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Andrew J Knuth Family Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Andrew J Knuth Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$656k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$524kYouth Development$165kEducation$160kReligion$55kHuman Services$54kHealth$38kFood & Nutrition$25kCrime & Legal$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION HOPE$500,000
ST JOHNS FAMILY CENTER$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
CAROLINE HOUSE$25,000
CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE$25,000
LIVFREE$25,000
SHEPHERDS INC$10,000
FAIRFIELD LIBRARY$6,000
ANA GRACE PROJECT$5,000
FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION$5,000
BEN'S LIGHTHOUSE INC$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ST JOHNS FAMILY CENTER: $25k → 9%CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE: $25k → 9%BEN'S LIGHTHOUSE INC: $5k → 9%STAY AT HOME IN WILTON INC: $1k → 9%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.
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 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
St Vincent Depaul Mission of Waterbury

The st. vincent depaul mission of waterbury, inc., through its network of services, aids, supports and empowers people experiencing poverty, homelessness, hunger, and mental health challenges so they may recover with dignity and develop…

Health
2
United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc

United way coastal and western connecticut (uwcwc) envisions a community where every person is healthy, safe, and economically secure. our mission is to work in partnership with community to address critical needs and advance equitable…

Philanthropy
3
Winchester Historical Society
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4
Connecticut Partnership for Children Inc

Connecticut partnership for children, inc., is dedicated to supporting low- income children throughout connecticut, by working with their families and the communities in which they live.

Human Services
5
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc

To provide shelter and affordable housing, as well as advocacy and support services, to homeless, battered and low-income women, with or without children. abby's house empowers the women we serve to lead self-directed lives filled with…

Housing & Shelter
6
Emergency Food Aid in Southbury

Providing food assistance to Southbury residents demonstrating need.

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7
Inspirica Inc

Inspirica is one of the largest providers of emergency housing, permanent supportive housing and support services in connecticut. each night, we house over 500 people including children. we operate 12 facilities in stamford and provide an…

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8
Connecticut Health Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
9
Focus Center for Autism Inc

Focus center for autism: helping children and adults with autism achieve their full potential.

Education
10
Fairfield University

To establish, organize, maintain and conduct an institution for secondary, undergraduate and graduate education in the state of connecticut, and to perform such other works of education, charity and religion. see schedule o.

Education
11
New London Area Food Pantry

Serving the residents of New London and Southeastern CT by offering a selection of groceries to those who cannot afford to meet their nutritional needs otherwise.

Human Services
12
Project Hope of Eastern Connecticut

The windham no freeze project is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to the short and long-term survival of adults experiencing homelessness in the windham region. safe, temporary shelter is provided in a caring environment and connections…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kol Education Foundation. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $500,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC+1 more: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterWAKEMA BOYS GIRLS CLUB: $160,000 · OtherWAKEMA BOYS GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST FRANCIS: $30,000 · OtherST FRANCISCAROLINE HOUSE INC: $25,000 · OtherCAROLINE HOUSE INCKEVIN M EIDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP F: $25,000 · OtherKEVIN M EIDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAIRFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherFAIRFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCHCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $20,000 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS: $17,000 · Other+10 more: $35,500 · Other+10 moreDICKINSON COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationDICKINSON C…SHEPHERDS INC: $10,000 · EducationSHEPHERDS I…THE ANA GRACE PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationST JOHNS FAMILY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesBENS LIGHTHOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIVFREE INC: $25,000 · HealthKOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $11,500 · Crime & LegalTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Housing & Shelter$501,500Other$392,500Education$116,000Human Services$78,500Health$25,000Crime & Legal$11,500Philanthropy$10,000

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 budgetOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINE HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetST JOHNS FAMILY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ANA GRACE PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAY AT HOME IN WILTON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Synchrony FoundationFairfield County's Co…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodThe Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Synchrony FoundationCT14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Synchrony Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Andrew J Knuth Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Andrew J Knuth Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
  • Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 33 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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