· Private foundation
Knapp Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k5 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $54k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY | $43,500 |
| CONNECTICUT COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| KIDS PLAY INTERNATIONAL INC | $5,000 |
| PROCTOR ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| POINT FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY8× · 2019–2026 · $261k · revenue +33%- KPKids Play International Inc8× · 2019–2026 · $34k · revenue +47%
- CCCONNECTICUT COLLEGE8× · 2019–2026 · $31k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- CSCANTERBURY SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $5k
- NFNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +106%
- SYSEE YA LATER FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +70%
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.
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How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 18 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 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SUPERNOVA SCHOLARS INC ↗
- Who funds Kids Play International Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PROCTOR ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds North Bennet Street School ↗
- Who funds Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program ↗
- Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SHADOW PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest ↗
- Who funds SMART READING ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SEE YA LATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YAMHILL ENRICHMENT SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Knapp Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knapp Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shadow Project: 8% of income from government
- Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: 4% of income from government
- Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
- Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: 2% of income from government
- Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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