· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $245k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST LUKES UNIV HEALTH NETWORK | $100,000 |
| ANIMAL FOOD BANK OF THE LEHIGH VALL | $75,000 |
| BETHLEHEM AQUATIC CLUB | $70,000 |
| A CHANNEL OF PEACE | $25,000 |
| ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC | $10,000 |
| CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFOLDS OF HONOR EASTERN-PA-NJ-CHAPTER2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +39%
- COCircle of Seasons Charter School4× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +111%
- CDCHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM INC3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- GSGOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORKone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +2%
- FTFUND TO BENEFIT CHILDREN AND YOUTH INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +77%
- PAPARKLAND AQUATIC CLUB INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +11%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Golf instruction & clinics for youth, handicapping services
To provide recreational, educational & social activities for the community & to foster & encourage good health habits, good sportsmanship & civic standards through the sport of rowing.
The Bucks County Horse Park, Inc. part of the Bucks County Park System, is a unique facility dedicated to the preservation of natural environment for amateur equestrian pursuits. Located in Revere Pennsylvania, we provide a variety of…
Provide girls in the community an opportunity to build teamwork and sportsmanship qualities while playing sports in a competitive atmosphere.
Social activities among members
Provided scholarships and program opportunities to Girl Scouts in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Free 1 week overnight camp for boys and girls ages 11-13 free 1 day camp for special needs individuals of any age
Teaching swimming and water safety to school age children in the lancaster, pa area.
An inclusive, fun, girl-empowerment program that builds resilience through creatively combining social, emotional, and physical health with movement.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR EASTERN-PA-NJ-CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds Circle of Seasons Charter School ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FUND TO BENEFIT CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds PARKLAND AQUATIC CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL BUCKS ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LEGACY TRAIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE OAKS WOMEN'S CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP PAPILLON ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
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: Ppl Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tara & Jim Knicos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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