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Knopf Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Knopf Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
126
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$12MEnvironment$1.4MHealth$791kEducation$277kScience & Tech$190kPublic Safety & Disaster$180kPhilanthropy$159kInternational$144kOther$0
02FY2025 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k90 grants · $2.3M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $1.6M
$30,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$62M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB$75,000
HUMANE SOC OF GREATER JUPITERTEQUESTA DBA FURRY FRIENDS$75,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$75,000
SHRINER'S HOSPITAL$75,000
CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC$65,000
NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER BIRDSEY CAPE WILDLIFE CENTER$60,000
NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION$60,000
JUSTIN BARTLETT ANIMAL RESCUE$60,000
SAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC$55,000
CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE$55,000
FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$55,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY$55,000
PELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC$55,000
SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER$55,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF SCITUATE SHELTER INC: $10k → 8%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

ME
NH
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CA
KY
VA
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 126 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

126 repeat relationships: 113 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

126
5

Total granted

$16M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+29%

Still filing today

75%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentEducationHealthScience & TechArts & CultureOther
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

  • SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $435k · revenue +46%
  • CF
    CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $340k · revenue +70%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $310k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • CS
    CORKSCREW SWAMP SANCTUARY & BLAIR AUDUBON
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • WH
    WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NH
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC BOCA RATON
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
2
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
3
Starfish Animal Rescue
Animals
4
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
5
Florida Animal Protection Foundation
Animals
6
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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7
J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue
Environment
8
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
9
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
10
Predators of the Heart Dba Because We Matter Exotic Animal Res

Operation of a wildlife rescue that is usda licensed and insured, providing forever homes, care and rehabilitation for exotic animals that are released into our care from government agencies(i.e. animal control, fish & wildlife), and from…

Youth Development
11
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
12
Raskels Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Rehab Ctr of Central Fla; the most unlike its peers is Row Row Row in Revere Inc. 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

105 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 105 of the 144 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/105
Grantees still filing
70/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $435,000 · AnimalsCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $340,000 · AnimalsSAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC: $290,000 · AnimalsEquine Rescue and Adoption Foundation Inc: $285,000 · Animals+61 more: $7,153,500 · Animals+61 moreCLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $285,000 · OtherCLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM RESEARCH…BIG DOG RESCUE RANCH: $260,000 · OtherSHRINER'S HOSPITAL: $260,000 · OtherCORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $215,000 · OtherCAUSE 4 PAWS: $214,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC - CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY: $210,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $210,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $180,000 · OtherCARING FIELDS FELINES INC: $198,000 · OtherWarrior Dog Foundation: $185,000 · Other+48 more: $2,840,771 · Other+48 moreTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 · EnvironmentLoon Preservation Committee: $120,000 · EnvironmentAudubon Society of New Hampshire: $60,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN RESEARCH & CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentPUTNAM LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentHOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $20,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $310,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $160,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $75,000 · HealthFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $275,000 · Science & TechLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $190,000 · Science & TechInwater Research Group Inc: $50,000 · Science & TechTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $195,000 · EducationANDREW RED HARRIS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationBack In The Saddle Equine Therapy Center: $50,000 · EducationST ANNE'S-BELFIELD INC: $37,000 · EducationGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $140,000 · Arts & Culture
Animals$8,503,500Other$5,057,771Environment$561,000Health$545,000Science & Tech$515,000Education$432,000Arts & Culture$315,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $435,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $340,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $310,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC: $290,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetEquine Rescue and Adoption Foundation Inc: $285,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $275,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $275,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC: $265,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMcCarthys Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $265,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetFurry Friends Humane Inc: $260,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $255,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $255,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $240,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $227,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFLAMINGO GARDENS INC: $225,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetJustin Bartlett Animal Resuce Inc: $220,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $220,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Florida Animal Reserve Inc: $215,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $210,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetPANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $210,000 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $210,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCARING FIELDS FELINES INC: $198,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $195,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $195,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $190,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWarrior Dog Foundation: $185,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Federation: $185,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $175,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $175,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $170,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $160,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFront Range Equine Rescue: $155,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE DARBSTER FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetANDREW RED HARRIS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetLIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $145,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetFLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL & SANCTUARY INC: $142,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetMercy Ships International: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $140,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $140,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY: $135,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetDOGS AND CATS FOREVER: $130,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetLoon Preservation Committee: $120,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetA SECOND CHANCE PUPPIES AND KITTENS RESCUE: $115,000 over 6y, 7.1% 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 SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC ↗
  • Who funds McCarthys Wildlife Sanctuary Inc ↗
  • Who funds Furry Friends Humane Inc ↗
  • Who funds Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc ↗
  • Who funds FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I ↗
  • Who funds DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds FLAMINGO GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds Justin Bartlett Animal Resuce Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Florida Animal Reserve Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds PANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds CARING FIELDS FELINES INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Warrior Dog Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Florida Wildlife Federation ↗
  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG 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.

Leslie L Alexander Fo…The Batchelor Foundat…Fleming Family Founda…New Hampshire Charita…Felburn FoundationThe American Society …United Way of Palm Be…Greater Good CharitiesPetsmart Charities IncThe Bessemer Giving F…Amica Companies Found…Simple Generosity Fou…
Leslie L Alexander Foundation IncFL43.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Fleming Family Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Felburn Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Greater Good Charities · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Amica Companies Foundation · Simple Generosity Foundation

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 Knopf Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Knopf Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 440%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • National Marine Life Center Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Putnam Land Conservancy Inc: 13% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
  • Dogs and Cats Forever: 1% of income from government
  • New England Wildlife Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Dolphin Research Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
44get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Knopf Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 144 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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