Cook Family Foundation
The Cook Family Foundation is a private family foundation based in Owosso, Michigan that supports education, the environment, the arts, scholarships, and local nonprofit capacity-building. Its official site lists staff, contact details, grant and scholarship program information, and recent news and grant announcements.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Michigan-based nonprofit (often Shiawassee County or nearby) with a clear program in education, scholarships, environment, arts, or local capacity-building and an established local relationship or prior contact with foundation staff or trustees.
Good Fit
- • Organization is located in Michigan, preferably Shiawassee County or nearby.
- • Work aligns with education, scholarships, environmental conservation, community development, arts, or nonprofit capacity-building.
- • Existing relationship or prior funding history with the foundation or demonstrable local partnerships.
- • Request fits the foundation's typical grant sizes (ranging from small operational grants up to six-figure scholarship gifts).
Geography
Observed giving across the available years is entirely in Michigan, with program notes and restrictions indicating a focus on Shiawassee County and nearby communities.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation made 8 grants to only 4 distinct recipients (down from 8 distinct recipients the prior year), and those four were returning grantees, indicating a small, concentrated recipient set.
New Applicants
Behavioral evidence shows no new grantees in the latest year (all recipients were returning), which suggests a relationship-driven pattern; however, the foundation maintains a public website, application instructions, named contacts, and a contact form, so an unfamiliar applicant has a plausible, though not guaranteed, path to apply.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
