How much does James a and Faith Knight Foundation give?

James a and Faith Knight Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $810,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does James a and Faith Knight Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Health (13%), Housing & Shelter (12%).

Who are James a and Faith Knight Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan ($355k), Planned Parenthood of Michigan ($335k), Food Gatherers ($290k).

Does James a and Faith Knight Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does James a and Faith Knight 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 James a and Faith Knight Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.

Where is James a and Faith Knight Foundation based?

James a and Faith Knight Foundation is based in MI.

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Michigan · Private foundation

James a and Faith Knight Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$811k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 41
Grants FY2025: 42
Organizations funded FY2024: 17%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $18,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $60,000
Organizations funded a year: 28 to 42; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $14M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations James a and Faith Knight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	41	$811k	20%
FY2024	42	$939k	17%
FY2023	35	$850k	26%
FY2022	31	$951k	13%
FY2021	31	$795k	35%
FY2020	28	$741k	29%
FY2019	32	$734k	38%
FY2018	30	$716k	50%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.1MHealth$851kHousing & Shelter$805kYouth Development$790kEducation$665kEnvironment$495kFood & Nutrition$484kCommunity Improvement$355kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan	$355,340	7	4%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan	$335,000	8	0%
Food Gatherers	$290,000	7	0%
Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley	$265,000	9	1%
Ele's Place Inc	$265,000	7	2%
Nonprofit Network	$230,000	9	6%
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County	$220,000	6	2%
Friends In Deed	$213,000	8	8%
Girls Group	$205,000	8	4%
Bird Center of Michigan Inc	$194,000	9	11%

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All grantees of James a and Faith Knight Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan	$355,340	7	4%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan	$335,000	8	0%
Food Gatherers	$290,000	7	0%
Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley	$265,000	9	1%
Ele's Place Inc	$265,000	7	2%
Nonprofit Network	$230,000	9	6%
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County	$220,000	6	2%
Friends In Deed	$213,000	8	8%
Girls Group	$205,000	8	4%
Bird Center of Michigan Inc	$194,000	9	11%
Neutral Zone	$190,000	7	3%
Community Action Network	$180,000	6	3%
Ozone House Inc	$175,000	4	2%
826 Michigan Inc	$165,000	7	5%
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels	$154,145	6	1%
Growing Hope Inc	$145,000	5	4%
Washtenaw Area Council for Children	$135,000	6	13%
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy	$135,000	9	10%
Peace Neighborhood Center	$100,000	3	5%
Therapeutic Riding Inc	$98,000	7	4%
Active Against ALS	$87,380	4	36%
Ann Arbor Art Association	$85,000	4	3%
Childrens Literacy Network	$81,950	6	9%
The Treeline Conservancy	$75,000	3	11%
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan Inc	$70,000	4	2%
Legacy Land Conservancy	$70,000	4	2%
The Stewardship Network	$65,000	3	5%
Children's Healing Center	$65,000	2	1%
Allen Creek Preschool	$65,000	3	11%
Apple Playschools	$65,000	4	1%
Michigan Ability Partners	$60,000	3	1%
Sos Community Services	$55,000	2	1%
Arbor Hospice Inc	$50,000	3	0%
United Way of Washtenaw County	$50,000	1	1%
Emerson School Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Ypsilanti District Library	$50,000	1	n/a
Wild Swan Theater	$45,000	2	7%
Ecology Center	$40,000	2	1%
Animals and Society Institute Inc	$40,000	3	7%
Friends of Rutherford Pool	$35,000	1	12%
Corner Health Center	$35,000	1	1%
Washtenaw Literacy	$30,000	2	4%
Grass Lake Sanctuary	$30,000	2	16%
Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect of Jackson Cnty	$30,000	2	17%
St Louis Center	$30,000	2	0%
Humane Society of Huron Valley	$30,000	1	0%
Michigan Theater Foundation Inc	$30,000	1	1%
Educate Youth Inc	$25,000	2	13%
Packard Health Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc	$25,000	1	3%
Ann Arbor Young Men's Christian Association	$25,000	2	0%
Washtenaw Housing Alliance	$25,000	1	3%
The Jackson Friendly Home	$20,000	1	1%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan	$20,000	1	2%
Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor	$15,270	1	2%
Garrett's Space	$15,000	1	n/a
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Washtenaw Camp Placement Association	$12,500	1	9%
Hands Across the Water Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Community Day Care and Preschool	$10,000	1	0%
Faith in Action Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Creature Conservancy	$5,337	1	1%
Jackson Pride Center	$5,000	1	9%
The Sunbundle	$4,000	1	n/a
Saline High School Prep Hockey Team	$1,500	1	2%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

James a and Faith Knight Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI96.6× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · The Martin Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Buhr Foundation · Duffy Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · DTE Energy Foundation · Herrick Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc

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.

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About James a and Faith Knight Foundation

How much does James a and Faith Knight Foundation give?: James a and Faith Knight Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $810,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does James a and Faith Knight Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Health (13%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are James a and Faith Knight Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan ($355k), Planned Parenthood of Michigan ($335k), Food Gatherers ($290k).
Does James a and Faith Knight Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James a and Faith Knight 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 James a and Faith Knight Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.
Where is James a and Faith Knight Foundation based?: James a and Faith Knight Foundation is based in MI.