Michigan · Private foundation
Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati
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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $440k 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 | 52 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $1.0M | 42% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $264k | 91% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $275k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $440k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Home | $775,000 | 7 | 0% |
| David's House Ministries | $255,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Seventh Reformed Church | $215,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission India | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alano Club of Kent County | $125,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Set Free Ministries | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hunt2heal | $100,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Faith Hospice | $80,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conf | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Matthews House Christian Thrift Store | $53,250 | 3 | 13% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($725k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · John Bouma Sr and Sharon K Bouma Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
Compare Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati with peer funders
About Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati
- How much does Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati give?
- Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati reported 52 grants totaling $1,432,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Religion (27%), Health (20%).
- Who are Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holland Home ($775k), David's House Ministries ($255k), Seventh Reformed Church ($215k).
- Does Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati 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 Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Barnabas Foundation.
- Where is Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati based?
- Stewart and Lenore Kniff Family Foundati is based in MI.
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