Funding search · EIN 821848600 · Traverse City, MI

Cosgrove Foundation

Name: Cosgrove Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $370,924
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,311
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

purchase scholarship equipment rescue facility sponsor gear childrens

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept4 grants · $71,896
Traverse City Police Dept2 grants · $52,943
Womens Resource Center1 grant · $35,000
Tcaps Classrooms3 grants · $32,047
Whitewater Emergency Services4 grants · $29,298
Child Family Services of Nw Mi2 grants · $28,040
Safe Harbor3 grants · $25,801
First Congregational Church2 grants · $20,857
Old Town Playhouse4 grants · $20,820
Tcaps-Blair Pto1 grant · $19,450

Giving over time

$24,541

2022

$49,417

2023

$77,459

2024

$219,507

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Womens Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Facility support
$34,000
Traverse City Police Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Protective gear
$24,706
Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Support for purchase of rescue equipment
$24,040
Child Family Services of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Program Support
$21,552
Tcaps Classrooms · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Classroom and event support
$19,450
Tcaps-Blair Pto · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Classroom and event support
$19,228
Whitewater Emergency Services · Williamsburg, MI · 2025
Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment
$18,943
Traverse City Police Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Protective gear
$18,573
Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Support for purchase of rescue equipment
$17,320
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Sponsor programming and update equipment
$15,699
Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Support for purchase of rescue equipment
$15,000
City of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Firearms
$13,245
Safe Harbor · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Facility improvements
$12,918
Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Support for purchase of rescue equipment
$10,563
First Congregational Church · Central Lake, MI · 2025
Charitable fund
$10,294
First Congregational Church · Central Lake, MI · 2024
Charitable fund
$9,289
Tcaps Classrooms · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Purchase of boots and other winter gear for school
$9,200
Safe Harbor · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Facility improvements
$5,000
Kingsley Schools · Kingsley, MI · 2025
parade sponsor
$4,762
Whitewater Emergency Services · Williamsburg, MI · 2023
Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment
$4,622
Addiction Treatment Services · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Facility repairs
$4,000
Child Family Services of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Program Support
$3,356
Safe Harbor · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Facility improvements
$2,912
Whitewater Emergency Services · Williamsburg, MI · 2022
Support purchase of air compressor
$2,396
Whitewater Emergency Services · Williamsburg, MI · 2024
Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment
$1,500
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Sponsor childrens programming
$1,206
Tcaps Classrooms · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Purchase of boots and other winter gear for school
$1,000
Enarie Property Management · Petoskey, MI · 2025
rent for an individual
$1,000
Grand Traverse Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Scholarship Fund
$1,000
Kalamazoo Valley Comm College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Northern Michigan University · Marquette, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Saginaw Valley State University · University Center, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Hope College · Holland, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
Mt Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Athletic scholarship
$1,000
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Sponsor childrens programming
$1,000
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Sponsor childrens programming
$500
Grand Traverse Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Scholarship Fund
$500
Grand Traverse Regional Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$500
Ella Walters · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Homeless Youth support
$350
City of Traverse City Utilities · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Pay utility bill for someone in need
$300
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
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