Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 38-4039936 · since 2018knightfoundationflorida.org·Florida, Haiti, Monroe·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.9M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $150k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$37,500

Typical grant (median)

42 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work serves children, families, education or religious or medical facilities in Monroe County, Florida, South Florida or Haiti, it fits the foundation's stated focus, and Monroe County is its stated priority.
Most of its grants are modest: half were $30,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $150,000, so that range is a sensible guide, though its largest grant was $600,000.
Because 77% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded, a first approach should build a relationship and make a clear case that your mission matches its aims of supporting community, family values, leadership and children.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but they must be mailed to the foundation in Key West with a grant application, a project budget, your current budget and your IRS Letter of Determination.
Work outside those places or themes falls outside its stated focus, so check the fit against the filing before you write.

Overview

Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundation is a US private foundation based in Key West, FL.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website and other web pages about the foundation (img1.wsimg.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation supports charitable, religious, educational and medical facilities that encourage the development of strong, moral, educated youth in Florida, with emphasis on the Florida Keys, and organisations that promote strong family values. It makes grants to local institutions for programmes supporting education, including job training, leadership skills and moral character, and the health and welfare of children and families in South Florida and Haiti. It prioritises organisations providing services in Monroe County, Florida. Its application page invites organisations with a clear mission aligned with its community, family-values, leadership and children focus to apply.

Themes

Education
Religious facilities
Medical facilities
Youth development
Family wellbeing
Leadership development

Geographic Focus

Florida; South Florida; Haiti. Priority: Monroe County.

How to apply

Complete the grant application, attach a project budget, the organisation’s current budget and IRS Letter of Determination, then mail the application and supporting documents to the Foundation in Key West.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 109 grants to organisations were $30,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The organisation’s mission should be clear and consistent with the Foundation’s mission to support its community, encourage family values, inspire leadership and promote children.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

Florida100%

The largest single recipient received 14% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 77% of grant dollars went to organisations Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
<1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

42 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $37,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 42 grants in tax year 2025 by size

$5k–$10k5%

$10k–$25k29%

$25k–$50k24%

$50k–$100k29%

$100k–$250k5%

$250k–$500k5%

$500k–$1M5%

Median $37,500 (tax year 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

School Board of Monroe County · Education
$500,0002025 tax year
CFK Foundation · Education
$500,0002025 tax year
Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea · Builing fund
$250,0002025 tax year
Southernmost Hockey Club · Building improvements
$250,0002025 tax year
Westley House Family Service · Family services
$150,0002025 tax year
South Florida Council-Boy Scouts · Boy scounts support
$100,0002025 tax year
Monroe County Educational Foundation · Education
$75,0002025 tax year
Womankind · Family services
$60,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Lowell J Chick — Treasuer
Velma Christain — Secretary
Claude Gardner JR — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$2,644,113	$2,099,315	$45,531,567	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$2,656,266	$2,107,638	$49,660,306	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$3,574,415	$2,904,648	$51,133,581	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

Registers and filings

Other sources

knightfoundationflorida.org

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