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James a and Faith Knight 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.

$939k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$1.1MHealth$851kHousing & Shelter$805kYouth Development$790kEducation$665kEnvironment$495kFood & Nutrition$484kCommunity Improvement$355kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $770k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $157k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA$57,300
CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER$50,000
FOOD GATHERERS$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN$45,000
MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOT$40,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLE$35,000
NEUTRAL ZONE$30,000
SAFEHOUSE CENTER$30,000
BIRD CENTER OF WASHTENAW COUNTY$28,000
CIVIL AIR PATROL$25,000
NONPROFIT NETWORK$25,000
826 MICHIGAN$25,000
YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS$25,000
FRIENDS IN DEED$25,000
PACKARD HEALTH$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $30k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $30k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $20k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30k → 14%SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 14%OZONE HOUSE INC: $25k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $42k → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $40k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $40k → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $30k → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $30k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $25k → 14%APPLE PLAYSCHOOLS: $20k → 14%APPLE PLAYSCHOOLS: $20k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $15k → 14%APPLE PLAYSCHOOLS: $15k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $50k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $50k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $50k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $57k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $56k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $55k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGA: $50k → 14%MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS: $30k → 14%MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS: $15k → 14%MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS: $15k → 14%CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK: $18k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $16k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $13k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.5M · 53 repeat orgs$951k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

53 repeat relationships — 35 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
36

Total granted

$5.5M
$835k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+25%

Still filing today

77%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    6× · 2019–2024 · $300k · revenue +97%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN
    7× · 2018–2024 · $290k · revenue +44%
  • FG
    FOOD GATHERERS
    6× · 2017–2024 · $230k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • YD
    YPSILANTI DISTRICT LIBRARY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -92%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
2
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
3
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
4
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

5
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
6
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

Works to end environmental injustice by empowering communities at the grassroots level.the corporation is organzied exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including for such purposes, the makeing of…

Environment
7
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
8
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
9
Six Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy

To conserve, sustain, and connect natural areas, land, and waters that make the places we live special

Environment
10
Michigan Water Environment Association

Be and create stewards for the water environment of michigan. provide high quality education for michigan's water professionals. educate and inform policy makers and the general public. promote scientifically sound environmental practices…

Environment
11
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

12
Ann Arbor Community Center Inc

With an emphasis on socio-economically disadvantaged youth and families, the Ann Arbor Community Center, Inc. (AACC) is a vital community resource that provides high quality programs, information and services to citizens in need.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Saline High School Prep Hockey Team. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr12%39%35–55yr13%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr19%33%20–35yr12%40%35–55yr13%17%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/61
the rest of the field
13%
296/2,245

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 97 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
43/60
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FOOD GATHERERS — $230,000 · OtherFOOD GATHERERSFriends In Deed — $193,000 · OtherFriends In DeedBIRD CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC — $174,000 · OtherBIRD CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC826 MICHIGAN INC — $145,000 · OtherSAFEHOUSE CENTER — $135,000 · OtherYPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS — $129,145 · OtherWASHTENAW AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN — $110,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $110,000 · OtherANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $106,000 · Other+57 more — $1,842,539 · Other+57 moreTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $300,340 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENTER O…NONPROFIT NETWORK — $205,000 · Human ServicesNONPROFIT NETWORKOZONE HOUSE INC — $175,000 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INCCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — $150,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION NET…Peace Neighborhood Center — $100,000 · Human ServicesPeace Neighborhood C…CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK — $70,450 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS LITERACY N…MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS — $60,000 · Human ServicesSOS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $55,000 · Human ServicesAPPLE PLAYSCHOOLS — $55,000 · Human Services+1 more — $40,000 · Human ServicesELE'S PLACE INC — $245,000 · Youth DevelopmentELE'S PLACE …GIRLS GROUP — $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS GROUPNeutral Zone — $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentNeutral ZoneGROWING HOPE INC — $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentGROWING HOPE…+1 more — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY — $240,000 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY — $220,000 · Housing & ShelterWASHTENAW HOUSING ALLIANCE — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN — $290,000 · HealthActive Against ALS — $87,380 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $50,000 · HealthPackard Health Inc — $25,000 · HealthSOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY — $120,000 · EnvironmentTHE TREELINE CONSERVANCY — $75,000 · EnvironmentThe Stewardship Network — $65,000 · EnvironmentLEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY — $55,000 · EnvironmentECOLOGY CENTER — $40,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentAnn Arbor Art Association — $70,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureAnn Arbor Summer Festival Inc — $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,174,684Human Services$1,210,790Youth Development$730,000Housing & Shelter$485,000Health$452,380Environment$380,000Arts & Culture$115,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — $300,340 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN — $290,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC — $245,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY — $240,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS — $230,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY — $220,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetNONPROFIT NETWORK — $205,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetFriends In Deed — $193,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetGIRLS GROUP — $180,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC — $175,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBIRD CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC — $174,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNeutral Zone — $160,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — $150,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budget826 MICHIGAN INC — $145,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetYPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS — $129,145 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC — $125,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetSOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY — $120,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetWASHTENAW AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN — $110,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $106,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center — $100,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetActive Against ALS — $87,380 over 4y, 36% of budgetTherapeutic Riding Inc — $80,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetTHE TREELINE CONSERVANCY — $75,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK — $70,450 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetAnn Arbor Art Association — $70,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Stewardship Network — $65,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS — $60,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY — $55,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetALLEN CREEK PRESCHOOL — $55,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC — $55,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAPPLE PLAYSCHOOLS — $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWILD SWAN THEATER — $45,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetANIMALS AND SOCIETY INSTITUTE INC — $40,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetArbor Hospice Inc — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF RUTHERFORD POOL — $35,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCORNER HEALTH CENTER — $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF JACKSON CNTY — $30,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetWASHTENAW LITERACY — $30,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRASS LAKE SANCTUARY — $30,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST LOUIS CENTER — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPackard Health Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN
  • Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY
  • Who funds FOOD GATHERERS
  • Who funds SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
  • Who funds NONPROFIT NETWORK
  • Who funds Friends In Deed
  • Who funds GIRLS GROUP
  • Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC
  • Who funds BIRD CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC
  • Who funds Neutral Zone
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
  • Who funds 826 MICHIGAN INC
  • Who funds YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS
  • Who funds GROWING HOPE INC
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds WASHTENAW AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Peace Neighborhood Center
  • Who funds Active Against ALS
  • Who funds Therapeutic Riding Inc
  • Who funds THE TREELINE CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK
  • Who funds Ann Arbor Art Association
  • Who funds The Stewardship Network
  • Who funds MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS
  • Who funds SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES
  • Who funds LEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds ALLEN CREEK PRESCHOOL
  • Who funds STUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC
  • Who funds APPLE PLAYSCHOOLS

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization James a and Faith Knight Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 97 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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