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William S Knight Foundation

Name: William S Knight Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

78
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $26,500
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

education school educational research choice classical freedom market

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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.

College of the Ozarks2 grants · $750,000
Lake Country Classical Academy3 grants · $500,000
Hillsdale College2 grants · $408,000
Turning Point USA3 grants · $250,000
Prageru3 grants · $230,000
Benedictine College3 grants · $194,740
Rock County Christian School2 grants · $170,000
Badger Institute3 grants · $150,000
Northshore Classical Academy1 grant · $140,725
Real Clear Foundation3 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
College of the Ozarks · Point Outlook, MO · 2022
Patriotic educational programing
$304,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Graduate school of classical ed. Endow.
$250,000
College of the Ozarks · Point Lookout, MO · 2024
Chop cheese facility- student work-for-tuition
$250,000
Lake Country Classical Academy · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
Start-up challenge grant
$150,000
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2022
Leadership summit and alumni prog.
$140,725
Northshore Classical Academy · Mequon, WI · 2024
Early-stage development costs
$140,270
Lake Country Classical Academy · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
Start-up funding
$120,000
Rock County Christian School · Beloit, WI · 2022
Entrepreneurial education
$109,730
Lake Country Classical Academy · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
Start-up funding
$104,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Graduate school of classical ed. Endow.
$100,000
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Prageru in schools project
$100,000
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Educational videos- 2023
$90,000
Badger Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$82,740
Benedictine College · Atchison, KS · 2024
Summer teachers inst. .
$75,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Student cvonferences
$75,000
Institute for Reforming Government · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$70,000
Trinitas Classical Academy · Hayward, WI · 2024
School start-up costs
$60,000
Belmont Abbey College · Belmont, NC · 2024
Masters classical ed. Program startup
$60,000
Benedictine College · Atchison, KS · 2022
Summer teachers inst. And moot crt.
$52,000
Benedictine College · Atchison, KS · 2023
Summer teachers inst. .
$50,000
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2024
Childrens entrepreneur market
$50,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Research/publication issues in educational freedom
$50,000
Rock County Christian School · Beloit, WI · 2024
Entrepreneurial education
$50,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Leadership summit training program
$50,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2023
School choice reporting
$50,000
Stateline Boys and Girls Club · Beloit, WI · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2023
Leadership summit
$50,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
School choice, ed. Freedom
$50,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Stateline Boys and Girls Club · Beloit, WI · 2022
Capital campaign
$40,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
Student cvonferences
$40,000
Real Clear Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Investigative journalism
$35,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Restoring american education project
$30,000
Badger Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Research/journalism-education reform
$30,000
Badger Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$30,000
Freedom Works Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Building education for students prog.
$30,000
Prageru · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Educational videos
$30,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$28,000
Fund for American Studies · Washinton, DC · 2024
Economics for leaders
$25,000
Institute for Reforming Government · Delafield, WI · 2024
Policy research re education
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Stock market challenge
$25,000
Mercatus Center-George Mason U · Arlington, VA · 2024
Marginal revolution university program
$25,000
Network of Enlightened Women · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Vmts Education Dba Kite & Key Media · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Educational video production
$20,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
School choice research and advocacy-school choice
$20,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Defense of educational freedom
$20,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
School board leaders program
$20,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
Defence of educational freedom
$20,000
Network of Enlightened Women · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$15,000
Fund for American Studies · Washinton, DC · 2023
Economics for leaders
$15,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Socialism destroys prog. And gen. Supt.
$12,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Monona, WI · 2022
Rock/monroe cntys school programing and rccs
$10,000
Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Free-market education
$10,000
Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for traditional education
$10,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support classical liberal ed.
$10,000
Open the Books · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024
Expose excessive government spending
$10,000
Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2023
General support
$10,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
School choice research and advocacy
$10,000
Mercatus Center-George Mason U · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Forge Leadership Network · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support
$10,000
Just Facts · Conroe, TX · 2022
General support
$10,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Field representative program
$10,000
Mercatus Center-George Mason U · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Network of Enlightened Women · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$7,500
Junior Achievement South Central Region · Monona, WI · 2024
Rock county programing
$5,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project sphere education initiative
$5,000
Moms for Liberty Foundation · Melbourne, FL · 2024
Parents rights in education
$5,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Project sphere
$5,000
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Free-market education
$5,000
Discovery World · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Stem educational programing
$4,991
Brodhead Historical Society · Brodhead, WI · 2023
Knight exhibit-spreader purchase-restoration
$2,000
Wisconsin 4-H · Madison, WI · 2023
Expand wi. Programs
$2,000
Wisconsin 4-H · Madison, WI · 2022
Expanding wi programs
$1,500
Ozaukee Christian School · West Bend, WI · 2024
School security system

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