Kentucky · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 669 funders that made 5,170 grants totaling $567.9M to 423 education organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $567.9M
Funders 669
Grants 5,170
Organizations funded 423

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

177. Baptist Healthcare System Inc
24 grants to 12 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$647K
342. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
354 grants to 141 organizations · largest $3.7M · through 2024
$43.5M
343. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
33 grants to 13 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2024
$12.7M
344. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
89 grants to 34 organizations · largest $9.5M · through 2024
$12.8M
345. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
70 grants to 28 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2024
$17.5M
346. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
81 grants to 36 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024
$5.0M
347. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
239 grants to 84 organizations · largest $735K · through 2024
$13.8M
349. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
82 grants to 36 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$4.1M
350. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
232 grants to 71 organizations · largest $822K · through 2024
$5.2M
352. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
55 grants to 21 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.3M
353. Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund C/O Bny Mellon NaDonor-advised
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.1M
359. Baptist Health Foundation HardinRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 30.6% of their giving
$3.0M
360. Christopher Reeve FoundationRegrantor
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2022 · 13.6% of their giving
$4.0M
361. Blue Meridian Partners IncRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13.2M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$31.1M
362. Kentucky Education Freedom Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
363. American Academy of Sciences and Letters IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $925K · through 2025 · 96.8% of their giving
$1.5M
364. Texas Rural FundersRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $685K · through 2021 · 92.7% of their giving
$1.4M
365. St Elizabeth Medical Center IncRegrantor
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2023 · 9.3% of their giving
$2.9M
366. Kentucky Nephrology Research Trust IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $560K · through 2024 · 78.3% of their giving
$1.3M
367. Education Alliance for New HampshireRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $433K · through 2024 · 50.7% of their giving
$909K
368. Williams Syndrome Association IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2022 · 50.2% of their giving
$900K
369. Ashland Hospital CorporationRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024 · 34.2% of their giving
$565K
370. The Mary Byron Project IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2025 · 91.4% of their giving
$551K
371. Catholic Education Foundation IncRegrantor
31 grants to 8 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$1.7M
372. Saint Joseph Health System IncRegrantor
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $312K · through 2024 · 31.3% of their giving
$543K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 17 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 education 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 education funding in Kentucky, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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