Texas · Nonprofit
THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION
THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,305 to it, the largest being Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $239k
What The Knitting Guild Association does
Mission
The specific purposes of the Corporation are to provide education and resources to knitters to increase their mastery of the craft of knitting. Our mission is to support serious knitters in their efforts to learn the history, perpetuate the traditional techniques, and keep the artisan aspect and high quality standards of the craft alive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
TKGA provides educational conferences, specifically an educational online conference called Next Level Knitting Conference as well as an in-person retreat. The online conference has a purchase price and provides three days of online classes- some live and some pre-recorded- as well as break out rooms, and 6 months access to recorded content. There is no limit on how many can join the online conference. Currently, TKGA is not planning to do NLKC after the April 2026 session and there are no plans for any future sessions. The in-person retreat is rotated in varying locals from East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast and has a 50-person limit.
$198,874 spent58% of program spendingTKGA offers educational classes that are done remotely as correspondence courses via mail. There is a purchase price for classes which covers the S&H and a small teacher stipend.A cornerstone of TKGA is its Master Hand Knitting certification program, comprised of three levels. Knitters submit their knitting, writing, and technical knowledge to a panel of Master Hand Knitters for their review and comments. Upon successful completion of all three certification levels, the student becomes a Master Knitter. There is a purchase price for MHK Certification that covers S&H. The MHK review committee are volunteers and receive no stipend.TKGA had just under 4200 members in 2025.
$133,605 spent$266,332 earned by the program39% of program spendingTKGA produces a quarterly, electronic educational journal, Cast On, to members that contains educational articles, book reviews, yarn reviews, patterns with educational aspects, and technical articles. Access to Cast On is a privilege of the membership fee.
$8,264 spent$140,434 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $340,743.
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 2017 to 2018, from $144k to $212k (+48%).
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.
5% of THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% 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.
Chief executive
Arenda Holladay
Pres & exec dir
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $35.
From the IRS filings of THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION’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
THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION?
- THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,305 to it, the largest being Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,305 in grants to THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION?
- Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KNITTING GUILD ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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