Illinois · Private foundation
Knowledge Systems Institute
Ksi purpose is to engage low income girls in technology, entrepreneurship, and science to foster leadership and continuing interest in education. Ksi disseminates funds to foster leadership and continuing interest in stem subjects and entrepreneurship among girls. For 2023, ksi was irs approved to file as a private foundation as it no…
- $78k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Knowledge Systems Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $124k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $148k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $187k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fun With Academics LLC | $66,570 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Science Club for Girls Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Girls With Impact Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Girlstart | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rodale Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Female Strong | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Project Echo | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fun With Academics LLC | $66,570 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Science Club for Girls Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Girls With Impact Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Girlstart | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rodale Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Female Strong | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Project Echo | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Girls 4 Science | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Techbridge Girls | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| STEM Like a Girl | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ecological Farming Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Plus Environment Corporation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Knowledge Systems Institute 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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Knowledge Systems Institute
- How much does Knowledge Systems Institute give?
- Knowledge Systems Institute reported 9 grants totaling $77,680 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Knowledge Systems Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (46%), Education (33%), International (9%).
- Who are Knowledge Systems Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Fun With Academics LLC ($67k), Sierra Nevada Journeys ($65k), Science Club for Girls Inc ($55k).
- Does Knowledge Systems Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Knowledge Systems Institute 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 Knowledge Systems Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Knowledge Systems Institute based?
- Knowledge Systems Institute is based in IL.
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