Kentucky · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$114K
52. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$100K
53. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024
$157K
54. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020
$10K
55. Network for GoodDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020
$6K
56. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2022
$5K
57. Goodwill Industries International IncRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.2M · through 2025 · 9.0% of their giving
$18.0M
58. Goodwill Industries of Kentucky IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 95.8% of their giving
$6.1M
59. Communicare IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $664K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
60. Norton Healthcare IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.0M · through 2022 · 5.5% of their giving
$4.0M
61. Kentucky Education AssociationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2024 · 36.5% of their giving
$842K
62. Options Unlimited IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023 · 84.5% of their giving
$547K
63. Asphalt Institute IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$40K
64. Northern Kentucky Chamber of CommerceRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
65. Ashland Hospital CorporationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$73K
66. Lee Initiative IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $151K · through 2020 · 1.8% of their giving
$151K
67. United Way of the Bluegrass IncRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$126K
68. Together RisingRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2022
$204K
69. Ment LtdRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021 · 5.6% of their giving
$20K
70. Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2024
$176K
71. Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$10K
72. American Psychiatric AssociationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024
$61K
73. Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service TrustRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $148K · through 2021
$163K
74. The James Beard Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$20K
75. Thoroughbred Charities of America IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$34K

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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