Kentucky · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 354 funders that made 2,302 grants totaling $1.5B to 244 health & medicine organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $1.5B
Funders 354
Grants 2,302
Organizations funded 244

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

185. The Children's Hospital Foundation IncRegrantor
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $8.9M · through 2024 · 97.1% of their giving
$55.3M
186. Norton Healthcare IncRegrantor
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $49.1M · through 2024 · 68.6% of their giving
$49.7M
187. University of Louisville Foundation IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $17.5M · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$56.0M
188. Norton Healthcare Foundation IncRegrantor
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $8.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$38.0M
189. Baptist Health Foundation Paducah IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.2M
190. Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville IncRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.7M
191. Ky Hospital Research & Education Foundation IncRegrantor
99 grants to 36 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 88.2% of their giving
$9.4M
192. Commonwealth Health Foundation IncRegrantor
25 grants to 5 organizations · largest $994K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.4M
193. St Joseph Hospital Foundation IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.0M
194. Baptist Health Foundation Lexington IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.7M
195. Owensboro Health IncRegrantor
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 53.6% of their giving
$5.9M
196. Commonwealth Health Corporation IncRegrantor
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $619K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.7M
197. Baptist Health Foundation HardinRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 42.5% of their giving
$4.2M
198. Baptist Health Foundation Richmond IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.9M
199. Owensboro Health Foundation IncRegrantor
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $623K · through 2024 · 90.5% of their giving
$2.0M
200. Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $676K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
201. Saint Joseph London Foundation IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $517K · through 2023 · 99.6% of their giving
$1.8M
202. Baptist Healthcare Foundation IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $692K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
203. Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville FoRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $416K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
204. Jennie Stuart Medical Center IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $370K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$878K
205. The Arh Foundation for Healthier Communities IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 63.5% of their giving
$670K
206. The Coalition for the Homeless IncRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $416K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$1.2M
207. Jennie Stuart Health Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $660K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$660K
208. Marshall County Hospital & Healthcare Foundation IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $319K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$612K
209. Ronald McDonald House Lexington IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$320K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 13 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in Kentucky, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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