FundersKentucky

Kentucky Foundations Making Grants Under $5,000

These 27 foundations are based in Kentucky and reported a median grant under $5,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

27foundations in this range
$37.9Mgranted between them
1,018funding relationships mapped

A median grant under $5,000 usually fits a smaller, less formal request -- a single event, a modest program cost, or a first ask to a foundation you have not approached before, rather than a multi-year campaign.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Lg&e and Ku Foundation IncLouisville$2,482326$19.4M
V V Cooke Foundation CorporationLouisville$2,50089$1.4M
Gardner Foundation IncorporatedLouisville$1,00060$386K
Julia & Isadore Klein FamilyLouisville$1,50058$1.1M
Barbara and Albert Horton Foundation IncLouisville$1,00055$862K
Marilyn & William Young CharitableOwensboro$3,28040$2.3M
Nicklies Foundation IncLouisville$2,50033$556K
Robert and FayeLouisville$1,50032$249K
The Lyndon & Helen M SchmidLouisville$2,00031$219K
Alex G Campbell JR Foundation IncLexington$2,00029$796K
Mahan Foundation IncLagrange$4,00021$264K
Trim Masters Charitable Foundation IncDanville$2,50021$322K
The Kenneth Reutlinger FoundationLousville$40021$93K
Caldwell Preload Spirit Foundation IncLouisville$1,00020$27K
Le FoundationElizabethtown$1,00018$1.6M
Robert W and Elise B Lykins CharitableLouisville$2,88318$243K
Smith Brothers Family Foundation IncLouisville$1,25017$5.8M
Jim Hedrick and Janice O LantzBardstown$10016$39K
Capricorn Foundation Charitable TruLouisville$1,00016$273K
The Gilbert Foundation IncProspect$3,00016$1.1M
Lorch Family Foundation IncLouisville$1,00013$24K
Frey Family Foundation IncVilla Hills$1,00012$230K
Raymond & Mary D Barnett FoundationMilton$2,00012$130K
Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 Xxx-Xx-XxxxLouisville$3,00012$158K
Sidney W Anderson Foundation IncLouisville$1,00011$109K
Mgm Charitable Scholarship TrPaducah$1,00011$37K
Bavarian Foundation TrustWalton$3,00010$159K

Other grant sizes in Kentucky

$5,000 - $25,000Foundations in Kentucky

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