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William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$40k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
14
Organizations funded FY2021
21%
First-time grantees FY2021
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100% of William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

14
’18
12
’19
14
’20
13
’21
10
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2021
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$16,500
Organizations funded a year
14 to 20
FY2018 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
2
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 21% of the organizations William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
PhilanthropyArts & CultureMembership BenefitEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202114$40k21%
FY202016$24k38%
FY201916$52k25%
FY201820$51kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Philanthropy$656kEducation$56kInternational$45kMembership Benefit$17kArts & Culture$15kReligion$13kHousing & Shelter$10kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Literacy Inc$35,69040%
Worldwide Orphans Foundation$25,13821%
The Children's Aid Society$20,03040%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$18,00010%
The Actors' Fund of America$17,00040%
The Foundation for City College$13,50020%
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue$13,4253n/a
Robin Hood Foundation$12,00030%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$7,50040%
New York Historical Society$5,79040%
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All grantees of William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Literacy Inc$35,69040%
Worldwide Orphans Foundation$25,13821%
The Children's Aid Society$20,03040%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$18,00010%
The Actors' Fund of America$17,00040%
The Foundation for City College$13,50020%
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue$13,4253n/a
Robin Hood Foundation$12,00030%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$7,50040%
New York Historical Society$5,79040%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$5,75040%
Henry Street Settlement$2,58030%
The City College Fund$2,50010%
Bronx Children's Museum$2,28520%
The Doe Fund Inc$2,00020%
The Jewish Museum$1,47540%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$1,13040%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$1,10040%
Retreat Inc$1,00010%
New York Public Radio$60020%
The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$5501n/a
Museum of Modern Art$38910%
Alm Charities Inc$32021%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLiteracy Inc: $35,690 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWorldwide Orphans Foundation: $25,138 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $20,030 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for City College: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $5,790 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $5,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $2,580 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe City College Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBronx Children's Museum: $2,285 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $1,475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $1,130 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRetreat Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $389 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlm Charities Inc: $320 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 22.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY17.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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About William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc

How much does William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc give?
William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $39,610 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
What does William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Education (7%), International (5%).
Who are William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Literacy Inc ($36k), Worldwide Orphans Foundation ($25k), The Children's Aid Society ($20k).
Does William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc based?
William & Rachel Knobler Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 34 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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