Knight Family Foundation Formerly
Houston, TX · EIN 72-1462097. Reported 141 grants totalling $1,091,400 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Knight Family Foundation Formerly 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Lake Charles | Lake Charles, LA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $88,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dell Children's Hospital | Austin, TX | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayett | Lafayette, LA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Thomas More Cap Campaign | Lafayette, LA | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lourdes Fdn Inc | Lafayette, LA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Strake Jesuit College Prepatory | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookwood Community | Brookshire, TX | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ul Lafayette Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ascension Episcopal School | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Music Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holy Cross Church Little Shepards | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Moncus Park | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ragin Cajun Athletic Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Marys Catholic Church | Lafayette, LA | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lafayette Museum | Lafayette, LA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| MD Anderson | Houston, TX | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Baton Rouge, LA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acadiana Symphony Orchestra | Lafayette, LA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| LSU Health Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Children Hospital | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Festival International De Louisiane | Lafayette, LA | $12,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warriors | Topeka, KS | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acadiana Animal Aid | Carencro, LA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cathedral Carmel Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Tri Delta Philanthropies | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sky High for Kids | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sale Houston Tri Delta | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ut Health Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Refinery Mission | Opelousas, LA | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Joe Little Foundation | Houston, TX | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Walsingham | Houston, TX | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Theresa Catholic Church | Abbeville, LA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Genocide Survivors Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ul Choral Music Fund | Lafayette, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clothes and Coats for Cuties | Austin, TX | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christus Foundation | Lake Charles, LA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nick Finnegan Counseling Center | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junior League of Houston | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Depelchin Childrens Center | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maddie's Footprints | Lafayette, LA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morales Memorial Foundation | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Exes | Austin, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holly Hall Retirement Community | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
38 of 50 (76%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 91%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Diocese of Lake Charles
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM - Community Foundation of Acadiana
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS - Ul Lafayette Foundation
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE - St Thomas More Cap Campaign
IMPROVING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN - Boy Scouts of Acadiana
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDR - Strake Jesuit College Prepatory
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE/EDUCAT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $223,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $291,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $295,700 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $281,700 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 66% of this one's giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Louisiana.
- 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 Knight Family Foundation Formerly's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2368A Rice Boulevard 278, Houston, TX, 77005. 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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