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Foundations That Fund Employment & Job Training in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 85 funders that made 291 grants totaling $59.6M to 40 employment & job training organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Employment & Job Training Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $59.6M
Funders 85
Grants 291
Organizations funded 40

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$5.9M
2. Louisville Bar Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $558K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$558K
3. Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $728K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$2.1M
4. United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $131K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$368K
5. Edens Community Enrichment Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 9.4% of their giving
$75K
6. Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2022
$500K
7. Metro United Way Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $158K · through 2024
$261K
8. Northern Kentucky Area Development District
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024
$269K
9. Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $137K · through 2024
$365K
10. The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024
$274K
11. Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024
$131K
12. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $66K · through 2024
$459K
13. United Way of Henderson County
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$44K
14. United Way of Northeast Kentucky
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$50K
15. Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2023
$92K
16. Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023
$118K
17. United Way of the Coalfield Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023 · 4.4% of their giving
$15K
18. The Winston-Salem Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2022
$400K
19. CAHEC Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$15K
20. Bourbon Charity
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$13K
21. The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024
$258K
22. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$150K
23. Sourceamerica
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $37K · through 2024
$63K
24. Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2021
$25K
25. The Chicago Community Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020
$750K

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

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