· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $393k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONFFA FOUNDATION | $40,500 |
| CIRCLE THE CITY | $40,000 |
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TN | $35,000 |
| ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY | $30,000 |
| THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS | $30,000 |
| THE UTAH 1033 FOUNDATION | $29,000 |
| ENCIRCLE | $29,000 |
| PRIMARY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| NATIONAL SNAFFLE BIT ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC | $20,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $19,500 |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP (LEAP) | $15,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $10,000 |
| DAVIS HOUSE CHILD ADVOCACY | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $410k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
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.
36 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC6× · 2018–2024 · $278k · revenue +45%
- BGBATTLE GROUND ACADEMY3× · 2022–2024 · $135k · revenue +21%
- CTCIRCLE THE CITY4× · 2021–2024 · $125k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- ASARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2018 · $295k
- CTCIRCLE THE CITYone grant, 2020 · $134k
- IFINTERMOUNTAIN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $100k
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.
To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.
Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…
We guide families of the uniformed services, including those of the deployed, wounded and fallen, through stressful times by providing children's and family programs, financial help, advice, and advocacy.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
The national fragile x foundation serves the entire fragile x community to live their best lives by providing the knowledge, resources, and tools until, and even after, more effective treatments and a cure are achieved.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Our mission is to help people in need improve their financial lives by expanding access to pro bono financial planning.
Friends of the children utah has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 99 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 THE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CIRCLE THE CITY ↗
- Who funds COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARIZONA AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FFA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UTAH 1033 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL SNAFFLE BIT ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds USANA KIDS EAT ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE INN BETWEEN ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT BEACH ALANO CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Knight Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knight Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Truckers Against Trafficking: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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