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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 131 funders that made 838 grants totaling $75.0M to 57 crime & legal aid organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $75.0M
Funders 131
Grants 838
Organizations funded 57

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc
49 grants to 11 organizations · largest $403K · through 2024 · 62.3% of their giving
$3.9M
2. Kentucky Casa Network Inc
52 grants to 10 organizations · largest $217K · through 2024 · 37.5% of their giving
$3.7M
3. United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $179K · through 2024 · 25.1% of their giving
$2.3M
4. Legal Services Corporation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$31.5M
5. Kentucky Assn of Sexual Assault Programs Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$3.8M
6. Zerov Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$5.0M
7. The Steel Technologies Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $240K · through 2023 · 94.5% of their giving
$855K
8. Ky Access to Justice Commission Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $131K · through 2024 · 47.6% of their giving
$608K
9. Kentucky Council on Child Abuse D/B/a Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024 · 24.7% of their giving
$556K
10. United Way of Northeast Kentucky
13 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2023 · 15.8% of their giving
$482K
11. Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $185K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$555K
12. United Way of Central Kentucky Inc
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $49K · through 2023 · 12.9% of their giving
$372K
13. United Way of Western Kentucky
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $39K · through 2024 · 12.4% of their giving
$304K
14. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
19 grants to 2 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$2.4M
15. Elgin Children's Foundation Inc
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$431K
16. Kappa Delta Sorority-Epsilon Omega University of Kentucky
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $95K · through 2024 · 80.2% of their giving
$95K
17. Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc
36 grants to 10 organizations · largest $117K · through 2024
$1.0M
18. Fayette County Bar Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $8K · through 2024 · 54.1% of their giving
$46K
19. Interact for Health
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$462K
20. Kappa Delta Sorority - Delta Gamma Chapter
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 33.8% of their giving
$38K
21. Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc
31 grants to 16 organizations · largest $27K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$372K
22. Bourbon Bonanza Benefit
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022 · 15.7% of their giving
$40K
23. Community Foundation of West Kyinc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $161K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$428K
24. Ky State Police Professional Assoc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 10.3% of their giving
$43K
25. Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$253K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid work in Kentucky, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering crime & legal aid work, with an address in Kentucky. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable crime & legal aid funding in Kentucky, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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