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Thomas and Linda Knox Foundation at a glance

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Thomas and Linda Knox 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.

$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$189kAnimals$118kArts & Culture$70kHealth$59kHuman Services$4kPublic Benefit$3kPhilanthropy$3kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$23k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENNSYLVANIA SPCA$50,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$20,000
FRACTURED ATLAS$5,000
THE RENDELL CENTER$2,000
UNICO NATIONAL INC$500
SCHULTZ HILL FOUNDATION$500
ATLANTIC COUNTY OUTLAWS$500
HAYMAKERS FOR HOPE$500
PETA$300
LITTLE LONGEARS MINIATURE DONKEY RESCUE$300
VENTNOR CITY PBA #97$100
VENTNOR CITY FIREFIGHTER FUND$50
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOOD SERVICES: $3k → 6%UNICO NATIONAL INC: $2k → 16%UNICO NATIONAL INC: $700 → 16%UNICO NATIONAL INC: $500 → 16%GILDA'S CLUB OF SOUTH JERSEY: $100 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
UT
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$243k · 15 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
32

Total granted

$243k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+13%

Still filing today

40%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
AnimalsArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PS
    Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
    2× · 2023–2024 · $66k · revenue +9%
  • UN
    UNICO NATIONAL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +62%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA
    3× · 2018–2022 · $1k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • WS
    WILLIAMS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $38k · revenue -17%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
10
The Fauna Foundation
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11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is French Heritage Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Atlantic County Outlaws Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIBRARY OF CONGRESSJAMES MADISON: $75,000 · OtherLIBRARY OF CONGRESSJAMES MADISONIndividual grant recipient: $47,260 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWILLIAMS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $16,000 · OtherWILLIAMS SYNDROME FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $14,740 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCHOLARSHIP FUND OF THE UNION LEAGUE: $10,000 · Other+30 more: $32,091 · Other+30 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $90,100 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSI…KING'S COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationKING'S COLLEGE+1 more: $75 · EducationPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $66,350 · AnimalsPennsylvania Soci…+4 more: $2,283 · AnimalsWILLIAMS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $38,455 · HealthWILLIAMS …+2 more: $1,000 · HealthFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $12,509 · InternationalFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFidget: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureUNICO NATIONAL INC: $3,200 · Human ServicesWoods Services Inc: $2,510 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human Services
Other$220,091Education$96,175Animals$68,633Health$39,455International$12,509Arts & Culture$6,700Human Services$5,810

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $90,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $66,350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWILLIAMS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $38,455 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $12,509 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNICO NATIONAL INC: $3,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWoods Services Inc: $2,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFidget: $1,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $920 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $663 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Slipper Club & Charities Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLULUS RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHULTZ-HILL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE CANAL 21: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIES CHARITIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American College: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thomas and Linda Knox Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas and Linda Knox Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 54 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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