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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 4 of 4

85. Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $121K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$386K
86. Kentucky Center for Economic Policy IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020 · 50.0% of their giving
$25K
87. MAZON A Jewish Response to HungerRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$267K
88. Kentucky Civic Engagement Table IncRegrantor
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $23K · through 2023 · 5.4% of their giving
$72K
89. St Teresa Ministries IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 8.7% of their giving
$40K
90. Louisville Bar Foundation IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$35K
91. Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$20K
92. Equal Justice WorksRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $159K · through 2022
$290K
93. National Legal Aid and Defender AssociationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$47K
94. National Court Appointed Special Advocate AssociationRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2023
$161K
95. National Low Income Housing CoalitionRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$150K
96. Vital Strategies IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $191K · through 2024
$354K
97. Berea CollegeRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$76K
98. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2020 · 3.9% of their giving
$25K
99. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$186K
100. Appalachian VoicesRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 3.6% of their giving
$25K
101. The Just Trust for EducationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $102K · through 2024
$202K
102. Whiskey and Wishes IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$15K
103. CadcaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2022 · 9.4% of their giving
$6K
104. Water FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024
$151K
105. Owensboro Health IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022
$68K
106. West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public InterestRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$17K
107. Globalgiving Foundation IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $194K · through 2023
$214K
108. Foundation for Financial Planning IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 1.1% of their giving
$25K
109. Kentucky Coalition IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 1.1% of their giving
$20K

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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