Colorado · Private foundation
Knight Family 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.
- $420k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Knight Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $420k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $396k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $500k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $301k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $599k | 91% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $377k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $545k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aspen Country Day School Inc | $277,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | $190,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Battle Ground Academy | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Circle the City | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Arizona Agricultural Education FFA Foundation | $98,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Utah 1033 Foundation | $79,000 | 5 | 25% |
| Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Family Support Center | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Heritage Foundation of Williamson County | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Knight Family Foundation 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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Utah Medical Association Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Hemingway Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Denver Foundation · Synchrony Foundation
How this is measured
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About Knight Family Foundation
- How much does Knight Family Foundation give?
- Knight Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $420,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Knight Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (11%), Health (9%).
- Who are Knight Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Aspen Country Day School Inc ($278k), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ($190k), Battle Ground Academy ($135k).
- Does Knight Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% 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 Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, Utah Medical Association Foundation.
- Where is Knight Family Foundation based?
- Knight Family Foundation is based in CO.
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