUSE$40,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%HEARTS TO NOURISH HOPE INC: $25k → 15%OPEN DOORS SOLUTIONS: $60k → 14%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS: $50k → 14%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $20k → 14%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 13%CHRIS 180 INC: $25k → 14%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%YOUTHSPARK INC: $75k → 13%YOUTHSPARK INC: $75k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA INC: $25k → 13%MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $25k → 13%MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $25k → 13%YMCA OF METRO ATLANTA: $25k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OH
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.3M · 39 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
41

Total granted

$9.3M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+16%

Still filing today

74%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2.6M · revenue +160%
  • OU
    OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +27%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $375k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue +74%
  • TP
    THE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $129k · revenue -4%
  • SC
    STAR C CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -54%
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
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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2
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
3
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
4
Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives…

Education
5
Breakthrough Atlanta

Breakthrough atlanta pursues a dual mission: to increase academic opportunity for highly motivated, underserved students and get them into college ready to succeed; and inspire and develop the next generation of teachers and educational…

Education
6
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Inc

To develop, finance, and advocate for affordable housing at scale that promotes racial equity and healthy communities where families thrive.

Housing & Shelter
7
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc

Georgia Center for Opportunity GCO is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to increasing opportunity and improving the quality of life for all Georgians.

Education
8
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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9
Every Student Every Community Inc

Redefined atlanta engages communities, advocates for equity, and funds critical work to drive systemic level improvement in k-12 public education for students and families.

Education
10
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc

Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.

Housing & Shelter
11
Horizons Atlanta Inc

Horizons Atlanta is a tuition-free, intensive, six-week summer academic and enrichment program that supports students from under-served communities over the course of their academic careers.

Youth Development
12
Leadership Atlanta Inc

It is the mission of leadership atlanta to build a better community for everyone in the atlanta region through education about the key issues facing the region and inspiring members and others to take on and exercise real leadership…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Melanated Pearl Incorporation. 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

68 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. 68 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/68
Grantees still filing
48/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,600,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000,000 · EducationOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INCLEAP YEAR INC: $350,000 · EducationLEAP YEAR INCPURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA INC: $263,000 · EducationPURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA INC+5 more: $192,500 · EducationCOR INC: $400,000 · OtherCOR INCTHE SALVATION ARMY METRO ATLANTA: $300,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY METRO ATLANTABOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA: $300,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTAPAW KIDS: $300,000 · OtherPAW KIDSBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc: $225,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metro At…Individual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL: $200,000 · OtherCHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPELIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $129,200 · OtherAgape Community Center: $150,000 · Other+28 more: $1,181,463 · Other+28 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $375,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W W…NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $215,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL B…NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $202,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL C…GIWAYEN MATA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureGIWAYEN MA…YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF ATLANTA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ENSE…FLUX PROJECTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $32,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN INC: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentPARADISE ATLANTA WESTSIDE ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN YOUTH HARP ENSEMBLE INC: $25,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $51,250 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $30,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyyouthSpark Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesNEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesOpen Doors Solutions Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHRIS 180 INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesHEARTS TO NOURISH HOPE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA (1361): $25,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesWellspring Living Inc: $100,000 · ReligionCITY OF REFUGE: $100,000 · ReligionPRESBYTERIAN HERITAGE CENTER: $60,000 · Religion
Education$4,405,500Other$3,535,663Arts & Culture$1,025,000Youth Development$675,000Philanthropy$616,250Human Services$500,000Religion$260,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,600,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $375,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP YEAR INC: $350,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $300,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN INC: $300,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA INC: $263,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $250,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $215,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $202,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetyouthSpark Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetAgape Community Center: $150,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $129,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPARTNERS FOR HOME INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOBE SOUND BIBLE COLLEGE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGIWAYEN MATA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetYOUTH ENSEMBLE OF ATLANTA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetNEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Doors Solutions Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HERITAGE CENTER: $60,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN: $59,419 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMARION MEDICAL MISSION: $52,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $51,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKINDRED FUTURES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREW CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLUX PROJECTS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCOTTDALE EARLY LEARNING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPARADISE ATLANTA WESTSIDE ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetKIDS DOC ON WHEELS: $40,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCONCRETE JUNGLE INC: $37,744 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetSpelman College: $32,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMelanated Pearl Incorporation: $27,500 over 1y, 31% 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…United Way of Greater…Tull Charitable Found…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…The Waterfall Foundat…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Annie E Casey Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainC F Foundation IncTr Uw Charles I BrananThe Arthur M Blank Fa…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA58× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · C F Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

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 The Cousins Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cousins Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Cousins Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Cousins Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 81 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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