Open Foundations · Ohio

Austin E Knowlton Foundation Inc

Cincinnati, Ohio · EIN 311044475. 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 $11.6M across 46 grants in 2024, a median of $30K each.

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$11.6M
paid in 2024
46
grants paid
$30K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$266.5M
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
SHERRI L CALK
Address
312 WALNUT STREET SUITE 3130, CINCINNATI, OH, 45202
Phone
5133812400
Form the request should take
ANY FORM. ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PROOF OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533089349100843. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 46 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Ohio State University FoundationOH$6,000,000BMEC BUILDING
2Denison UniversityOH$1,000,000CAREER EXPLORATION CENTER
3The College of WoosterOH$1,000,000LOWRY CENTER
4Ronald Reagan Presidential Fdn & InstituteCA$925,000PROGRAM SERVICES
5Georgetown CollegeKY$500,000DAVIS-REID ALUMNI GYM PROJECT
6Institute for Citizens and ScholarsNJ$200,000PROGRAM SERVICES
7Ronald Reagan Presidential Fdn & InstituteCA$200,000NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM
8The Alexander Hamilton SocietyDC$200,000PROGRAM SERVICES
9Alliance for Higher Education in PrisonCO$150,000PROGRAM SERVICES
10Camping and Education FoundationOH$150,000PROGRAM SERVICES
11Augustana CollegeIL$100,000APEP PROGRAM
12Kenyon CollegeOH$100,000SCHOLARSHIP FUND
13Ohio Justice and Policy CenterOH$100,000PROGRAM SERVICES
14Ohio State University FoundationOH$100,000KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
15Ten Thousand VillagesPA$100,000PROGRAM SERVICES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202057$10.1M
202152$10.5M
202254$11.4M
202343$12.2M
202446$11.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Ohio52%
Texas17%
New York7%
California4%
Illinois4%

Who decides

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

Edward D DillerTREASURER · 2024
Eric V LindbergVICE PRESIDENT AND CIO · 2024
John C LindbergPRESIDENT · 2024
Robert a Pitcairn JrSECRETARY · 2024

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.

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