Kentucky · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 496 funders that made 5,205 grants totaling $366.1M to 484 human services organizations in Kentucky, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Kentucky

Total granted $366.1M
Funders 496
Grants 5,205
Organizations funded 484

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$12.4M
27. United Way of Hopkinsville and Christian County Inc
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 37.2% of their giving
$929K
28. The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc
40 grants to 10 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 42.4% of their giving
$720K
29. Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Inc
20 grants to 13 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$2.8M
30. Commonwealth Credit Union
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 22.6% of their giving
$618K
31. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
42 grants to 6 organizations · largest $485K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$4.9M
32. Community Winterhelp Inc
27 grants to 7 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 43.2% of their giving
$581K
33. Kosair Charities Committee Inc
23 grants to 22 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2023 · 3.8% of their giving
$2.9M
34. Community Foundation of West Kyinc
44 grants to 16 organizations · largest $169K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$1.8M
35. Day Spring Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $504K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$504K
36. United Way of Central Kentucky Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 18.4% of their giving
$529K
37. Paducah Lions Club Telethon Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $121K · through 2024 · 95.8% of their giving
$470K
38. Kentucky Council on Child Abuse D/B/a Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024 · 20.0% of their giving
$450K
39. Joseph J Leary Tr Uw
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $73K · through 2025 · 25.0% of their giving
$399K
40. United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
31 grants to 10 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$813K
41. Taste of the South
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $367K · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$383K
42. Humorology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $345K · through 2019 · 17.4% of their giving
$345K
43. The Dale Jr Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2025 · 11.4% of their giving
$529K
44. Kentucky Bankers Relief Fund Company
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2023 · 32.7% of their giving
$300K
45. Pearse Lyons Ace Foundation Inc FKA the Margin of Excellence Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 37.2% of their giving
$300K
46. Clyde E Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 92.0% of their giving
$276K
47. Shirley's Way Inc
13 grants to 12 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 16.8% of their giving
$318K
48. Charity League Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $93K · through 2024 · 83.4% of their giving
$245K
49. Laura&Cal Turner Fam YMCA Found Inc C/O Shelton Cpas LLP
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$239K
50. Russell a Place of Promise
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 71.4% of their giving
$200K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 14 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 human services 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 human services funding in Kentucky, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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