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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 131 funders that made 863 grants totaling $83.8M 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 $83.8M
Funders 131
Grants 863
Organizations funded 57

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. The Whas Crusade for Children Inc
39 grants to 9 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$349K
27. United Way of Hopkinsville and Christian County Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$96K
28. The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc
29 grants to 9 organizations · largest $188K · through 2024
$970K
29. Kosair Charities Committee Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $94K · through 2024
$484K
30. Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$122K
31. Shirley's Way Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$61K
32. Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024
$319K
33. The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc
20 grants to 11 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$376K
34. National Council on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2024
$495K
35. Cincinnati Bar Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021 · 3.9% of their giving
$18K
36. Hope in the Hills Incorporated Healing Appalachia
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2025 · 2.3% of their giving
$26K
37. Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
38. Northern Kentucky Area Development District
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $156K · through 2024
$156K
39. The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $62K · through 2022
$148K
40. Ohio State Bar Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$39K
41. Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $37K · through 2020
$77K
42. Progressive Multiplier Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2020
$26K
43. Foundation for the Tri-State Community Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6K · through 2025
$22K
44. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2023
$381K
45. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$120K
46. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023
$154K
47. Metro United Way Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$32K
48. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024
$486K
49. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
50. The Oregon Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$70K

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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