Funding search · EIN 464672502 · Easton, PA

R Richard Knauss Foundation

Name: R Richard Knauss Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

93
grants reported: $73,256
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Grace Church of Bethlehem4 grants · $21,000
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem4 grants · $5,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts4 grants · $5,000
Kutztown University Foundation4 grants · $4,000
The Children'S Home of Easton4 grants · $4,000
American Red Cross4 grants · $2,550
Palmer Kiwanis Foundation3 grants · $2,455
Habitat for Humanity3 grants · $2,300
St George Antichian Orthodox4 grants · $2,300
Outreach Foundation2 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$14,907

2022

$14,028

2023

$18,463

2024

$25,858

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$6,000
Grace Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$6,000
Grace Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$6,000
Grace Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$3,000
Grace Church of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$2,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts · Easton, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,500
American Red Cross · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,500
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,500
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,220
Palmer Kiwanis Foundation · Palmer, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,115
Palmer Kiwanis Foundation · Palmer, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Allentown, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Outreach Foundation of the Presbyte · Franklin, TN · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Allentown, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Outreach Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts · Easton, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Outreach Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts · Easton, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$1,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$1,000
State Theatre Center for the Arts · Easton, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$1,000
The Children'S Home of Easton · Easton, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$700
St George Antichian Orthodox · Allentown, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$600
St George Antichian Orthodox · Allentown, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$550
Young People'S Philharmonic · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$500
American Cancer Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Knauss Homestead Preservation · Emmaus, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Project Easton · Easton, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Salvation Army · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Shriner'S Children Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospit · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Uso · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
Ywam University of Nations · Kailuakona, HI · 2025
Charitable distribution
$500
American Red Cross · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
Knauss Homestead Preservation · Emmaus, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
Priority One Men'S Ministry · Allentown, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
Project Easton · Easton, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
Salvation Army · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
University of Nations Kona · Kailuakona, HI · 2024
Charitable distribution
$500
Knauss Homestead · Emmaus, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$500
Pbs Channel 39 · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$500
St George Antichian Orthodox · Allentown, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$500
University of Nations Kona · Kailuakona, HI · 2023
Charitable distribution
$500
Young People'S Philharmonic · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$500
Knauss Homestead · Emmaus, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$500
St George Antichian Orthodox · Allentown, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$500
Ywam University of Nations · Lebanon, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$442
Pbs Channel 39 · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$408
Navigators Ministry · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Allentown Rescue Mission · Allentown, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Covenant House · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Franciscan Missions · Burlington, WI · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Pbs Channel 39 · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Project Hope of Easton · Easton, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
St Joseph Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
St Labre Indian School · Ashland, MT · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
USA for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Young People'S Philharmonic · Bethlehem, PA · 2025
Charitable distribution
$400
Pbs Channel 39 · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$400
Young People'S Philharmonic · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$380
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charitable distribution
$370
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Charitable distribution
$358
Allentown Rescue Mission · Allentown, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$350
Allentown Rescue Mission · Allentown, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$300
Friends of Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$300
American Red Cross · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$300
Habitat for Humanity · Allentown, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$300
Priority One Men'S Ministry · Allentown, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$300
Project Easton · Easton, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$300
Priority One Men'S Ministry · Allentown, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$300
Project Easton · Easton, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$250
Shriner'S Children Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$250
Friends of Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Charitable distribution
$250
American Red Cross · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$250
Salvation Army · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$200
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2024
Charitable distribution
$200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable distribution
$200
Friends of Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Charitable distribution
$150
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable distribution
$150
Uso · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$143
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Charitable distribution
$120
Palmer Kiwanis Foundation · Palmer, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$100
Covenant House · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable distribution
$100
St Labre Indian School · Ashland, MT · 2024
Charitable distribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.