Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati
Key West, FL · EIN 38-4039936. Reported 175 grants totalling $12.2M to 72 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $69,250; the smallest was $750 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westley House Family Service | Key West, FL | $1,675,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Basilica School of Saint Mary Star of the Sea | Key West, FL | $1,295,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cfk Foundation | Key West, FL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| School Board of Monroe County | Key West, FL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| South Florida Council-Boy Scouts | Miami Lakes, FL | $618,500 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Sos Foundation Inc | Key West, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Monroe County Educational Foundatio | Key West, FL | $480,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Key West Lions Club | Key West, FL | $345,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Key West Literary Seminar | Key West, FL | $342,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fl Keys Healthy Start Coalition | Key West, FL | $340,096 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southernmost Hockey Club | Key West, FL | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Key West Mac | Key West, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Basilica of St Mary Star of the Se | Key West, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fl Keys Area Health Education | Marathon, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samuel's House Inc | Key West, FL | $250,000 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Montessori Childrens School | Key West, FL | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Key West Wildlife Center | Key West, FL | $188,719 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Literacy Volunteers of America | Key West, FL | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cheryl Cates Foundation | Key West, FL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Key West Rotary Foundation | Key West, FL | $133,750 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Star of the Sea Foundation | Key West, FL | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fleming Street Faith Center | Key West, FL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Key West Impromptu Classical Concer | Key West, FL | $117,400 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Key West, FL | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Come First Fl Keys | Key West, FL | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Florida Keys Health Education | Marathon, FL | $113,563 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Key West Botanical Gardens | Key West, FL | $100,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Key West Retired Catholic Priests F | Key West, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marine Resource Development | Key Largo, FL | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Key West, FL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Womankind | Key West, FL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Key West Art & Historical Society | Key West, FL | $64,350 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Florida Keys Children's Shelter | Tavenier, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Reeling for the Cause | Big Pine Key, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| South Florida National Park Trust | Coral Gables, FL | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baptist Health S Fl Foundation | Coral Gables, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Key West Preschool Coop Inc | Key West, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sigsbee Charter School | Key West, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Studios of Key West | Key West, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Knight Heros Fund | Key West, FL | $46,238 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Old Fire House Preservation | Key West, FL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Responders Appreciation | Key West, FL | $41,225 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chapters Health Foundation | Tampa, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conch Republic Foster Childrens Fun | Key West, FL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Key West High School | Key West, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Keys to Be the Change | Key West, FL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Performing Arts Center of Key West | Key West, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Autism Society of the Keys | Tavernier, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comminity Foundation of the Florida | Key West, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity-Lower Keys | Key West, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Catholic Daughters of America | Key West, FL | $29,910 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Autism Society Keys | Tavanier, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Founda | Coral Gables, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florida Keys Outreach Coalition | Key West, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity-Upper Keys | Key Largo, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Key West Girl's Softball League | Key West, FL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reef Relief | Key West, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Florida Haiti Project | Boca Raton, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Veteran Sailing Inc | Key Largo, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Community Church | Key West, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Foundation of the Florida Ke | Key West, FL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Historic Florida Keys Foundatrion | Key West, FL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conch Republic Cuties in Action | Key West, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Christina's Courage | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of the Florida | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Conch Republic Military Forces | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guidancecare Center | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chapter 1810 Woman of the Moose | Big Pine Key, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sister Season Fund | Key West, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Key West Pre-School Coop Inc | Key West, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary Sands Montessori School | Key West, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scout Council of Tropical Flor | Key West, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
40 of 72 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 6 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 71%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Key West Impromptu Classical Concer
PROMOTE MUSIC IN MONROE COUNTY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 16 | $1,237,650 | $32,000 |
| 2021 | 24 | $1,403,250 | $32,500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $2,442,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $2,099,315 | $25,750 |
| 2024 | 34 | $2,107,638 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 42 | $2,904,648 | $37,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 336 Duval Street, Key West, FL, 33040. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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