How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
-
Tom Cosgrove
945 E 8th Street
Traverse City, MI 49686
(231) 941-4447
[email protected] - Form and materials
- letter or grant application
- Deadlines
- none
- Restrictions
- none
Assets and giving by year
-
Tax year 2025
$219,507
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $6,774,885
-
Tax year 2024
$77,459
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $5,680,899
-
Tax year 2023
$49,417
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $2,606,026
-
Tax year 2022
$24,541
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $1,187,563
-
Tax year 2021
$15,213
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $1,211,725
-
Tax year 2020
$5,700
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $315,653
-
Tax year 2019
$1,816
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $110,365
-
Tax year 2018
$1,009
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $41,156
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
-
Womens Resource CenterTraverse City, MI
Facility support
$35,000 -
Individual
Protective gear
$34,000 -
Individual
Support for purchase of rescue equipment
$24,706 -
Child Family Services of NW MITraverse City, MI
Program Support
$24,040 -
Individual
Classroom and event support
$19,450 -
Whitewater Emergency ServicesWilliamsburg, MI
Support purchase of fire & rescue equipment
$19,228 -
Old Town PlayhouseTraverse City, MI
Sponsor programming and update equipment
$17,320 -
City of Traverse CityTraverse City, MI
Firearms
$15,000 -
First Congregational ChurchCentral Lake, MI
Charitable fund
$10,563 -
Individual
Facility improvements
$9,200 -
Kingsley SchoolsKingsley, MI
parade sponsor
$5,000 -
Grand Traverse Regional FoundationTraverse City, MI
Scholarship Fund
$1,000 -
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, MI
Scholarship
$1,000 -
Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, MI
Scholarship
$1,000 -
Kalamazoo Valley Comm CollegeKalamazoo, MI
Scholarship
$1,000 -
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI
Scholarship
$1,000 -
Individual
rent for an individual
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Human services1 grant $35,00064% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $17,32032% of the total
- Education2 grants $2,0004% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Michigan12 grants $131,151
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Thomas A CosgroveChair Hours 5Pay $0
- Trevor FettersCo-Chair Hours 1Pay $0
- David M CosgroveDirector Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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