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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 176 funders that made 1,141 grants totaling $73.5M to 88 housing & shelter organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $73.5M
Funders 176
Grants 1,141
Organizations funded 88

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Cedar Lake Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2025 · 86.0% of their giving
$4.7M
2. Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 14.2% of their giving
$2.1M
3. Methodist Retirement Homes of Kentucky Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$935K
4. Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc
65 grants to 18 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$3.0M
5. Calipari Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $215K · through 2020 · 26.5% of their giving
$418K
6. The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc
70 grants to 17 organizations · largest $362K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$4.9M
7. Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc
74 grants to 29 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 5.9% of their giving
$1.2M
8. Impact 100 - Owensboro Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 30.5% of their giving
$307K
9. The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc
38 grants to 18 organizations · largest $131K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.4M
10. The Gibbs Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$500K
11. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $871K · through 2023
$3.9M
12. Kentucky Restaurant Association Northern Kentucky Chapter
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2024 · 31.1% of their giving
$114K
13. Louisville Metro Affordable Housing Trust Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2019 · 14.2% of their giving
$125K
14. The Justin Thomas Foundation Inc C/O Helfer and Company LLC
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$115K
15. Russell a Place of Promise
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2024 · 28.6% of their giving
$80K
16. Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Inc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$925K
17. The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc
41 grants to 11 organizations · largest $208K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.3M
18. Appalachian Community Capital Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2020 · 5.8% of their giving
$200K
19. St Andrews Place Retirement Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$39K
20. Community Winterhelp Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$93K
21. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $312K · through 2024
$1.1M
22. United Way of Northeast Kentucky
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$137K
23. Metro United Way Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$446K
24. Michelin Charity Golf Tournament FKA Michelin Pro-Am Charity Golf Tournament
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$167K
25. The Jensen Project Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2022 · 1.8% of their giving
$270K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 11 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Kentucky, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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