Funders

Foundations in Kentucky That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 73 foundations is based in Kentucky, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

73foundations accepting requests
$563.0Mgranted between them
3,051funding relationships mapped

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

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Lg&e and Ku Foundation IncLouisville$2,482326$19.4M
The Gheens Foundation IncLouisville$25,000267$29.5M
Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable TrustPaducah$40,000175$67.9M
Cralle Foundation IncSimpsonville$7,000143$2.6M
James Graham Brown Foundation IncLouisville$150,000116$66.2M
The R C Durr Foundation IncCovington$10,000104$19.1M
Carson-Myre Charitable FoundationPaducah$25,000100$37.5M
V V Cooke Foundation CorporationLouisville$2,50089$1.4M
C E and S Foundation IncLouisville$32,52588$66.2M
Yum Brands Foundation IncLouisville$25,00087$53.2M
Humana Foundation IncLouisville$75,00073$61.7M
Gardner Foundation IncorporatedLouisville$1,00060$386K
Julia & Isadore Klein FamilyLouisville$1,50058$1.1M
Brown-Forman FoundationLouisville$50,00058$28.2M
The Butler FoundationCovington$10,00055$4.1M
Barbara and Albert Horton Foundation IncLouisville$1,00055$862K
Kentucky Social Welfare FoundationUnion$10,00055$994K
Wood & Marie Hannah FoundationLouisville$5,00048$767K
The Norton Foundation IncLouisville$15,00043$2.9M
Marilyn & William Young CharitableOwensboro$3,28040$2.3M
Keeneland Foundation IncLexington$5,00034$721K
Nicklies Foundation IncLouisville$2,50033$556K
The Lewis and Gladys Bass FamilyLouisville$5,00033$1.1M
Robert and FayeLouisville$1,50032$249K
The Lyndon & Helen M SchmidLouisville$2,00031$219K
The Copia Foundation IncLexington$7,50030$1.3M
Alex G Campbell JR Foundation IncLexington$2,00029$796K
Price Foundation IncLouisville$36,00028$7.1M
Lester E Yeager Charitable Trust BOwensboro$5,00028$1.1M
The King's Daughters and Sons FoundationFrankfort$10,00026$659K
Churchill Downs Incorporated FoundationLouisville$10,00026$771K
Hearts Path Charitable Foundation IncLouisville$10,00025$1.5M
USA Equestrian Trust IncLexington$5,00024$3.5M
Tom Musselman Foundation IncLouisville$5,00024$1.5M
The Jamie Parsley FamilyProspect$5,00023$510K
Orphan Society of Lexington TrustLexington$5,00022$605K
Paradis Foundation IncLouisville$10,00021$578K
Mahan Foundation IncLagrange$4,00021$264K
Trim Masters Charitable Foundation IncDanville$2,50021$322K
The Kenneth Reutlinger FoundationLousville$40021$93K
The John H Schnatter Family FoundationAnchorage$15,00020$2.8M
Dunbar Foundation IncLouisville$5,00020$1.1M
Caldwell Preload Spirit Foundation IncLouisville$1,00020$27K
Le FoundationElizabethtown$1,00018$1.6M
Robert W and Elise B Lykins CharitableLouisville$2,88318$243K
Barr Foundation IncLouisville$25,00018$6.7M
Lawrence & Augusta Hager EducationalOwensboro$10,00017$3.0M
C F Pollard Foundation IncLouisville$6,25017$2.2M
Brereton & Elizabeth JonesMidway$10,00017$592K
James a and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation IncLexington$53,03917$7.6M
Smith Brothers Family Foundation IncLouisville$1,25017$5.8M
Jim Hedrick and Janice O LantzBardstown$10016$39K
Capricorn Foundation Charitable TruLouisville$1,00016$273K
Gordon Foundation IncLouisville$5,00016$442K
Robert & Evelyn Hewlett MorganPrinceton$6,79616$734K
The Gilbert Foundation IncProspect$3,00016$1.1M
Drees Homes Foundation IncFt Mitchell$75,00015$4.5M
The Yung Family FoundationCrestview Hills$100,00014$19.5M
Lorch Family Foundation IncLouisville$1,00013$24K
Frey Family Foundation IncVilla Hills$1,00012$230K
The Josephine Ardery Foundation IncLexington$5,27512$336K
Kathryn J Hodges Charitable TrustLouisville$5,00012$358K
Raymond & Mary D Barnett FoundationMilton$2,00012$130K
Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 Xxx-Xx-XxxxLouisville$3,00012$158K
Delta Dental of Kenucky Foundation IncLouisville$25,00012$7.1M
Fred E & Thelma V Boze FoundationLouisville$10,00011$691K
Sidney W Anderson Foundation IncLouisville$1,00011$109K
Fred R & Opal S Woosley FoundationLouisville$12,50011$2.6M
Magee Christian EducationSimpsonville$15,00011$1.1M
Mgm Charitable Scholarship TrPaducah$1,00011$37K
Jessie Barker Mckellar Charitable FoundationLouisville$17,50011$1.3M
Bavarian Foundation TrustWalton$3,00010$159K
The Cory Foundation IncLouisville$10,00010$456K

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