Funding Priorities
*** For grant consideration in 2024, the application process (through the NonProfit Portal) will open April 1st through September 30, 2024. ***
Any grants received after the deadline date, will be deferred to the first quarter of 2025.
General Operating Support
General operating support provides unrestricted funding to help support and maintain an organization as it pursues its mission. Core support is integral for nonprofits sustainability, impact, and growth. This type of grant is flexible and gives the grantee the ability to use the funds where they are most appropriate. While general operating support continues to remain relatively scarce among the nation’s largest grantmakers, we feel it is important and necessary to grant to nonprofits. We feel that it signals trust between the funder and the grantee without sacrificing accountability.
Animals and the Natural World
Animals, water, air and land are crucial to our lives yet are often vulnerable to the actions of humans. The James A. & Faith Knight Foundation desires to sustain the natural world that is so important to our quality of life. We invest in programs that:
- respect and enhance the care of animals,
- protect the diversity and integrity of ecosystems, and
- educate citizens about the importance of ecological communities.
Women and Girls
A better future for women and girls is a better future for all. We feel that programs that understand and specifically serve the needs of women and girls have the best chance to improve communities. In addition, national studies have found that less than 7% of the philanthropic dollar goes to programs that are focused on women and girls. For these reasons, we fund programs that:
- increase economic self-sufficiency for women and girls,
- effect public policy and advocacy in support of women and girls, and
- address the issues of human rights and equality of women in our communities.