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Knight Impact Partners: 32 grants to organizations, $5.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Knight Impact Partners, a private foundation in Lake Forest, IL, paid 32 grants to organizations totaling $5,072,149 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 13, 2025. The largest was $1,000,000 to Inner-City Muslim Action Network in Chicago, IL for general support.
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- EIN
- 276566394
- Based in
- Lake Forest, IL
- Assets
- $34,968,249
- Grants paid
- $5,072,149
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202533179349100848. It reported $5,072,149 in grants paid; 32 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner-City Muslim Action Network | Chicago, IL | General support | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Acre Fund | Highland Park, IL | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northshore Hospitals Foundation | Evanston, IL | General support | $560,499 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City Colleges of Chicago Foundation | Chicago, IL | General support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Casa Norte | Chicago, IL | Hope for homes day & non-congregate shelter project | Housing and shelter | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Knight scholars fund | Recreation and sports | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maafa Redemption Project Inc | Chicago, IL | General support | Community improvement and capacity building | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cara Program | Chicago, IL | General support | Employment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Connections for the Homeless | Evanston, IL | General support | Housing and shelter | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hope Chicago | Chicago, IL | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Michael Reese Health Trust | Chicago, IL | General support | Health care | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | General support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greenlight Fund Chicago | Boston, MA | General support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aids Foundation of Chicago | Chicago, IL | General support | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | Illinois chapter programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Lyte Collective | Chicago, IL | General support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Window To the World Communications (WTTW) | Chicago, IL | Support of firsthand: homeless | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Junior Achievement of Chicago | Chicago, IL | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| By the Hand Club for Kids | Chicago, IL | General support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | Chicago, IL | General support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southside Center of Hope | Chicago, IL | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Father Fred Foundation | Traverse City, MI | General support | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food Bank of the Southern Tier | Elmira, NY | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hillside Food Pantry | Evanston, IL | General support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Madonna Mission | Northfield, IL | Support of educational services and resettlement programs for refugees | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Second Baptist Church | Evanston, IL | General support | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | Funds for the purchase of food for the needy | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation | Oak Park, IL | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | General support | $3,350 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Matters Chicago | Chicago, IL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Redeeming Grace Food Pantry | Chicago, IL | General support | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Community improvement and capacity building | $1,200,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $785,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $475,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $250,000 |
| Education | $225,000 |
| Employment | $200,000 |
| Health care | $150,000 |
| Human services | $75,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $4,943,799 |
| Massachusetts | $100,000 |
| Michigan | $15,000 |
| New York | $13,350 |
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Updated November 13, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.