Cosgrove Foundation
Private foundation · Traverse City, MI · EIN 82-1848600 · reported 2023–2025
36grants reported
$4,881median award
$1,000lower quartile
$300smallest grant
$346Ktotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 36 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $21K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
945 E Eighth Street Ste C
Traverse City, MI 49686-2895
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Womens Resource Center Facility support | Traverse City, MI | $35,000 |
| Traverse City Police Dept Protective gear | Traverse City, MI | $34,000 |
| Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept Support for purchase of rescue equipment | Traverse City, MI | $24,706 |
| Child Family Services of NW MI | Traverse City, MI | $24,040 |
| Tcaps Classrooms Classroom and event support | Traverse City, MI | $21,552 |
| Tcaps-Blair PTO Classroom and event support | Traverse City, MI | $19,450 |
| Whitewater Emergency Services Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment | Williamsburg, MI | $19,228 |
| Traverse City Police Dept Protective gear | Traverse City, MI | $18,943 |
| Old Town Playhouse Sponsor programming and update equipment | Traverse City, MI | $17,320 |
| Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept Support for purchase of rescue equipment | Traverse City, MI | $15,699 |
| City of Traverse City Firearms | Traverse City, MI | $15,000 |
| Safe Harbor Facility improvements | Traverse City, MI | $13,245 |
| Grand Traverse Metro Fire Dept Support for purchase of rescue equipment | Traverse City, MI | $12,918 |
| First Congregational Church Charitable fund | Central Lake, MI | $10,563 |
| First Congregational Church Charitable fund | Central Lake, MI | $10,294 |
| Tcaps Classrooms Purchase of boots and other winter gear for school | Traverse City, MI | $9,289 |
| Safe Harbor Facility improvements | Traverse City, MI | $9,200 |
| Kingsley Schools Parade sponsor | Kingsley, MI | $5,000 |
| Whitewater Emergency Services Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment | Williamsburg, MI | $4,762 |
| Addiction Treatment Services Facility repairs | Traverse City, MI | $4,622 |
| Child Family Services of NW MI | Traverse City, MI | $4,000 |
| Safe Harbor Facility improvements | Traverse City, MI | $3,356 |
| Whitewater Emergency Services Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment | Williamsburg, MI | $2,396 |
| Old Town Playhouse Sponsor childrens programming | Traverse City, MI | $1,500 |
| Grand Traverse Regional Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $1,000 |
| Northern Michigan University | Marquette, MI | $1,000 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | University Center, MI | $1,000 |
| Kalamazoo Valley Comm College | Kalamazoo, MI | $1,000 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $1,000 |
| Enarie Property Management Rent for an individual | Petoskey, MI | $1,000 |
| Old Town Playhouse Sponsor childrens programming | Traverse City, MI | $1,000 |
| Hope College | Holland, MI | $1,000 |
| Mt Holiday Athletic scholarship | Traverse City, MI | $1,000 |
| Grand Traverse Regional Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $500 |
| Grand Traverse Regional Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $500 |
| American Cancer Society Where needed most | Hagerstown, MD | $300 |
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