Connecticut · Nonprofit
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 143 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,176,779 to it, the largest being BERNARD A EGAN FOUNDATION INC ($3,015,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 143
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Knights of Columbus Charities Inc does
Mission
Charities is operated exclusively for religious, charitable, educational and scientific purposes. Knights of columbus, through its members, provides donations which are placed under the control of charities. Charities accepts gifts and bequests from members of knights of columbus and the public that conform with the terms of its governing instrument.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided grants to other nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out charities' charitable purposes. A portion of these grants were in support of the warriors to lourdes and aid and support after pregnancy (asap) programs. The warriors to lourdes program, in partnership with the archdiocese for military services u.s.a., provides the opportunity and means for our non-wounded, wounded, ill and injured u.s. Warriors to participate in the annual international pilgrimage to lourdes, france for a period of prayer and spiritual guidance. The asap is a featured program that supports pregnant women, mothers, and their children, both born and unborn, by serving pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes.
$5,905,230 spentof which $5,734,749 as grants42% of program spendingIn furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided grants to other nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out charities' charitable purposes to promote matters affecting life, family, marriage and similar priorities in building a culture of life. This program provided funding for ultrasound machines to various pregnancy crisis centers.
$2,816,907 spentof which $2,816,907 as grants20% of program spendingIn furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided grants to other nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out charities' charitable purposes. A portion of these grants were in support of the coats for kids program. The coats for kids program provides warmth for children in need during cold winter months. The goal of the coats for kids program is to ensure that no child in north america goes without a coat during the winter season. The distribution of most of these grants has been disclosed as required in schedule f, part ii and schedule I, parts ii and iii.
$2,802,202 spentof which $2,802,202 as grants20% of program spendingIn furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided grants to other nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out charities' charitable purposes. A portion of these grants were in support of ukraine solidarity relief. Ukraine solidarity relief provides urgent relief to civilian refugees and displaced persons by supplying shelter, food, medical supplies, clothing and religious goods, as well as other humanitarian needs as identified, both directly in ukraine and through refugee sites in poland.
$1,453,287 spentof which $1,453,287 as grants10% of program spendingIn furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided financial assistance to victims of various domestic and foreign natural disasters. This program provided assistance to victims of the following major natural disasters: hurricanes, tornadoes, and other storms occurring in florida, georgia, nebraska, north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, domincan republic, and morocco, wildfires occurring in california, hawaii and new mexico, floods occurring in new mexico, rhode island, south dakota, mexico south, philippines and poland, and other natural disasters in maryland and ohio.
$942,945 spentof which $942,945 as grants7% of program spendingIn furtherance of its exempt purpose, charities provided financial assistance for christians and other religious minorities being persecuted or displaced in iraq and nigeria and its surrounding regions. In addition, to raise public awareness and education concerning persecuted christians and other religious minorities, especially in the middle east, charities provided financial assistance and grants to charitable relief organizations.
$221,283 spentof which $221,283 as grants2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,141,854.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $13M to $18M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
95% of KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 47 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $1.2M.
36 of 143 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $14M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Knights of Columbus). These are real filings, and they are not money KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 143 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 51% · 2019 51% · 2020 51% · 2021 38% · 2022 26% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
31% of KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5.0M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 29 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Knights of Columbus · exempt
- Knights of Columbus Charities USA Inc · exempt
- The Knights of Columbus Museum Inc · exempt
- John Paul II Shrine and Institute Inc · exempt
- Knights of Columbus Canada Charities Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC?
- KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 143 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,176,779 to it, the largest being BERNARD A EGAN FOUNDATION INC ($3,015,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 143 organizations giving $10,176,779 in grants to KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC?
- BERNARD A EGAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,015,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 143 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing