Georgia · Private foundation
Courtney Knight Gaines 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.
- $732k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $360,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 28 | $732k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $527k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $445k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $421k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $469k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $347k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $274k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $443k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc | $430,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hospice Savannah Inc | $270,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $130,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Performance Initiatives Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Savannah Music Festivalinc | $90,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Savannah Book Festival Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Union Mission Inc | $62,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $60,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Congregation Mickve Israel | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · The Savannah Benevolent Association · The Hodge Foundation Inc · Savannah Jewish Council Inc Dba Savannah Jewish Federation · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation
- How much does Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation give?
- Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $731,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (19%), Religion (17%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc ($430k), Hospice Savannah Inc ($270k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($130k).
- Does Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Courtney Knight Gaines 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 Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Savannah Community Foundation Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Colonial Foundation Inc.
- Where is Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation based?
- Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation is based in GA.
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