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Jk Knights 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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$866kPhilanthropy$458kScience & Tech$200kArts & Culture$137kFood & Nutrition$80kHealth$74kYouth Development$65kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC$30,000
NAPLES CHILDREN & EDUCATION FOUNDATION$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
NV
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
22

Total granted

$1.6M
$280k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+18%

Still filing today

87%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentInternationalHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $416k · revenue +54%
  • NV
    NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $82k · revenue +23%
  • NF
    Notes for Education Inc
    3× · 2019–2023 · $51k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • C
    COMPOSITIVE
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -12%
  • TN
    THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +53%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
3
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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4
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
5
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
6
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
7
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy

The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…

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8
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
Francis Parker School

To create and inspire a diverse community of independent thinkers whose academic excellence, global perspective, and strength of character prepare them to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Education
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fishers Island Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fishers Island Conservancy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $365,000 · OtherHARVARD LAW SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $120,350 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMPOSITIVE: $100,000 · OtherCOMPOSITIVEMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $75,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INCORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Other+14 more: $134,805 · Other+14 moreNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $415,606 · PhilanthropyNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION …PETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $48,050 · PhilanthropyPETER MICHAEL FOUNDATIONSWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $42,500 · PhilanthropySWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES I…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $200,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows…CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $178,850 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL…+4 more: $18,000 · EducationNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $81,900 · Arts & CultureNAPA VALLE…Notes for Education Inc: $51,400 · Arts & CultureNotes for …THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON…+2 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 · InternationalTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $46,500 · Environment+2 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community Improvement
Other$835,155Philanthropy$506,156Education$396,850Arts & Culture$188,800International$50,000Environment$48,500Community Improvement$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $415,606 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $178,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPOSITIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $81,900 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNotes for Education Inc: $51,400 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $48,050 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $46,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $42,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetORLANDO MAGIC YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $25,005 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILK ROAD PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND RECREATIONAL PATH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHenry L Ferguson Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

The Fairfield Foundat…The Willinphila Found…The McCance FoundationThe Emily Hall Tremai…Jeanann Gray Dunlap F…The Long Stems Founda…Ederic Foundation IncThe Spofford Foundati…Valley Charitable Tru…The Sooner FoundationFleetwood FoundationW L Lyons Brown Jr Ch…
The Fairfield FoundationNY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fairfield Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · The McCance Foundation · The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation · The Long Stems Foundation Inc · Ederic Foundation Inc · The Spofford Foundation Inc · Valley Charitable Trust · The Sooner Foundation · Fleetwood Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jk Knights Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jk Knights Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Silk Road Project Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Jk Knights Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jk Knights Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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