Elhapa Foundation Inc
Lexington, KY · EIN 47-5371533. Reported 570 grants totalling $20.8M to 177 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Elhapa Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Elhapa Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 8 grants totalling $330,000 to them. That is 2% of the $14.8M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
1 of them file Form 990-PF and did not check the box saying it funds only organizations it picks. The other 2 file Form 990, which never asks, so for those there is no answer on record either way. The last column says which is which.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Kentucky | $300,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Bissell Pet Foundation | grantmaking organization | Michigan | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | No, on its 990-PF |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $200,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's-Belfield School | Charlottesville, VA | $785,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beyond Our Walls | North Charleston, SC | $575,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Women's Initiative | Charlottesville, VA | $510,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Charleston Promise Neighborhood | Charleston, SC | $489,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| One-Eighty Place | Charleston, SC | $475,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Resource Council | Frankfort, KY | $461,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids on Point | Charleston, SC | $442,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Client Earth | Wilmington, DE | $425,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urban League of Lexington | Lexington, KY | $375,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Turn 90 | North Charleston, SC | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nrdc - China Dispersed Coal Governance | New York, NY | $355,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | $355,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Star Gospel Mission | Charleston, SC | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | Charlottesville, VA | $315,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wings for Kids | Charleston, SC | $305,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eight Million Stories | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $300,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lexington Leadership Foundation | Lexington, KY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| My Sister's House | North Charleston, SC | $275,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Speak Up for Kids Pbc | West Palm Beach, FL | $265,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Spiritual Ensemble | Lexington, KY | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bluegrass Community Foundation | Lexington, KY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Promise | Charlottesville, VA | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Joshua Tabernacle Church | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Micah Legal Services | Lexington, KY | $245,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Lyric | Lexington, KY | $235,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Transylvania University | Lexington, KY | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Patriot Foundation | Pinehurst, NC | $215,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Museum of the Lowcountry | Charleston, SC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ready Kids | Charlottesville, VA | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Unc-Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashley Hall Foundation | Charleston, SC | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Parent Scholar House | Lexington, KY | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metanoia | North Charleston, SC | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lowcountry Land Trust | Charleston, SC | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy | Berea, KY | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Natural Lands Trust | Berea, KY | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northside Common Market | Lexington, KY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fayette County Public Schools | Lexington, KY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Joshua Community Connectors | Louisville, KY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Porter-Gaud School | Charleston, SC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fetter Health Care Network | Charleston, SC | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Meeting Street Schools | Charleston, SC | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| North Limestone Cdc | Lexington, KY | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Appalachian Community Fund | Knoxville, TN | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Common Good | Lexington, KY | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hope Center | Lexington, KY | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dream Center Clinic | North Charleston, SC | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Barrier Islands Free Clinic | Johns Island, SC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Charleston Collegiate School | Charleston, SC | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Halos | North Charleston, SC | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Waterways Alliance | Louisville, KY | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Virginia Discovery Museum | Charlottesville, VA | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chrysalis House Inc | Lexington, KY | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center | Charleston, SC | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Equal Justice Center | Lexington, KY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Berry Center | New Castle, KY | $109,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bluegrass Land Conservancy | Lexington, KY | $107,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Home | North Charleston, SC | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Uniting Voices | Chicago, IL | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vermont Wilderness School | Brattleboro, VT | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | Charlottesville, VA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Food Chain Inc | Lexington, KY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Henry Clay Memorial Foundation | Lexington, KY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Spaces Institute | Charleston, SC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Smoketown Family Wellness Center | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| South Carolina Childrens Fund | Charleston, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Black Soil Charitable Fund | Lexington, KY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Morning Foundation | Columbia, SC | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northern Homes Cdc | Boyne City, MI | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Selc | Charlottesville, VA | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Voices for Health | Louisville, KY | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Lexington, KY | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Refugee Ministries | Lexington, KY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Salisbury School | Salisbury, CT | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sayre School | Lexington, KY | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Springs, MI | $81,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ashley Hall | Charleston, SC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Good Shepherd Episcopal Church | Lexington, KY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | Charlottesville, VA | $77,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lexington Rescue Mission | Lexington, KY | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sc Appleseed Legal Justice Center | Columbia, SC | $72,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools of South Carolina | North Charleston, SC | $71,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eblen Charities | Asheville, NC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood South Atlantic | Raleigh, NC | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Charleston Area Justice Ministry | North Charleston, SC | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| High Country Charitable Foundation | Banner Elk, NC | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools South Carolina | North Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International African American Museum | Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Literacy Project | Mount Pleasant, SC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Park County Environmental Council | Livingston, MT | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sin Barreras | Charlottesville, VA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Turning Leaf Project | North Charleston, SC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uk Institute for Black Studies | Lexington, KY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| God's Pantry Food Bank | Lexington, KY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Andrews School | Middletown, DE | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Baby Health Services | Lexington, KY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Blue Grass Community Foundation | Lexington, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focused Ultrasound | Charlottesville, VA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Learning Outside | Carlboro, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lexington Public Library Foundation | Lexington, KY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Seedleaf Inc | Lexington, KY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Slave Dwelling Project | Ladson, SC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation | Lexington, KY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Commonwealth Fund for Ket | Lexington, KY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Heart Math Tutoring | Charlotte, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Neighbors Together | North Charleston, SC | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Highlander Research Center and Education Center | New Market, TN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Charlottesville, VA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Sc | Columbia, SC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lexington Habitat for Humanity | Lexington, KY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Low Country Land Trust | Charleston, SC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mountain Association | Berea, KY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Teton Regional Land Trust | Driggs, ID | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Formation Project | North Charleston, SC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Worldwide Hearts and Hands | Lexington, KY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Surgery on Sunday | Lexington, KY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Good Friends of the Lowcountry | Charleston, SC | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Higher Ground Recovery | Pennington Gap, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ideas Xlab | Louisville, KY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kids Cancer Alliance | Louisville, KY | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| West End Community Empowerment Project | Lexington, KY | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra | Lexington, KY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Florence Crittenton Programs of Sc | Charleston, SC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lexington Philharmonic | Lexington, KY | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Forever | Bozeman, MT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Drayton Hall | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jefferson School African American Heritage Ctr | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| My Community's Keeper | North Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Step By Step Inc | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Bail Project | Venice, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uk Children's Hospital | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vision to Learn | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Beyond Basic Life Skills | Summerville, SC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bissell Pet Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Braver Angels | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA of Lexington | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Center for Humane Technology | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Enough Pie | Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Shelter Care | Lagrange, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Refugees Ministry | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Believing in Forever | Lexington, KY | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charleston County Parks Foundation | Charleston, SC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Charleston Forum | Charleston, SC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Educational Video Center | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fresh Future Farm | Charleston, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Charleston Preservation Foundation | Charleston, SC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Coalition | London, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lower East Side Girls' Club | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission Health Lexington Inc | Lexington, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mountain Empire Older Citizens | Big Stone Gap, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Park County Enviromental Council | Livingston, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Audubon South Carolina | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focusing Philanthropy | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith Inc | North Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teachers Unite | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Worldwide Hearts & Hands | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zeno Mountain Farm | Lincoln, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Frankie's Corner | Lexington, KY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American College of the Bldg Arts | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edisto Island Open Land Trust | Edisto Island, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historical Charleston Preservation Foundation | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pine Mountain Settlement School | Bledsoe, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run | Lynchburg, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
138 of 177 (78%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 88%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- University of Texas at Austin
TO SUPPORT COGNITIVE AUGMENTATION IN OLDER ADULTS RESEARCH - One-Eighty Place
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS - Johns Hopkins University
TO SUPPORT THE DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
TO SUPPORT THE WINSTON CENTER - Transylvania University
TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING CAMPAIGN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND - Lexington Leadership Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 375 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 105 | $3,852,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 103 | $3,425,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 113 | $3,794,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 127 | $4,700,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 122 | $5,025,000 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Elhapa Foundation Inc has 2 of them, worth $840,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $800,000 |
| Lowcountry Land Trust | Charleston, SC | $40,000 |
Where its money goes
31% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elhapa Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 22828, Lexington, KY, 40522. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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