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McKnight Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$121k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 51
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations McKnight Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$121k6%
FY202343$122k14%
FY202251$132k45%
FY202130$100k90%
FY20202$26k100%
FY20191$15kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$214kEducation$210kRecreation & Sports$40kPhilanthropy$10kYouth Development$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kHuman Services$6kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
NV
IN
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of McKnight Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Johns Hopkins University$185,00050%
Northwell Health Foundation$90,00030%
The American Academy of Allergy Asthma$60,00050%
Las Vegas High Heat Baseball Club Inc$10,6002n/a
Las Vegas Scout Baseball Foundation$6,500213%
Olivia Constants Foundation Inc$6,00056%
Team Gleason Foundation$6,00040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,50040%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$5,50020%
Smile Train Inc$5,00040%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$5,00040%
College of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc$5,00030%
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Foundation$5,00022%
Cg Woodson High School Rowing Boosters Association Inc$4,50031%
Bridging Voice Inc$4,50030%
Opportunity Village Foundation$4,14840%
Calvary Hospital Inc$4,00040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$4,00040%
The Shade Tree Inc$4,00040%
Make-A-Wish Nevada$4,00030%
Three Square$4,00040%
Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc$3,50030%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$3,50040%
Judicial Watch Inc$3,50040%
Cake4kids$3,50030%
The Allergists Foundation$3,50021%
Central Florida Dirt Dogs Inc$3,0002n/a
Divers Alert Network$3,00030%
Children's Heart Foundation$3,00030%
Henderson Firefighters Benevolent Association$3,00022%
Little League Baseball Inc$3,00012%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,50030%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$2,50040%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada$2,50040%
Immunize Nevada$2,00020%
Children's Miracle Network$2,00020%
The Observer$2,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
NRA Foundation Inc$2,00040%
The Livestrong Foundation$1,50020%
St Jude's Ranch for Children Nevada Region Inc$1,50020%
Unlv Medicine$1,50020%
Nevada Chess Academy$1,5003n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas$1,50010%
American Lung Association$1,23010%
Nevada Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics$1,00011%
Immune Deficiency Foundation$1,00010%
Alliance for Childhood Diseases$1,00010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$1,00010%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$1,00020%
Arizona Cattle Dog Rescue$1,00023%
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada$1,00010%
Sea Tow Foundation Inc$50010%
Pinecrest Academy Of Nevada Cadence$5001n/a
Grassroots Aid Partnership Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McKnight Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJohns Hopkins University: $185,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Academy of Allergy Asthma: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLas Vegas Scout Baseball Foundation: $6,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetOlivia Constants Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetTeam Gleason Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPinecrest Academy of Nevada Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCg Woodson High School Rowing Boosters Association Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBridging Voice Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOpportunity Village Foundation: $4,148 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shade Tree Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Nevada: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThree Square: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCake4kids: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Allergists Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDivers Alert Network: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Heart Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHenderson Firefighters Benevolent Association: $3,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetImmunize Nevada: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Observer: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNRA Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Livestrong Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude's Ranch for Children Nevada Region Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnlv Medicine: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $1,230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetImmune Deficiency Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Childhood Diseases: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Cattle Dog Rescue: $1,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budget

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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 51.

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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.

Canarelli Family FoundationNV24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Canarelli Family Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Wynn Resorts Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · America's Charities · The Mel & Ruth Wolzinger Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Raiders Foundation Nv

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.

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How do I get to McKnight Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McKnight Family Foundation 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.

About McKnight Family Foundation

How much does McKnight Family Foundation give?
McKnight Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $121,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 51 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does McKnight Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (41%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
Who are McKnight Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Johns Hopkins University ($185k), Northwell Health Foundation ($90k), The American Academy of Allergy Asthma ($60k).
Does McKnight Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McKnight Family Foundation 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 McKnight Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Canarelli Family Foundation, Mgm Resorts Foundation, Wynn Resorts Foundation.
Where is McKnight Family Foundation based?
McKnight Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 61 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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