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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-4209343

Knight's Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Elizabethtown, KY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $8,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $8,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $164,153

  • Tax year 2023

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $166,783

  • Tax year 2022

    $8,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $169,367

  • Tax year 2021

    $13,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $176,446

  • Tax year 2020

    $6,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $187,046

  • Tax year 2019

    $8,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $192,523

  • Tax year 2018

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $199,353

  • Tax year 2017

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $207,863

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sonora Christian ChurchSonora, KY

    Support

    $5,000
  2. Clarity for WomenElizabethtown, KY

    Support

    $2,000
  3. Room in the Inn Hardin County IncElizabethtown, KY

    Support

    $1,000
  4. Family Scholar HouseLouisville, KY

    Support

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kentucky4 grants $8,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • John KnightDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Jeremy KnightDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Leslie TharpeDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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