Kentucky · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Kentucky

Imperigo has identified 504 funders that made 5,363 grants totaling $375.5M to 485 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 $375.5M
Funders 504
Grants 5,363
Organizations funded 485

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Russell a Place of Promise
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 71.4% of their giving
$200K
52. Bethesda Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.6M
53. Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $190K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$985K
54. Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc
25 grants to 12 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$653K
55. United Way of Northeast Kentucky
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 9.5% of their giving
$292K
56. The Chicago Community Trust
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $5.7M · through 2023
$14.4M
57. Interact for Health
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$796K
58. Rebelawn Realty Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$97K
59. The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc
30 grants to 12 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$348K
60. Impact 100 Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $101K · through 2023 · 9.4% of their giving
$201K
61. Deaconess Health Associations Fund Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$290K
62. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
262 grants to 73 organizations · largest $518K · through 2024
$14.0M
63. Bourbon Bonanza Benefit
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2022 · 31.3% of their giving
$80K
64. Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky
12 grants to 9 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 5.9% of their giving
$234K
70. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
58 grants to 13 organizations · largest $229K · through 2024
$2.6M
72. Northern Kentucky Area Development District
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $484K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$612K
89. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
50 grants to 47 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$1.0M
94. Impact Investing Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2024
$600K
106. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2024
$525K
113. The Winston-Salem Foundation
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $470K · through 2023
$605K
117. Impactassetsinc
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.0M
120. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $238K · through 2025
$754K
123. Charities Aid Foundation America
66 grants to 37 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$1.2M
127. The San Francisco Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2022
$786K
135. Tulsa Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024
$545K

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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