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Knight Impact Partners

Name: Knight Impact Partners grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported: $7.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational food needy purchase refugees resettlement services knight

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

One Acre Fund2 grants · $1.8M
Inner-City Muslim Action Network1 grant · $1.0M
Northshore Hospitals Foundation1 grant · $560,499
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation1 grant · $500,000
Northwestern University2 grants · $500,000
La Casa Norte1 grant · $325,000
Greenlight Fund Chicago3 grants · $300,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $243,800
Maafa Redemption Project1 grant · $200,000
The Cara Program1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$607,000

2023

$5.1M

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1.0M
One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$750,000
One Acre Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General support
$560,499
Northshore Hospitals Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$500,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$325,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024
Hope for homes day & non-congregate shelter project
$250,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Knight scholars fund
$250,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Knight scholarship fund
$200,000
Maafa Redemption Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$182,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Funds for the purchase of food for the needy
$150,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$150,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$150,000
Michael Reese Health Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$150,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$125,000
New Life Centers of Chicagoland · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$120,000
By the Hand Club for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$100,000
Greenlight Fund Chicago · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Grace and Peace Fellowshipunity Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Greenlight Fund Chicago · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Breakthrough Urban Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$100,000
Greenlight Fund Chicago · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$56,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Funds for the purchase of food for the needy
$50,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois chapter programs
$50,000
The Lyte Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Window To the World Communications (Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of firsthand: homeless
$50,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support of ampt: advancing nonprofits
$47,906
St Paul Ame Church · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General support
$35,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$35,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$35,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$30,000
By the Hand Club for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Civic Consulting Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Southside Center of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Support of sleeping bear heritage trail
$15,000
The Father Fred Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
General support
$10,000
Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hillside Food Pantry · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Madonna Mission · Northfield, IL · 2024
Support of educational services and resettlement programs for refugees
$10,000
Second Baptist Church · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hillside Food Pantry · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Madonna Mission · Northfield, IL · 2023
Support of educational services and resettlement programs for refugees
$10,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Food Bank of the Southern Tier · Elmira, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Hillside Food Pantry · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Madonna Mission · Northfield, IL · 2022
Support of educational services and resettlement programs for refugees
$10,000
Southside Center of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Nora Project · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General support
$5,300
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Funds for the purchase of food for the needy
$5,000
Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Second Baptist Church · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Southside Center of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Father Fred Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Second Baptist Church · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Father Fred Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General support
$3,350
Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,500
Family Matters Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1,500
Redeeming Grace Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support

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