The John H Schnatter Family Foundation
Anchorage, KY · EIN 31-1532974. Reported 87 grants totalling $3,519,013 to 61 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. 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. The John H Schnatter Family Foundation 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 $12,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $300,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Cornerstone Institute | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Baptist Convention of America | Louisville, KY | $385,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Innerscience Research Fund | Yelm, WA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greater Clark Co Schools | Jeffersonville, IN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phoenix Rising Hope Foundation | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nat'l Baptist Convention | Louisville, KY | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist | Lake Charles, LA | $132,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Kentucky Castle | Versailles, KY | $108,216 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Action Network | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Simmons College | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Diamond Derby | Louisville, KY | $96,250 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nat'l Baptist Convention of America | Louisville, KY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nat't Baptist Convention of America | Louisville, KY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnstable Brown Foundation | Louisville, KY | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 100 Billion Meal Challenge Fund | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Giving Hope Inc | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simmons College of Ky | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Stephen Baptist Church | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Comm Fdn of Collier Co | Naples, FL | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shirley Wish in Sky Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $35,700 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist Church | Louisville, KY | $30,200 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Conservative Union Fdn | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan-Florida Challenge | Naples, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Benison Center | Immokalee, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Commonwealth Policy Foundation | Frankfort, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waldo Racing Foundation | Naples, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Harmony in Motion | Anchorage, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Louisville Metro Parks | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| King Solomon Missionary Baptist | Louisville, KY | $13,347 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Naples, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier Co | Naples, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid Atlantic Charity Foundation | Springfield, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 2L Foundation | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Americas Future | North Port, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dream Foundation | Vineland, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| King Solomon Massionary Baptist | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Addie & Baylor Kirchgessner Foundation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping a Hero | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kosair for Kids | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Norton Healthcare Foundation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Carpenters Hope | Mckinney, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West End School | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| King Solomon Missionary | Louisville, KY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anchorage Public School Apta | Anchorage, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kidslinked | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parks Alliance of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Don Poole Scholarship Fund | Jeffersonville, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| USA Cares | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Addie & Baylor Kirchgessner Fdn | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fire Mission Ministries | Shelbyville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gildas Club | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Center | Lexington, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Van Buren Township, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Prisoners Hope | Jeffersontown, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Key West Special Olympics | Key West, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knights of Columbus | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
13 of 61 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 17%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- National Baptist Convention of America
ASSIST IN PURCHASE OF NEW FACILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION - Greater Clark Co Schools
RENOVATE BASEBALL FIELD AT JEFFERSONVILLE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL - Phoenix Rising Hope Foundation
DONATION TO SUPPORT MISSION OF NEWLY CREATED FOUNDATION - Innerscience Research Fund
RESEARCH SUPPORT - BRAIN FUNCTION - American Cornerstone Institute
FUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - The Kentucky Castle
FUND MEALS PROVIDED TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMTS AND DIFFERENT HOSPITALS IN THE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY COMMUNITY DURING INITIAL COVID OUTBREAK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $1,441,463 | $22,500 |
| 2021 | 7 | $108,700 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $453,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | $358,300 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $479,600 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | $677,950 | $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
48% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The John H Schnatter Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). 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: 11411 Park Road, Anchorage, KY, 40223. 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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