Private foundation (trust)EIN 911791788Est. 1997-05

KNIGHT FOUNDATION

BEAVERTON, OR 970056453

Total Assets

$5.0B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$191.4M

FY 2023

Grants Made

12

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$15.9M

FY 2023

Grant Range

$100K–$100M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.7B

Total Expenses

$244.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$191.4M

Distributable Amount

$226.7M

Min. Investment Return

$238.9M

Undistributed Income

$225.9M

Payout rate 84%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.84%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

12 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100K through median $5M to maximum $100M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $212.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

26 grants

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
$241M
3 grants
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$115.6M
7 grants
OHSU FOUNDATION
$70M
1 grant
PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$25M
3 grants
ALBINA HEAD START
$10M
2 grants
SEI INC
$10M
2 grants
BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
$5M
1 grant
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
$4M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

26 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
10
grants
$5M+
11
grants

Geographic Focus

6 states

Oregon
$358.1M
74% of total
California
$115.6M
24% of total
Illinois
$5M
1% of total
District of Columbia
$4M
1% of total
New York
$1.9M
0% of total
New Jersey
$250K
0% of total

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