Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Kentucky

These 69 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Kentucky that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

69grantmaking charities
$2.0Bgranted between them
8,322funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation ofLouisville$21,500974$237.1M
Blue Grass Community Foundation IncLexington$15,976692$67.6M
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville$15,000667$66.7M
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncLouisville$9,395588$15.2M
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville$15,500329$35.0M
Kosair Charities Committee IncLouisville$40,000317$61.6M
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky IncHazard$10,239296$14.0M
Lee Initiative IncLouisville$15,000257$5.8M
Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation IncLouisville$10,000256$2.6M
Metro United Way IncLouisville$20,550251$27.5M
The Whas Crusade for Children IncLouisville$16,000245$21.8M
Horizon Community Funds of NorthernCovington$22,000226$26.7M
St Elizabeth Medical Center IncEdgewood$15,945168$33.8M
Community Foundation of West KyincPaducah$36,153165$27.5M
Disabled American Veterans (dav) Charitable Service TrustErlanger$25,000163$48.8M
Federation of Appalachian HousingBerea$14,522128$18.7M
Norton Healthcare IncLouisville$13,000126$115.1M
Fund for the Arts IncLouisville$17,500103$16.0M
Thoroughbred Aftercare AllianceLexington$30,00089$10.8M
Baptist Healthcare System IncLouisville$15,53581$684.4M
Thoroughbred Charities of America IncLexington$10,30080$3.2M
Berea CollegeBerea$17,00080$4.4M
Ipa FoundationLouisville$15,00076$2.5M
United Way of the Bluegrass IncLexington$16,20075$4.6M
Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates IncLexington$40,00072$11.1M
Northern Kentucky Area DevelopmentFlorence$33,07370$36.0M
Owensboro Health IncOwensboro$18,69468$7.1M
Central Kentucky CommunityElizabethtown$12,24268$3.5M
Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence IncLouisville$100,00066$39.3M
Disabled American VeteransErlanger$59,10866$25.1M
Foundation for the Tri-StateAshland$10,00065$2.2M
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky IncLouisville$25,00063$5.5M
Catholic Education Foundation IncLouisville$71,93263$21.9M
Community Foundation of SouthBowling Green$22,42560$5.1M
Shirley's Way IncLouisville$15,50058$1.9M
Ky Hospital Research & EducationLouisville$26,89153$9.5M
Kentucky Humanities Council IncLexington$19,87749$965K
Abfm Foundation IncLexington$50,00049$9.8M
United Way of Southern Kentucky IncBowling Green$24,73447$8.5M
The Kentucky Bar Foundation IncFrankfort$10,00045$5.5M
Legacy FoundationLouisville$100,00044$49.7M
Delta Dental of Kentucky IncLouisville$13,00043$13.9M
Kentucky Christian Foundation IncLexington$15,00042$3.0M
Finishing Fund ManagementProspect$95,00442$13.3M
United Way of the Ohio Valley IncOwensboro$20,50041$2.7M
Felix E Martin JR Foundation IncLouisville$15,50040$8.3M
Kentucky Association of ConservationFrankfort$25,33339$2.3M
National Association for CommunityLouisville$8,50038$606K
U of L Health - Louisville IncLouisville$11,75038$12.0M
Dare to Care IncLouisville$18,81037$42.2M
United Way of Northeast KentuckyAshland$11,00036$979K
Catholic Charities of Louisville IncLouisville$76,84334$67.8M
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesPaducah$10,79732$1.3M
Child Neurology Education and Research FoundationLexington$13,00031$1.3M
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table IncLouisville$15,50031$1.2M
United States Equestrian Federation IncLexington$10,00030$605K
Ohio Valley United Charities IncCarrollton$8,50029$761K
Appalachian Regional HealthcareLexington$15,00027$790K
Ashland Hospital CorporationAshland$11,68727$1.5M
The Foundation for the HorseLexington$25,65527$1.8M
Kentucky CASA Network IncLouisville$50,20026$6.1M
St Claire Medical Center IncMorehead$10,00026$31.2M
Park Community Credit Union FoundationLouisville$10,70226$1.7M
Kentucky Society for Technology in EducationWaco$8,85825$246K
The Lexington Cancer Foundation IncLexington$10,50025$1.4M
Lexarts IncLexington$13,75025$1.9M
Civitan Club of Owensboro KentuckyOwensboro$8,25024$613K
National Association of StateLexington$20,00022$1.6M
Society of St Vincent De PaulErlanger$13,36421$678K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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