Oregon · Private foundation
Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $181k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 54
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 53 | $181k | 74% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $148k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $177k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $182k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $212k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $187k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $210k | 72% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $143k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linn-Benton Community College | $52,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Lane Community College Foundation | $47,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $43,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Oregon Community College Foundation | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Eugene Mission Inc | $35,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Inn | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| FosterClub Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Willamette Vital Health | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home Life Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Central Oregon | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 117 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · Onpoint Community Credit Union
How this is measured
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About Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation
- How much does Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation give?
- Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $181,342 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Human Services (17%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Linn-Benton Community College ($52k), Lane Community College Foundation ($47k), Marion-Polk Food Share Inc ($43k).
- Does Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Autzen Foundation, The Ford Family Foundation.
- Where is Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation based?
- Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation is based in OR.
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