Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Kentucky

These 73 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.

73grantmaking charities
$2.4Bgranted between them
9,125funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. 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 grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation ofLouisville$22,0001,112$292.0M
Blue Grass Community Foundation IncLexington$16,151841$88.4M
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville$15,000779$87.2M
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncLouisville$9,395588$15.2M
Kosair Charities Committee IncLouisville$40,000353$78.2M
The Community Foundation of LouisvilleLouisville$15,000353$39.3M
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky IncHazard$10,239296$14.0M
The Whas Crusade for Children IncLouisville$17,000257$27.5M
Lee Initiative IncLouisville$15,000257$5.8M
Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation IncLouisville$10,000256$2.6M
Metro United Way IncLouisville$20,550251$27.5M
Horizon Community Funds of NorthernCovington$22,000226$26.7M
Disabled American Veterans (dav) Charitable Service TrustErlanger$25,000191$66.6M
Federation of Appalachian HousingBerea$22,600181$26.5M
St Elizabeth Medical Center IncEdgewood$15,945168$33.8M
Community Foundation of West KyincPaducah$36,153165$27.5M
Norton Healthcare IncLouisville$13,000126$115.1M
Fund for the Arts IncLouisville$19,500108$19.0M
Baptist Healthcare System IncLouisville$18,938104$928.1M
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance FoundatiLexington$32,00090$14.8M
Berea CollegeBerea$16,00086$5.3M
Ipa FoundationLouisville$15,00082$2.9M
United Way of the Bluegrass IncLexington$15,37581$5.3M
Thoroughbred Charities of America IncLexington$10,30080$3.2M
Northern Kentucky Area DevelopmentFlorence$37,50075$41.3M
Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates IncLexington$40,00072$11.1M
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
Kentucky Health Departments AssnFrankfort$8,51159$4.5M
Shirley's Way IncLouisville$15,50058$1.9M
Ky Hospital Research & EducationLouisville$32,33355$10.3M
Kentucky Humanities Council IncLexington$19,87749$965K
United Way of the Ohio Valley IncOwensboro$20,25049$3.5M
Abfm Foundation IncLexington$50,00049$9.8M
Felix E Martin JR Foundation IncLouisville$15,00048$10.4M
United Way of Southern Kentucky IncBowling Green$24,73447$8.5M
The Kentucky Bar Foundation IncFrankfort$10,00045$5.5M
Delta Dental of Kentucky IncLouisville$13,00043$13.9M
Kentucky Christian Foundation IncLexington$15,00042$3.0M
Finishing Fund ManagementProspect$95,00442$13.3M
National Center for Families LearningLouisville$20,82741$1.2M
The Foundation for the HorseLexington$25,00041$2.9M
National Association for CommunityLouisville$11,00040$874K
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts FoundationFrankfort$26,12340$3.1M
Uofl Health-Louisville IncLouisville$12,50039$12.7M
Dare to Care IncLouisville$18,81037$42.2M
Catholic Charities of Louisville IncLouisville$114,91637$90.3M
United Way of Northeast KentuckyAshland$11,00036$979K
Park Community Credit Union FoundationLouisville$10,00036$1.8M
Appalachian Regional HealthcareLexington$15,00035$1.5M
United States Equestrian Federation IncLexington$10,00033$675K
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesPaducah$10,79732$1.3M
Child Neurology Education and Research FoundationLexington$13,00031$1.3M
Lexarts IncLexington$12,50031$2.4M
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table IncLouisville$15,50031$1.2M
St Claire Medical Center IncMorehead$14,80329$32.0M
Ohio Valley United Charities IncCarrollton$8,50029$761K
Ashland Hospital CorporationAshland$11,00028$1.9M
Asbury Theological SeminaryWilmore$17,50028$1.3M
Kentucky CASA Network IncLouisville$63,00026$8.8M
Kentucky Society for Technology in EducationWaco$8,85825$246K
The Lexington Cancer Foundation IncLexington$10,50025$1.4M
Civitan Club of Owensboro KentuckyOwensboro$8,50024$740K
Kentucky Elk and Outdoor Fest LtdBardstown$7,00323$402K
Society of St Vincent De PaulErlanger$13,05022$955K
National Association of StateLexington$20,00022$1.6M
The Arh Foundation for HealthierHazard$10,00021$545K
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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