North Carolina · Nonprofit
KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION
KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,604,750 to it, the largest being Bill and Sharon Allen Family Foundation ($529,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $998k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Knothole Foundation Knothole Foundation does
Mission
Knothole's mission is to promote the sport of baseball in underserved communities and to create life opportunities for underserved youth by providing access to facilities, education, health and wellness protocols.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The significant amount of funds devoted to capital thru 2021 shifted to operations in 2022 and continued thru 2024 as the majority of field/facility development was completed and ongoing maintenance and operations in support of teams, camps, clinics, events and community outreach was emphasized. This has provided the foundation for fully serving the community and related mission of increasing diversity and access for youth baseball, affording youth ages 4-18 the benefit of team sports, along with the wrap-around support for education and life skills.
$256,463 spent$87,270 earned by the program50% of program spendingProgramming continued to scale significantly as the number of youth playing affiliated on teams increased as did the number of youth introduced to baseball (1,700), many for the first time, through camps and clinics conducted at the dream fields and in community. Key events were also planned and executed (I.e. 5th annual hbcu camp/showcase; 3rd annual westside story spring break tournament; national night out in partnership with cmpd; back to school event). Education continued to be imbedded in the fabric of baseball-themed activities (as measured by of reading hours; % players engaged in reading). Affordable access continued to be an area of focus with most activities delivered at no cost to participants and over 90% subsidized for player participation on teams.
$256,462 spent$87,269 earned by the program50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $512,925.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $5.7M to $6.5M (+14%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 14% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $13k → $208k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 47% · 2021 35% · 2022 56% · 2023 48% — 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
43% of KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
63% of KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $656k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION?
- KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,604,750 to it, the largest being Bill and Sharon Allen Family Foundation ($529,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,604,750 in grants to KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION?
- Bill and Sharon Allen Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $529,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 22 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing