· Private foundation
The Ralph Knox Foundation Trust
Its FY2023 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 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Monterey Peninsula College | $947,423 |
| Boys Girls Club | $947,422 |
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 (FY17–20, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down.
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 FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FBFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY5× · 2017–2021 · $48k · revenue +55%
- HAHARMONY AT HOME3× · 2017–2019 · $17k · revenue +258%
- LFLOAVES FISHES & COMPUTERS INC2× · 2019–2020 · $13k · revenue +106%
Funded once
- GIGirls Incorporated of the Central Coastgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +122%
- EYEXPRESS YOURSELF INCone grant, 2017 · $6k
- BVBAY VIEW ACADEMYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +35%
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.
To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…
The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…
Nancy's Project strives to improve the health and well-being of Monterey County farm worker families by providing food, clothing, household goods and enrichment items.
Foodwise grows thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We envision a world that nourishes all people, local economies, and the living earth.
Create and support mentoring matches that ignite the power and promise of youth.
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
Second harvest food bank's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.
For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.
We make it possible for people in marin to achieve well-being by providing the vital services they need. together, we break down the barriers that get in the way of fair and lasting change in service to better outcomes for all.
Partners For Peace is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building strong families and safer communities throughout Monterey County. Founded on the belief that peace is possible when families are supported and empowered,…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 26 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 JOSEPHINE KERNES MEMORIAL POOL ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HARMONY AT HOME ↗
- Who funds LOAVES FISHES & COMPUTERS INC ↗
- Who funds Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast ↗
- Who funds NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BAY VIEW ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds READ TO ME PROJECT ↗
- Who funds South Monterey County Animal Rescue ↗
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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ralph Knox Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ralph Knox Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Ralph Knox Foundation Trust?
Find your warmest path to The Ralph Knox Foundation Trust 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.
Play a game based on Ralph Knox’s filings →