Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation
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.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 6 | $285k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $140k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $175k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $162k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $132k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $78k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $61k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Aquatic Club Inc | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Folds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Circle of Seasons Charter School | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Developmental Program Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Allentown Symphony Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund to Benefit Children and Youth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Parkland Aquatic Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Girls Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Bucks Rotary Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 4% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Aquatic Club Inc | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Folds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Circle of Seasons Charter School | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Developmental Program Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Allentown Symphony Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund to Benefit Children and Youth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Parkland Aquatic Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Girls Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Bucks Rotary Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Friends of the Legacy Trail Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Oaks Women's Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Camp Papillon Animal Shelter Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($976k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation
- How much does Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation give?
- Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $285,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (54%), Education (15%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bethlehem Aquatic Club Inc ($95k), Folds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter ($40k), Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network ($30k).
- Does Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tara & Jim Knicos 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 Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ppl Foundation, Chubb Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation based?
- Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation is based in PA.
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