FundersKentucky

Alex G Campbell JR Foundation Inc

Lexington, KY · EIN 31-1532433. Reported 111 grants totalling $796,500 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$796,500granted, 2021-2024
41organizations funded
89%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,422,247assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alex G Campbell JR Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
72 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
10 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Shaker Village of Pleasant HillHarrodsburg, KY$200,000442024
Transylvania UniversityLexington, KY$200,000442024
Worldwide Hearts & HandsLexington, KY$52,500442024
Kentucky Educational TelevisionLexington, KY$45,000442024
Grayson Jockey ClubLexington, KY$40,000442024
Fayette Alliance FoundationLexington, KY$35,000442024
Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement FarmsGeorgetown, KY$21,000442024
The Race for EducationLexington, KY$20,000222022
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation IncLexington, KY$20,000112024
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation IncSaratoga Springs, NY$15,000112024
Boy Scouts of AmericaLexington, KY$12,000442024
Junior Achievement of the BluegrassLexington, KY$10,000442024
Radio EyeLexington, KY$9,000442024
God's PantryLexington, KY$8,000442024
National Museum of Racing and Hall of FameSaratoga Springs, NY$8,000332024
Uk Opera TheatreLexington, KY$7,500332023
Central Kentucky Riding for HopeLexington, KY$7,000442024
Bluegrass TrustLexington, KY$6,000442024
Chrysalis HouseLexington, KY$6,000442024
Ashland Terraceold Ladies HomeLexington, KY$5,000112024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana IncLouisville, KY$5,000112024
Christ Church CathedralLexington, KY$5,000112024
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington IncLexington, KY$5,000112024
Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families IncLexington, KY$5,000112024
Triangle Foundation IncLexington, KY$5,000112024
Carnegie Center for LiteracyLexington, KY$4,000442024
Elk HillGoochland, VA$4,000442024
Muhammad Ali CenterLouisville, KY$4,000442024
Visually Impaired PreschoolLexington, KY$4,000442024
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY$3,000332023
International Justice MissionWashington, DC$3,000332023
Meals on Wheels of Lexington IncLexington, KY$3,000112024
Race Track Chaplaincy of AmericaLexington, KY$3,000442024
The News Literacy ProjectWashington, DC$3,000332023
National Museum of RacingSaratoga Springs, NY$2,500112021
Bluegrass Land ConservancyLexington, KY$2,000222022
Central Kentucky Wildlife CenterLexington, KY$2,000222022
Hope CenterLexington, KY$2,000112024
Lexington Leadership FoundationLexington, KY$2,000112021
Secretariat Center IncLexington, KY$2,000112024
Delray String QuartetMiami, FL$1,000112021

27 of 41 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
20 grants
Education
11 grants
International Affairs
11 grants
Mental Health
5 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Environment
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202129$186,500$1,500
202227$182,000$1,000
202324$170,500$1,500
202431$257,500$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Kentucky
$760K
New York
$26K
District of Columbia
$6K
Virginia
$4K
Florida
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kentucky.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Alex G Campbell JR Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 831 East Main Street, Lexington, KY, 40502. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-1532433 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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