· Private foundation
Edward M & Henrietta M Knabusch Charitable Trust 2
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $490k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $162k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GABBY'S LADDER | $57,405 |
| HABITAT OF HUMANITY FOR MONROE | $55,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| SELAH-S CENTER OF HOPE | $48,000 |
| GOD WORKS | $39,000 |
| HOT LINE TO GOD | $35,000 |
| MONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY | $34,000 |
| FAMILY COUNSELING & SHELT | $32,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROIE CO | $30,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH MICHIGAN | $30,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN-MONROE | $25,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ANN ARBOR | $25,000 |
| GENERATION E INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| ARMY JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS | $20,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF MONROE COUNTY | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $338k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GLGABBY'S LADDER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $454k · revenue +193% · 35% of their budget
- HSHUMANE SOCIETY OF MONROE COUNTY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $148k · revenue +41%
- SHSIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY5× · 2018–2022 · $128k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- OSOUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $40k
- TLTHE LORDS HARVEST PANTRYone grant, 2021 · $39k
- NCNEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMone grant, 2017 · $20k
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.
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.
To provide services for the elderly
Supplie & shelter for children & seniors
To assist at-risk individuals
Meets the needs of individuals with developmental and/or physical disabilities.
Utilizes horses to provide individuals with mental and physical disabilities the opportunity for personal growth through the horseback riding experience.
To provide services and programs for residents of monroe, iowa area that promote their wellbeing, support their independence and encourage their involvement in community life.
Dedication to helping the disabled, aged, and chronically or temporarily ill by providing nourishing food at nominal cost during periods of need to help residents to remain self sufficient in their own home, regardless of age, race, color,…
To delivery hot meals to those unable to leave their homes. we also assist with rent and utlitilies to families in need.
Supporting runaway, homeless and at-risk youth in our community since 1977. serving mecosta, osceola and newaygo counties.
To connect people in need with human resource services that can solve their needs and improve their lives.
Providing information & services for the Elderly and Disabled, making referrals for services such as home health aides, housekeeping services, nursing and therapy services. Provide recreational events, transportation, meals and community…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 70 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds GABBY'S LADDER INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SELAHS CENTER OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds MONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds LIVING INDEPENDENCE FOR EVERYONE ↗
- Who funds Generation E Institute ↗
- Who funds RIVER RAISIN CENTRE FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Operation Warm Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTHUR LESOW COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds CANS FOR KIDS ↗
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: La-Z-Boy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Kurt L and Renee M Darrow Family Foundation · The Philbeck Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward M & Henrietta M Knabusch Charitable Trust 2 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward M & Henrietta M Knabusch Charitable Trust 2. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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