Ohio · Community foundation
Knox County Foundation
To improve the quality of life in Knox County through planned charitable giving. To provide a vehicle for donors of varied interests to support charitable and community activities. To assess and respond to emerging and changing community needs in the fields of education, youth services, recreation, arts and culture, social services, and…
- $5.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,575
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 49
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $116M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Knox County Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $184k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHuman 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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $3.2M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $2.1M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $2.0M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $2.0M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $2.7M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $1.3M | 32% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $2.5M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$3.4MHuman Services$3.0MEducation$2.4MCommunity Improvement$1.9MReligion$1.4MRecreation & Sports$1.0MPhilanthropy$814kArts & Culture$769kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MI
OR
IN
OH
PA
NE
MD
AL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Knox Community Hospital Foundation | $2,611,236 | 8 | 77% |
| Knox Development Partnership Inc | $1,500,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Interchurch Social Services of Knox | $888,828 | 7 | 36% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Mount Vernon Ohio | $883,013 | 8 | 13% |
| First Congreg United Church | $718,651 | 8 | n/a |
| Kenyon College | $694,995 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $674,774 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $556,271 | 8 | n/a |
| United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc | $516,622 | 8 | 10% |
| Acacia Fraternity Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 2 | 9% |
Show all 96 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Knox Community Hospital Foundation | $2,611,236 | 8 | 77% |
| Knox Development Partnership Inc | $1,500,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Interchurch Social Services of Knox | $888,828 | 7 | 36% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Mount Vernon Ohio | $883,013 | 8 | 13% |
| First Congreg United Church | $718,651 | 8 | n/a |
| Kenyon College | $694,995 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $674,774 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $556,271 | 8 | n/a |
| United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc | $516,622 | 8 | 10% |
| Acacia Fraternity Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Foundation Park Conservancy Dba Ariel-Foundation Park Conservancy | $317,596 | 7 | 32% |
| Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center of Knox County | $288,726 | 6 | 6% |
| Knox County 4-H Planning Committee | $276,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Food for the Hungry Inc | $275,065 | 8 | 20% |
| Mount Vernon Arts Consortium Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 100% |
| New Directions the Domestic Abuse Shelt and Rape Crisis Center of Knox County | $260,243 | 7 | 12% |
| Woodward Development Corporation | $253,286 | 4 | 31% |
| City of Mount Vernon | $239,380 | 4 | n/a |
| Knox Co Educational Srv Ctr | $236,815 | 7 | n/a |
| Knox Co Airport Authority | $220,860 | 5 | n/a |
| Area Development Foundation Inc | $196,575 | 5 | 14% |
| Knox Public Heatlth | $187,468 | 3 | n/a |
| Bladensburg Community Heritage Foundation | $182,500 | 4 | 41% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Knox County | $176,360 | 1 | 27% |
| Northgate Community Church Inc | $171,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Central Ohio Technical College | $166,743 | 4 | n/a |
| Gay St United Methodist Ch | $161,142 | 8 | n/a |
| Knox County Head Start Inc | $152,695 | 4 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Rectory | $148,125 | 8 | n/a |
| Knox County Humane Society | $144,014 | 8 | 8% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $131,536 | 8 | 0% |
| Jacket Boosters Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Owl Creek Conservancy | $100,545 | 1 | 15% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $100,138 | 8 | n/a |
| Loudonville-Perrysville School Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Vista Village Inc | $99,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Hospice of North Central Ohio Inc | $99,158 | 7 | 0% |
| Centerburg Senior Services Inc | $96,909 | 2 | 18% |
| The Escape Zone | $93,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church | $92,755 | 6 | n/a |
| Public Library of MTV - Knox | $91,082 | 4 | n/a |
| Mtvarts Inc | $84,400 | 6 | 11% |
| Kokosing Gap Trail Inc | $82,531 | 6 | 31% |
| Hilliar Township | $81,152 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Ohio Trail Incorporated | $79,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Danville Local Schools | $75,725 | 3 | n/a |
| Fredericktown Community Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Science Play-Space Initiative Spi | $65,550 | 5 | 9% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $60,237 | 4 | 0% |
| Fredericktown Athletic Boosters | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox County Landmarks Foundation In | $60,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Sanctuary Community Action | $60,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Touchpointe Marriage & Family Resources | $56,000 | 2 | 30% |
| The Bell Center-Early Inter | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Vernon City School Dist Off | $52,723 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifewise Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Core Center | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fredericktown Community Development Foundation Incorporated | $42,143 | 2 | n/a |
| Mohican Area Community Fund | $40,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knox County Historical Society | $35,000 | 2 | 28% |
| The Station Break | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| St Lukes Catholic Church | $34,490 | 3 | n/a |
| Center of Hope Knox County | $33,500 | 1 | n/a |
| HopeNow | $33,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartbeat of Morrow County Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 14% |
| The Winter Sanctuary Inc | $30,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Hobby Horse Hill Equestrian Center | $30,260 | 5 | 7% |
| East School PTO | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Fork Cemetery | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Village Network | $29,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Martinsburg | $25,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Ohio Joint Fire Dist | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox County Agricultural Society In | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Danville United Methodist | $22,180 | 4 | n/a |
| The Village Network | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Legacy Foundation of the Loudonville Public Library | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthur G James Cancer Hospital and Richard J Solove Research Institute | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NAMI Knox-Licking County Ohio | $19,010 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Cornish Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Damascus Inc | $16,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Newark Catholic High School Foundation | $16,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe Township Fire Dept | $15,695 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc | $13,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Knox Labs Inc | $12,850 | 1 | 8% |
| Knox Community Hospital | $12,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fredericktown Local School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Underdog Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Driven Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arc of Appalachia | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Blessed Sacrament Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shane Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($358k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Knox County Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.
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.
The Ariel FoundationOH57.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Ariel Foundation · United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Richard & Arline Landers Foundation · Park National Corporation Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Peoples Bank Foundation · The Burgett Family Foundation · Licking County Foundation Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund
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.
About Knox County Foundation
- How much does Knox County Foundation give?
- Knox County Foundation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $3,384,821, out of $5,311,478 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Knox County Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (19%), Human Services (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are Knox County Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Knox Community Hospital Foundation ($2.6M), Knox Development Partnership Inc ($1.5M), Interchurch Social Services of Knox ($889k).
- Does Knox County Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Knox County Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ariel Foundation, United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc, Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc.
- Where is Knox County Foundation based?
- Knox County Foundation is based in OH.
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More from the funding graph
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