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Charlotte Knights Charities Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Charlotte, NC EIN: 46-3836293 Website

To provide grants, funding, and assistance to other non-profit organizations in the surrounding charlotte community.

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc at a glance

In short: Charlotte Knights Charities Inc gave $49K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $49K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$49,037
-50.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-80.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$49,037
+149.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$49,037
Total assets
$223,347
-10.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Charlotte Knights Charities Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Atruim Health Foundation: $49KAtruim Health Foundation$49K

The largest 2025 recipient was Atruim Health Foundation ($49K).

Grant Size Distribution

14 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 14 (86%).

How Charlotte Knights Charities Inc gives

  • Giving fell 49% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 5 grants2022 3 grants2023 5 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $49K (2025) to $98K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $49K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Atruim Health Foundation General Support$49,037
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$223,347$125,126$152,047$49,0371
2024$250,268$178,382$173,658$98,3955
2023$245,544$209,493$146,319$79,3873
2022$182,370$169,714$149,344$96,1005
2021$162,000$153,659$137,360——
2020$145,701$64,718$69,389——
2019$150,372$121,712$116,366——

About Charlotte Knights Charities Inc

Based on IRS filings

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc is a public charity, based in Charlotte, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $223K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $49K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc is led by Dan Rajkowski, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dan Rajkowski

    President

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Egan

    Vice Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Dillon

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darcey Carr

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karla Yuha

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lauren Flemming

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lila Thomas

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (10)
  • Former: Chirag Mithani (2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Brian Endres (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Troy Rodriguez (2021–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Alyssa Robin (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Christopher Hill (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Yogi Brewing (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Megan Smithers (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Nick Braun (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: George Macbain (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Trevor Fay (2019) — Secretary

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Charlotte Knights Charities Inc

How much does Charlotte Knights Charities Inc give each year?

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc gave $49K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $98K across 5 grants.

How large is Charlotte Knights Charities Inc?

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc reported $223K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $125K.

What is Charlotte Knights Charities Inc's EIN?

Charlotte Knights Charities Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-3836293. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 18, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 18, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 6, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 30, 2026)

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