Illinois · Private foundation
Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $697k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 89% of the organizations Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $39k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $40k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $43k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $38k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University of Chicago | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Most Blessed Trinity Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Louis University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Mary Parish & School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phoenix Rising | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lake County Crisis Center | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryville Academy | $6,750 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University of Chicago | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Most Blessed Trinity Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Louis University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Mary Parish & School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phoenix Rising | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lake County Crisis Center | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryville Academy | $6,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Aid for Women Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Hope Inc | $4,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Institute on Religious Life Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Villanova University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southside Pregnancy Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Patrick Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reading Power Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Paradisus Dei Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc 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: Helen V Brach Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc
- How much does Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc give?
- Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc reported 13 grants totaling $39,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Religion (10%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Loyola University of Chicago ($18k), Marquette University ($12k), Most Blessed Trinity Academy ($10k).
- Does Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc 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 Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc based?
- Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc is based in IL.
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