Minnesota · Public charity
Its Good to Know
Its Good to Know is a non profit life-learning foundation that create programs to rejuvenate, enrich, and heal the Jew and Non-Jew, our communities and the world. We provide products, resources and services to help you empower yourself, to attain your goals, break barriers and overcome obstacles so you can take charge of yourself and our…
- $312k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $216k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,310
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $452k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Its Good to Know funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $216k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $150k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $82k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleph Institute Inc | $202,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bet Kahila Eighth Degree | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anshei Lubavitch Ch Inc | $25,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnos Menachem Inc | $22,448 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Calabasas | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc | $18,715 | 2 | n/a |
| Machne Israel Inc | $6,150 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Its Good to Know
- How much does Its Good to Know give?
- Its Good to Know reported 5 itemized grants totaling $215,557, out of $311,644 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Its Good to Know fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (85%), Education (4%).
- Who are Its Good to Know's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Aleph Institute Inc ($202k), Bet Kahila Eighth Degree ($100k), Anshei Lubavitch Ch Inc ($26k).
- Does Its Good to Know fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Its Good to Know?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Its Good to Know based?
- Its Good to Know is based in MN.
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