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Knipp Family Foundation at a glance

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Knipp Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$58kAnimals$38kRecreation & Sports$37kHuman Services$17kHealth$13kFood & Nutrition$8kArts & Culture$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
$1,035
Median grant
5
States reached
$708k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC$18,714
Individual grant recipient$5,246
SHELBY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$4,853
AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION$3,744
NEXUS EQUINE$1,035
FOUNDING FATHERS FOUNDATION$500
BIG D CHARITY$500
STRIDES TO SUCCESS$300
ST ANDREWS CHURCH$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $300 → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
IN
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
KS
TN
OK
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 23 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
35

Total granted

$174k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+48%

Still filing today

48%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HO
    HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $52k · revenue +15%
  • JC
    JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $17k · revenue +228%
  • JC
    JEFFERSON CITY AREA YMCA
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF ASHLAND PARKS AND RECREATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • TO
    TIGERS ON THE PROWL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $900 · revenue +100%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Humane Society of Jefferson County Inc

The mission of the humane society of jefferson county is to improve the lives of animals in need through compassionate care, adoption, advocacy and education while also inspiring humane communities that foster kindness and respect for all.

Animals
2
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
3
Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation

The missouri alliance for animal legislation is a non-profit organization lobbying full time to bring positive change for animals through the legislative process. our efforts are combined with the actions of concerned individuals, other…

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4
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
5
Heartland Humane Society of Missouri

Heartland Humane Society of Missouri is a 501 c3 non profit group of dedicated foster homes that gives abandoned abused and unwanted animals another chance for loving permanent homes through our adoption program following the no-kill…

Animals
6
Missouri Alliance for Animals

The mission of the missouri alliance for animals is to protect animals from abuse, neglect and inhumane treatment and to promote the welfare of animals through advocacy, education, research and investigations, promotion of humane public…

Animals
7
The Humane Society of Southeast Mo

To advocate for humane treatment of all animals and encourage spaying and neutering to decrease overpopulation of domestic animals.

Animals
8
Midlands Humane Society

To protect and nurture companion animals and enrich the lives of people who love them.

Animals
9
Boone Area Humane Society Inc

Ensuring humane treatment of animals and providing animal welfare and control services to boone, boone county and surrounding communities

Animals
10
Casa of Mideast Missouri

Present the interests of abused and negleced children in court proceedings in franklin county, mo, gasconade county, mo, and osage county, mo by providing advocacy with volunteers.

Human Services
11
Forward Through Ferguson

Embracing the ferguson commission's mandate, forward through ferguson centers impacted communities and mobilizes accountable bodies to advance racially equitable systems and policies that ensure all people in the st. louis region can…

Civil Rights
12
Jefferson Community Foundation

Jcf connects people, ideas, and resources to build a future of opportunity for all in jefferson county.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of Missouri United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fabenco Founding Fathers Fdn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 64 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
23/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC: $52,300 · OtherHEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INCAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $21,264 · OtherAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INCUNITED PROFESSIONAL HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $17,169 · OtherUNITED PROFESSIONAL HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATIONJEFFERSON CITY AREA YMCA: $15,000 · OtherJEFFERSON CITY AREA YMCAAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $9,319 · OtherAMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $7,646 · Other+40 more: $21,216 · Other+40 moreJEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $16,700 · PhilanthropyJEFFERSON …TIGERS ON THE PROWL INC: $900 · Philanthropy+2 more: $380 · PhilanthropyBOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,655 · HealthBurrell Foundation: $650 · HealthHOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC: $500 · HealthAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $7,744 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBIA GOLF FOUNDATION: $300 · Recreation & SportsSHELBY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,853 · AnimalsNEXUS EQUINE INC: $1,035 · AnimalsCENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 · AnimalsSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $1,475 · EducationFABENCO FOUNDING FATHERS FDN: $500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $100 · EducationTHE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $315 · Food & NutritionKENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION INC: $300 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $50 · Food & Nutrition
Other$143,914Philanthropy$17,980Health$11,805Recreation & Sports$8,044Animals$6,138Education$2,075Food & Nutrition$665

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC: $52,300 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $16,700 over 2y, 13% of budgetJEFFERSON CITY AREA YMCA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,655 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $7,744 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,853 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $1,475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEXUS EQUINE INC: $1,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGERS ON THE PROWL INC: $900 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBurrell Foundation: $650 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN HACKNEY HORSE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFABENCO FOUNDING FATHERS FDN: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF MISSOURI CASA: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $315 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA GOLF FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIDES TO SUCCESS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL MISSOURI HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGP MADE FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MO: $180 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE NORTH OF COLUMBIA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON CITY AREA YMCA ↗
  • Who funds BOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS EQUINE INC ↗
  • Who funds TIGERS ON THE PROWL INC ↗
  • Who funds Burrell Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HACKNEY HORSE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FABENCO FOUNDING FATHERS FDN ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF MISSOURI CASA ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY EXPOSITION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIDES TO SUCCESS INC ↗

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.

Veterans United Found…Orscheln Industries F…Boone County Communit…Allen P and Josephine…Commerce Bancshares F…Psalm 103 Family Foun…Miller Family Foundat…Stafford Family Chari…Community Foundation …Boone Electric Commun…Edward Jones Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…
Veterans United FoundationMO25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Boone County Community Trust · Allen P and Josephine B Green · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Psalm 103 Family Foundation · Miller Family Foundation Inc · Stafford Family Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of Central Mo · Boone Electric Community Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Knipp Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knipp Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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