Knox Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 41-2008608. Reported 176 grants totalling $2,049,336 to 86 recipients 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. Knox Foundation 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 $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $181,136. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood | St Paul, MN | $331,136 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood N Central States | Saint Paul, MN | $210,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maria Mitchell Association | Nantucket, MA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Walker Art Center | Minneapolis, MN | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul Academy & Summit School | St Paul, MN | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Laxart | Hollywood, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN | $41,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Gallery of Art | Landover, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Compas Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hammer Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Atheneum | Nantucket, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Historical Association | Natucket, MA | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Family Partnership | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation (hhei | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Dance Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Land Council | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Yacht Club Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Studio School | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northfield Mt Hermon School | Mt Hermon, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| School of Design | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | St Paul, MN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sharing and Caring Hands | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Church in Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodcock Minnesota | Detroit Lakes, MN | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Linda Loring Nature Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, MN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plymouth Congregational Church Mpls | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Opera | Minneapolis, MN | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of St Paul & Mpls | Minnepaolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Hennepin Co Library | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Minneapolis Parks Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moma PS1 | Queens, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nantucket Athenum | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood House | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York City Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| People for the American Way Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sculpture Center Inc | Long Is City, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Loppet Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago Booth | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania School of Design | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania School of Dsg | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vocalessence | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Safe Place Inc | Nantucket, ME | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mak Center for Art & Architecture La | West Hollywood, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cape and Islands United Way | Centerville, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Congregational Church of Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Community Sailing | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hosp Fdn | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Preservation Trust | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood House | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Studio School of Drawing Painti | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nyc Audubon | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Maria Mitchell Assoc | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ordway Center for the Performing Art | Saint Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plymouth Congregational Church | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sculpturecenter | Long Island City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Chicago Booth School | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Inquiry | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midway Contemporary Art | Minneapolis, MN | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Knox Fdn Donor Advised Fund | St Paul, MN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Safe Place Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Sankaty Head Foundation | Siasaconset, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Sankaty Head Sankaty Head Foundati | Siasconset, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Common Bond Communities | St Paul, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Dreamland Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sankaty Head Foundation | Siasconset, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Art Student League | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Art Students League of Ny | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Film Society of Minneapolis St Paul | Minneapolis, MN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camp Sankaty Head | Siasaconset, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
44 of 86 (51%) 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 62%, across 3 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 109 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $534,136 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $463,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $503,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $548,200 | $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
56% of its giving went to organizations in Minnesota. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 $5,000. 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 Minnesota.
- 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 Knox Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. 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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