Michigan · Nonprofit
THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project
THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being BETTY AND LEO BLAZOK FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $286k
What THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project does
Mission
Teaching work skills to individuals with developmental disabilities
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
MI Cookie Project Bakery-The bakery opened July 2016. Twenty individuals with developmental disabilities are trained work skills through the various operations in a commercial bakery. Individuals gain a sense of purpose and involvement in the community
$15,585 spent77% of program spendingMI Cookie Project Student Activities-Individuals enjoy various holiday parties and activities to celebrate their accomplishments with their families and volunteers.
$4,663 spent23% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,248.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $371k to $289k (−22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
37% of THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
55% of THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project?
- THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being BETTY AND LEO BLAZOK FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,000 in grants to THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project?
- BETTY AND LEO BLAZOK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COOKIE PROJECT dba MI Cookie Project find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing