Trim Masters Charitable Foundation Inc
Danville, KY · EIN 61-1225606. Reported 114 grants totalling $321,706 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Trim Masters Charitable 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $7,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court Appointed Special Advocate of the Bluegrass | Danville, KY | $23,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tri-County United Way | Bardstown, KY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spencer County Habitat for Humanity | Taylorsville, KY | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ephraim Mcdowell Health Care Foundation | Danville, KY | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sunrise Children's Services | Danville, KY | $17,306 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart of Kentucky United Way | Danville, KY | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Distinguished Young Women of Boyle County | Danville, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mercer County Community Endowment | Harrodsburg, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Norton Center for the Arts - Centre College | Danville, KY | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Danville, KY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Gladys Project | Danville, KY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West T Hill Community Theatre | Danville, KY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heritage Hospice | Danville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Japan America Society of Ky | Frankfort, KY | $9,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Nelson County | Bardstown, KY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bluegrass Council BSA | Lexington, KY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thomas Nelson High School | Bardstown, KY | $7,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem High School | Bardstown, KY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Horsing Around Inc | Perryville, KY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Great American Brass Band Festival | Danville, KY | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ragged Edge Community Theatre | Harrodsburg, KY | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Playhouse | Danville, KY | $4,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boyle County High School | Danville, KY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bethany Haven | Bardstown, KY | $3,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art Center of the Bluegrass | Danville, KY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Danville Boyle County Humane Society | Danville, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Danville High School Project Graduation | Danville, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kentucky State Police Shop With a Trooper | Elizabethtown, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercer County High School | Harrodsburg, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thomas Nelson Boys Basketball | Bardstown, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream Flight Charities | Danville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kendyl and Friends Foundation | Harrodsburg, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercer County Fair and Horse Show | Harrodsburg, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercer County Softball Boosters | Harrodsburg, KY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harrodsburg Historical Society | Harrodsburg, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Nelson County | Bardstown, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercer Area Family Education & Wellness Inc | Harrodsburg, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nelson County Boys Basketball | Bardstown, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Compassionate Friends | Danville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haven Care Center | Danville, KY | $1,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Joseph School | Bardstown, KY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethany Homes | Bardstown, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Danville Schools PTO | Danville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival | Harrodsburg, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lean on Me Foundation | Bardstown, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas Nelson High School Project Liftoff | Bardstown, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 46 (65%) 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 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Thomas Nelson High School
PROJECT GRADUATION AND BASKETBALL PROGRAM SUPPORT - Spencer County Habitat for Humanity
NEW HABITAT HOME AND GOLF FUNDRAISER SPONSORSHIP - Ephraim Mcdowell Health Care Foundation
SUPPORT FOR FOUR PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES - Tri-County United Way
MATCHING FUNDS FOR 2023 CAMPAIGN - West T Hill Community Theatre
2024 CAMPCAUSEWELOVETOACT PROGRAM & 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF IRU=ISH UPLIFT SUMMER CAMPS - The Gladys Project
SUPPORT OF KINDERGARTEN READINESS PROGRAM "READY SET GO PRESCHOOL"
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $67,906 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 30 | $78,900 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $90,000 | $2,800 |
| 2024 | 28 | $84,900 | $2,500 |
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
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kentucky.
- 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.
- 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 Trim Masters Charitable 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: 118 Wetherburn Court, Danville, KY, 40422. 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.
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