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Alice F & Cortland J Knipe Charitable Tr at a glance

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Alice F & Cortland J Knipe Charitable Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.8MEnvironment$425kAnimals$355kEducation$350kFood & Nutrition$350kArts & Culture$200kHuman Services$155kInternational$130kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $865k
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY HARVEST$150,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$150,000
INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$100,000
FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION$100,000
USO$100,000
AFRICA FOUNDATION (USA)$65,000
HOPE RURAL SCHOOL$50,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$50,000
RIVERSIDE THEATRE$25,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$25,000
VETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$25,000
PET RESQ INC$25,000
REMEMBER ME RESCUE NY$25,000
HAITIAN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $25k → 7%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $50k → 6%EVELYN ALEXANDER WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER: $50k → 7%CENTER FOR WILDLIFE RESCUE RESEARCH & CO: $50k → 9%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%CITY HARVEST: $150k → 17%SALVATION ARMY OF MARTIN COUNTY: $30k → 10%RIVERSIDE THEATRE: $25k → 12%HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF MARTIN AND ST LUCI: $50k → 13%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $50k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50k → 13%AFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $65k → 10%PET RESQ INC: $50k → 7%AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $125k → 7%CAPE COD HOSPITAL: $50k → 8%FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $50k → 6%TOWN AND COUNTRY K9 RESQ LTD: $50k → 9%CITY HARVEST: $100k → 17%HOPE RURAL SCHOOL: $100k → 10%RIVERSIDE THEATRE: $25k → 12%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $50k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25k → 13%AFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $65k → 10%PET RESQ INC: $25k → 7%AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $100k → 7%FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $25k → 6%TOWN AND COUNTRY K9 RESQ LTD: $40k → 9%CITY HARVEST: $50k → 17%HOPE RURAL SCHOOL: $50k → 10%RIVERSIDE THEATRE: $25k → 12%PET RESQ INC: $25k → 7%FRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%CITY HARVEST: $50k → 17%HOPE RURAL SCHOOL: $50k → 10%INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST: $125k → 12%BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $150k → 17%HOPE RURAL SCHOOL: $50k → 10%INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST: $100k → 12%JDRF: $125k → 17%MARTIN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST: $100k → 12%JDRF: $100k → 17%VETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $55k → 12%JDRF: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
VA
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 17 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$3.2M
$985k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+26%

Still filing today

82%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    4× · 2020–2025 · $425k · revenue +42%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $350k · revenue +3%
  • HR
    HOPE RURAL SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $250k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • MM
    Martin Memorial Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • AL
    ASPETUCK LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
4
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc

To provide the diabetes research institute with the funding to cure diabetes now.

Health
5
Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation Inc

Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.

Unclassified
6
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
7
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Hartwyck At Jfk Inc

To provide high quality care & management services for people in need of long

Health
12
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Veterans Council of Indian River Co; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USO: $350,000 · OtherUSOCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 · OtherDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT O…PET RESQ INC: $110,000 · OtherPET RESQ INCCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 · OtherCENTER FOR WILDLIFE RESCUE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION INC: $50,000 · OtherCAPE COD HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF MARTIN AND ST LUCI: $50,000 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE: $50,000 · OtherAFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $130,000 · OtherAFRICA FOUNDATION (USA)+5 more: $150,000 · Other+5 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $425,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DFRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INCMartin Memorial Foundation Inc: $250,000 · HealthMartin Memorial Foundation IncAmerican Diabetes Association: $225,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes AssociationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT…INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $325,000 · EnvironmentINDIAN RIVE…ASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentASPETUCK LA…CITY HARVEST INC: $350,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARV…HOPE RURAL SCHOOL INC: $250,000 · EducationHOPE RURA…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationSTEPHEN S…VETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO: $105,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRICAL ARTS AT FORESTBURGH INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTOWN COUNTRY K-9 RESQ LTD: $100,000 · AnimalsEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $70,000 · AnimalsREMEMBER ME RESCUE NY INC: $25,000 · Animals
Other$1,490,000Health$1,300,000Environment$425,000Food & Nutrition$350,000Education$350,000Arts & Culture$200,000Animals$195,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $425,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $350,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $325,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetHOPE RURAL SCHOOL INC: $250,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $225,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $130,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetVETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO: $105,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTOWN COUNTRY K-9 RESQ LTD: $100,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetCAREERS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMOAACC Good Deeds Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetREMEMBER ME RESCUE NY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHAITIAN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES: $20,000 over 1y, 27% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alice F & Cortland J Knipe Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alice F & Cortland J Knipe Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Friends of Jack Foundation Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
  • Hope Rural School Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Alice F & Cortland J Knipe Charitable Tr through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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