Open Foundations · Massachusetts

Knopf Family Foundation Inc

Wakefield, Massachusetts · EIN 571179990. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.9M across 125 grants in 2025, a median of $30K each.

All Massachusetts foundations · All states

$3.9M
paid in 2025
125
grants paid
$30K
median grant
6%
to first-time recipients
$61.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE KNOPF FAM
Address
90 BAYSTATE ROAD, WAKEFIELD, MA, 01880
Phone
7812877213
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
FORMAL LETTER STATING REQUEST AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION REQUESTING.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601279349103075. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

veterinary carerescued animalsspay neuterrescued dogsfoodmedicalsupplieswildlife

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 125 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Humane Soc of Greater Jupitertequesta Dba Furry FriendsFL$75,000TO REPAIR THE CURRENT MEDICAL BUILDING OF F.F. RANCH, WHICH WAS DAMAGED FROM HURRICANE MILTON INTO AN EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF CENTER FOR THE MANY ANIMALS IN NEED IN FLORIDA
2Save the Manatee ClubFL$75,000TO MAINTAIN READY RESERVE OF FUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT IN RESCUE, REHABILITATION AND HABITAT PROTECTION EMERGENCIES DUE TO SEASONAL HEIGHTENED STORM INTENSITY/RED TIDE EVENT
3Shriner's HospitalMA$75,000FOR PEDIATRIC BURN CARE INCLUDING CHEMICAL BURNS, ELECTRICAL BURNS AND FLAME BURNS AS WELL AS CLEFT LIP AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOR THE CHILDREN
4St Jude Children's Research HospitalTN$75,000TO HELP PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CARE FOR CHILDREN BATTLING MEDULLOBLASTOMA, BRAIN TUMOR CANCER AND TO HELP RESEARCHERS, WHO ARE WORKING ON IT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES IT
5Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife IncFL$65,000FOR THE SEA TURTLE COMPLEX REHABILITATION CENTER SERVING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 365 DAYS A YEAR HELPING TO PROTECT ALL MARINE SPECIES THAT ARE THREATENED
6Justin Bartlett Animal RescueFL$60,000A WASHER AND DRYER FOR THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND 30 SHOR-LINE LARGE KENNELS FOR THE RESCUED DOGS TO USE IN THE HOSPITAL
7National Disaster Search Dog FoundationCA$60,000FOR VETERINARY CARE FOR THE SDF SEARCH DOGS AND SPECIAL FOOD NEEDED
8New England Wildlife Center Birdsey Cape Wildlife CenterMA$60,000FOR VETERINARY MEDICINES, MEDICAL OXYGEN SUPPLY, SPECIAL FOOD/FORMULAS, PORTABLE VETERINARY ULTRASOUND MACHINE, TURTLE TANKS, STANDS, FILTRATION EQUIPMENT AND A THERMAL CAMERA FOR WILDLIFE RESCUE
9Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research InstituteFL$55,000FOR MONITORING MANATEE USE OF THE ENDANGERED OCKLAWAHA RIVER, MONITORING MANATEE USE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S SPRINGS AND FOR CONSERVATION MEDICINES FOR THE MANATEES
10Florida Oceanographic SocietyFL$55,000FOR A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM VENTILATION IN THE OCEAN ECO CENTER TO SUPPORT THE AQUARIUMS JUVENILE GAMEFISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE AND A TURTLE HOLDING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM
11National Audubon Society Inc - Center for Birds of PreyFL$55,000FOR ENDANGERING BIRD RESCUE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD FOR THE RESCUED BIRDS AND AVIARY REPAIRS (PERCHING, WOOD REPLACEMENT AND CRITTER PROOFING)
12Pelican Harbor Seabird Station IncFL$55,000FOR THE WILDLIFE RESCUE PROGRAM INCLUDING THE ORPHAN PROJECT, VETERINARIAN SUPPLIES AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND HOMES FOR ORPHAN BABIES
13Save Our Seabirds IncFL$55,000FOR ONE NEW AVIARY AND FOOD FOR THE SEABIRDS
14South Florida Wildlife CenterFL$55,000FOR THE SPECIAL FOOD AND MEDICAL/VETERINARY CARE NEEDED FOR THE WILDLIFE AND FOR THE BRINSEA ANIMAL RECOVERY INCUBATOR, CENTRIFUGE BLOOD WORK MACHINE AND AN ASPIRATION SUCTION UNIT
15Big Dog Rescue RanchFL$50,000FOR THE MEDICAL MIRACLE FUND TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE THE CRITICAL CARE NEEDED FOR THE RESCUED ANIMALS INCLUDING TREATMENT FOR LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS AND DISEASES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202083$1.7M
202184$2.3M
202290$2.2M
202396$2.4M
2024115$3.4M
2025 (partial year)125$3.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Florida63%
New Hampshire10%
Massachusetts8%
Texas4%
New York3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Charles E Knopf JrTRUSTEE · 2025
Jeffrey P ManningTRUSTEE · 2025
Joseph RobertTRUSTEE · 2025
Kristopher W KnopfTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching