Kentucky · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. The Oregon Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$70K
52. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$25K
54. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024
$92K
56. Charities Aid Foundation America
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$71K
58. The Cleveland Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023
$26K
60. Jewish Communal Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024
$35K
65. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.3M
66. Network for GoodDonor-advised
20 grants to 11 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$345K
67. Johnson Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023
$86K
68. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$207K
69. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024
$245K
70. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
24 grants to 13 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024
$324K
71. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
15 grants to 10 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$170K
72. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024
$34K
74. West Tennessee Legal Services INCRegrantor
21 grants to 3 organizations · largest $132K · through 2025 · 18.3% of their giving
$1.2M
75. Northern Kentucky Legal Aid SocietyRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$315K
76. Family & Children's Place IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $190K · through 2024 · 29.1% of their giving
$298K
77. Legal Aid Society IncRegrantor
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$253K
78. Heart of Kentucky United Way IncRegrantor
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 17.4% of their giving
$276K
79. Community Action of Southern Kentucky IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$188K
80. United Way of the Bluegrass IncRegrantor
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$341K
81. BlueGreen Alliance IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2022 · 41.0% of their giving
$77K
82. The Center for American and International LawRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 41.4% of their giving
$75K
83. National Children's Alliance IncRegrantor
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2023
$710K
84. Junior League of Lexington IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 25.9% of their giving
$30K

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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