Illinois · Private foundation
Knight 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2026
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations Knight Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 15 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 12 | $990k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $855k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.0M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $825k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $780k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $750k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Illinois Saint Andrew Society | $890,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $865,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Knox College | $865,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc | $800,000 | 7 | 6% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $320,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $315,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Dorado Foundation | $270,000 | 5 | 20% |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Illinois Saint Andrew Society | $890,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $865,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Knox College | $865,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc | $800,000 | 7 | 6% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $320,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $315,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Dorado Foundation | $270,000 | 5 | 20% |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Early Childhood | $90,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Sw Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Knight Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Knight Family Foundation
- How much does Knight Family Foundation give?
- Knight Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,200,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Knight Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (19%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Knight Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: The Illinois Saint Andrew Society ($890k), Howard Brown Health Center ($865k), Knox College ($865k).
- Does Knight Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Knight Family 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 Knight Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Knight Family Foundation based?
- Knight Family Foundation is based in IL.
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