Kentucky · Private foundation
B J Killian Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $510k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations B J Killian Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $510k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $510k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $500k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $580k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $453k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $443k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Daviess County Board of Education | $160,000 | 6 | n/a |
| WKU Student Life Foundation Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Casa of Ohio Valley Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Girls Incorporated of Owensboro-Dav County | $110,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Family Y of Owensboro-Daviess Co | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Riverpark Center Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Owensboro Area Shelter Information and Services Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boulware Mission Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Daviess County Board of Education | $160,000 | 6 | n/a |
| WKU Student Life Foundation Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Casa of Ohio Valley Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Girls Incorporated of Owensboro-Dav County | $110,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Family Y of Owensboro-Daviess Co | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Riverpark Center Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Owensboro Area Shelter Information and Services Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boulware Mission Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Brescia University Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hl Neblett Community Center Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Daniel Pitino Shelter Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Owensboro Catholic High School | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Theatre Workshop of Owensboro Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Goodfellows Club of Owensboro Kentucky Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Independence Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Team Kentucky Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help Office of Owensboro Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget B J Killian Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Owensboro Health Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Marilyn & William Young Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Sara Hemingway Ex Di · Public Life Foundation of Owensboro · Lester E Yeager Charitable Trust B · United Way of the Ohio Valley Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · Impact 100 - Owensboro Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Michael E Horn Family Foundation Inc Ima · Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4168
How this is measured
About B J Killian Foundation
- How much does B J Killian Foundation give?
- B J Killian Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $510,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does B J Killian Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are B J Killian Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kentucky Wesleyan College ($170k), Daviess County Board of Education ($160k), WKU Student Life Foundation Inc ($115k).
- Does B J Killian Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does B J Killian Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as B J Killian Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Owensboro Health Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Marilyn & William Young Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Sara Hemingway Ex Di.
- Where is B J Killian Foundation based?
- B J Killian Foundation is based in KY.
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