California · Private foundation
Knight Aid Fund
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.
- $455k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $417,827
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $417,827
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Knight Aid Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $455k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $18k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $15k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $16k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $19k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $16k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violence Policy Center | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $8,385 | 5 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Portland Street Medicine | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawyers for Good Government Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Center for Science Education | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violence Policy Center | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $8,385 | 5 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Portland Street Medicine | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawyers for Good Government Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Center for Science Education | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildwood Farm Sanctuary & Preserve | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceanside Museum of Art | $741 | 4 | 0% |
| Lux Art Institute | $645 | 2 | 0% |
| Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($528k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Knight Aid Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 San Diego Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Knight Aid Fund
- How much does Knight Aid Fund give?
- Knight Aid Fund reported 2 grants totaling $454,884 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Knight Aid Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (19%), Health (15%), Crime & Legal (12%).
- Who are Knight Aid Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Violence Policy Center ($15k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($10k), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc ($8k).
- Does Knight Aid Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Knight Aid Fund 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 Knight Aid Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Knight Aid Fund based?
- Knight Aid Fund is based in CA.
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