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Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc

Established in 1967, blue grass community foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life in the bluegrass region by increasing charitable giving and leading on critical community issues.

$27M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
514
Itemized grants FY2025
353
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$21M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$16,822
Largest grant, FY2025
$520,164
Organizations funded a year
272 to 357
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
27
Total assets, FY2025
$296M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving487$20M25%
FY2024353$22M21%
FY2023357$17M29%
FY2022326$12M30%
FY2021339$12M32%
FY2020277$11M31%
FY2019272$7.2M31%
FY2018275$7.3M41%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$29MReligion$12MPhilanthropy$12MArts & Culture$12MHealth$9.0MHuman Services$9.0MRecreation & Sports$8.3MEnvironment$4.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Kentucky$5,313,2169n/a
University of Kentucky Athletics$3,112,1199n/a
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,950,00025%
Town Branch Park Inc$2,858,408642%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington Ky$2,419,2499n/a
Robert L Brown Foundation Inc$1,851,9173100%
Legacy Greenscapes Inc$1,540,821699%
Lexington Children's Theatre Inc$1,496,252916%
Fayette County Public Schools$1,241,1039n/a
Whetstone Boys Ranch$1,190,000619%
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All grantees of Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Kentucky$5,313,2169n/a
University of Kentucky Athletics$3,112,1199n/a
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$2,950,00025%
Town Branch Park Inc$2,858,408642%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington Ky$2,419,2499n/a
Robert L Brown Foundation Inc$1,851,9173100%
Legacy Greenscapes Inc$1,540,821699%
Lexington Children's Theatre Inc$1,496,252916%
Fayette County Public Schools$1,241,1039n/a
Whetstone Boys Ranch$1,190,000619%
Crown Hill Cemetery$1,119,905897%
Foodchain Inc$1,110,012823%
Kentucky Blood Center Inc$1,000,00013%
Rowland Arts Center$994,622898%
Newman Foundation Inc$894,300928%
Esperanza Inc$889,725592%
Housing Development Alliance Inc$881,92243%
Clark County Fiscal Court$875,8317n/a
Lexington Rescue Mission$826,38196%
Blue Grass Christian Camp$795,0006n/a
God's Pantry Food Bank Inc$748,42090%
Clark County Homeless Coalition Inc$709,010942%
Central European Christian Education Foundation Inc$705,000730%
Civiclex Incorporated$669,980971%
Clark County Community Services In$656,30395%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Inc$646,30086%
Catholic Education for Youth$615,000590%
Stable Recovery Inc$610,233228%
Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic$600,00037%
Center for Women Children and Families Inc$576,90897%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$570,00061%
Winchester Council for the Artsinc Dba Leeds Center for the Arts$563,612931%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$562,64150%
St John Paul II Roman Catholic Hgh School$544,1877n/a
Bluegrass Heritage Museum Inc$536,756939%
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc$530,752910%
The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation$520,164156%
Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc$517,36398%
Clark County Association for Handic Citizens Inc$515,263910%
McConathy Farm Rescue Team Corporation$510,000295%
Lexarts Inc$498,23196%
Redwood Cooperative School$491,334410%
The Working World Inc$450,00032%
Christ Church Episcopal$445,4549n/a
Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Parish$445,2017n/a
Kentucky Heartwood Inc$425,662956%
1 Clay County Inc$425,0001n/a
Lexington Philharmonic Society Inc$421,05698%
Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc$418,16990%
Providence Montessori School$412,17492%
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra Society Inc$406,583618%
Just Fund Education Project Inc$399,528746%
Safe Passage Inc$396,5901n/a
Lexington Public Library Foundation$383,501917%
The Arh Foundation for Healthier Communities Inc$381,000317%
Gateway Christian Church Inc$380,0001n/a
Step by Step Inc$372,771913%
Lexington School Inc$351,52690%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$350,000117%
Hearts in Mind Inc$349,800218%
Chrysalis House Inc$332,05792%
First United Methodist Church$329,7188n/a
Glean Kentucky Inc$324,16598%
Hooves of Hope Equestrian Center Inc$321,000429%
Sunrise Children's Services Inc$317,00080%
Clark County Winchester Heritage Commission$316,8839n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$314,65490%
Ohavay Zion Synagogue$311,9479n/a
Josephine Sculpture Park Inc$309,956915%
Blessing Hands Inc$309,169831%
Lighthouse Ministries Inc$307,80895%
Lexington Humane Society$306,50691%
Lower Howards Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve Inc$304,491429%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$301,0005n/a
Black Male Working Academy Inc$300,613328%
Greenhouse17 Inc$300,11691%
Common Good Community Development Corporation$299,10486%
Women for Life of Winchester Inc$295,904920%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky$293,71181%
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Inc$287,134316%
Mustard Seed Communities Inc$283,50093%
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Kentucky Inc$278,43581%
The Salvation Army$277,3619n/a
Central Christian Church$272,4769n/a
Franklin County Health Department$272,2421n/a
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation$270,310915%
Lexington Hearing & Speech Center Inc Dba the Hearing & Speech Center Inc$268,76483%
Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc$268,09791%
Community Response Coalition of Kentucky Inc$266,176535%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$255,31581%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$254,51695%
Kceoc Community Action Partnership Inc$250,00011%
Lexington Community Radio Inc$249,883831%
Art Center of the Bluegrass Inc$247,16798%
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of Wv Inc$240,00031%
Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc$240,00090%
Mission Lexington Inc$237,473910%
Crossroads Christian Church$231,8803n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$231,66740%
American Heart Association Inc$227,75070%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$226,80090%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$226,80090%
Prestonwood Christian Academy$225,0009n/a
Paris Greyhound Football Foundation Inc$224,726592%
Habitat for Humanity of Madison and Clark Counties$224,00887%
Partners in Education of Clark County$221,9879n/a
Arbor Youth Services Inc$220,73799%
Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue$215,15661%
Centre College$212,00070%
Casa of Lexington Inc$208,22686%
Montgomery County Council for the Arts$205,227722%
Itnbluegrass Inc$205,113910%
Seedleaf Inc$202,548910%
Berea College$201,37290%
Winchester Retirement Place Inc$201,01091%
Center for Third World Organizing$200,00021%
Phi Kappa Tau Foundation$200,00018%
The Living Arts & Science Center Inc$199,98298%
The Hope Center Inc$198,57590%
Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc$197,89294%
Newton's Attic Inc$196,86497%
Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation$194,600242%
Morehead State University Foundation Inc$194,38941%
Morehead Theatre Guild Inc$190,3409n/a
Noli CDC Corporation$189,573750%
Horsin' Around Camp Inc$187,53099%
Woods and Waters Land Trust Inc$183,688920%
Fayette Alliance Foundation Inc$181,75075%
Northside Common Market$181,680351%
Methodist Home of Kentucky Inc$180,55090%
Family Services Association of Boyle County Inc$176,922913%
Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Inc$171,725624%
Save a Warrior Inc$171,00035%
Calvary Christian Church$167,0005n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$166,56760%
Woodford Humane Society Inc$165,40593%
Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County$162,17675%
Wilderness Trace Child Development Cente Corporation$161,77455%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass Inc$159,71577%
Baby Health Services Inc$158,716914%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$155,17940%
Rc Activities Inc$152,5004n/a
Allegro Dance Project Inc$152,422635%
Community Act Council for Lex-Fay Bour Harr and Nich Counties Inc$151,68060%
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc$150,00033%
Kentucky Cattlemen's Foundation Inc$150,000138%
Appalachian Artisan Center Inc$150,000110%
Appalshop Inc$150,00023%
Refuge for Women Inc$147,07752%
St Luke United Methodist Church$147,0007n/a
Shepherd's House Inc$143,75062%
Harrison Memorial Hospital Inc$142,92470%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$142,33520%
Clark County Schools$141,1702n/a
The Edith & Henry Heuser Hearing Institute Inc$137,25352%
Friends of the Clark County Animal Shelter Inc$137,065632%
James Baker Hall Foundation Inc$136,6231n/a
Life Adventure Center Inc$134,00582%
Winchester Black History & Heritage Committee$132,029398%
Ultrasound Leadership Academy Inc$131,2231n/a
Marco Shemwell Foundation$130,3595n/a
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$130,00020%
Clark Coalition Foundation Inc$129,646354%
The Justin King Foundation Incorporated$127,078422%
Kentucky Resources Council Inc$125,60699%
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc$125,00032%
Young Mens Christian Association of Paris Bourbon County Inc$125,00071%
Community and Technical College Foundation of Ashland Inc$121,14988%
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc$120,98562%
Eastern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$120,13070%
Clark County Youth Sports Association$119,895543%
University of the Cumberlands Inc$118,55440%
Life for Pets Inc$118,036776%
4kids a Faith Community Partnership Inc$118,000272%
Beacon of Hope Emergency Shelter Inc$117,9365n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington Inc$115,14267%
Trinity Christian Academy of Lexington$115,0003n/a
Community Ventures Corporation$115,00031%
Southside Church of Christ$115,0002n/a
Amen House Inc$113,79061%
Case Alumni Foundation$112,77251%
Mentors and Meals Inc$112,335524%
Vanderbilt University$112,33510%
Best Friends Animal Society$112,00060%
Old Friends Inc$111,60021%
Oneida Baptist Institute$111,2056n/a
Governor's Scholars Program Foundation Inc$109,44194%
Lexington Leadership Foundation Inc$109,10372%
Kentucky Historical Society Foundation Inc$108,18393%
Bluegrass Community & Technical College Foundation Inc$106,770710%
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc$105,60081%
Trinity High School Foundation$105,00031%
Georgetown College$102,70060%
Midway University Inc Fka Midway College$102,50060%
Divine Providence Inc$101,96684%
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc$101,51071%
His Way at Work$100,00036%
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke$100,00012%
BVM Blue Mantle Productions Company$100,000218%
Knott County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Group Inc$100,000133%
The Center for Education Leadership$100,000150%
Cowan Community Action Group Inc$100,00019%
Achieving Recovery Together Inc$99,464515%
Boyle County Schools$97,5004n/a
American Friends of the Israel Museum$97,20090%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$97,20090%
Swimchester Sailfish Inc$96,986612%
Sphinx Academy Inc$96,66568%
Christian Student Fellowship Inc$96,0003n/a
Moveable Feast Lexington Inc$95,12589%
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Inc$94,86861%
Roaring Brook Foundation Inc$93,078252%
Congregation of Divine Providence of Kentucky$91,2426n/a
Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc$90,50050%
The Well of Lexington Inc$90,468622%
Friends of Kentucky Theatre$89,64617%
Historic Paris-Bourbon County Inc$88,395727%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$88,0003n/a
The Foster Care Council of Lexky Inc$87,876719%
Lexington Children's Museum$86,99435%
Cynthiana-Harrison County Chamber Trust Inc$86,4191n/a
St Joseph Institute for the Deaf$86,00021%
Post Clinic Inc$85,065814%
Ruah Woods$85,00033%
Horse Country Inc$85,000120%
St Mary School$84,7272n/a
Friends of Parks and Recreation$84,3764n/a
Radio Eye Inc$83,94488%
Surgery on Sunday Inc$83,507816%
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc$83,00061%
Friends of Animals of Jessamne County$82,8001n/a
Transylvania University$82,00040%
Red Oaks Center for Nature and the Arts Inc$81,404421%
United Methodist Church & Its Affiliated Organizations$80,5007n/a
New Opportunity School for Women Inc$80,42693%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$80,00050%
St Claire Medical Center Inc$79,50090%
Hospice East Inc$79,06280%
Christopher 2X Game Changers Inc$78,000311%
Camp Young Judaea Midwest Inc$77,70685%
Sayre School$75,85430%
Right Steps Inc$75,000116%
Champions 4 Children Inc$75,00039%
Southeast Christian Church of Jefferson County Kentucky Inc$75,0002n/a
Hard as Nails MinistriesInc$75,00027%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$75,00013%
The Salvation Army$74,2424n/a
First Christian Church$73,6744n/a
Fayette Cooperating Nursery School Inc$73,13574%
Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home Inc$72,72640%
Bluegrass Greensource Inc$71,80453%
Friends of Hemp Co$71,465613%
One Parent Family Facility Corporation$71,41562%
District 3 Volunteer Fire Department$71,3134n/a
Christian Care Communities Inc$70,98850%
Business Executives for National Security$70,00040%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$70,00030%
Middle Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc$69,5884n/a
Charlies Heart Charity Inc$68,3684n/a
Assisting Deaf Adults to Participat E Totally Inc$68,3094n/a
Nathaniel Missionary Society Inc$68,24477%
Harrodsburg-Mercer County Recreational Park Board$67,9609n/a
Lexington Habitat for Humanity Inc$67,65071%
Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship$67,328521%
Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society$67,31880%
Sing for Hope Inc$67,29051%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$66,00010%
Community Agricultural and Nutritional Enterprises Inc$65,00023%
Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network Inc$65,00053%
Louisville Central Community Centerinc$65,00031%
The Central Music Academy Inc$64,26166%
Friends & Vets Helping Pets Inc$63,213736%
Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop Inc$63,143634%
Boy Scouts of America #204 Bluegrass Council$62,55442%
Hope Spay Neuter Clinic$61,43268%
Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc$60,96151%
Happy Feet Equals Learning Feet Inc$60,70087%
Berea United Methodist Church$60,2889n/a
West Virginia Wesleyan College$60,00060%
First Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$60,0001n/a
Baptist Health Foundation Lexington Inc$60,00027%
Uniting Voices$59,79021%
North Magoffin Volunteer Fire Department Inc$59,5355n/a
Gleanings Housing Inc$59,101518%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$59,0002n/a
Kentucky State Beekeepers Association$58,6951n/a
Lexington Area Parkinson Disease Support Group Inc$58,686420%
Group Cares$58,25641%
Commerce Lexington Inc$58,23230%
United States Catholic Conference$58,0001n/a
Voices of Hope Lexington Inc$57,57663%
Roanoke College$56,50050%
Harrison County Band Association$56,4021n/a
The Black Soil Charitable Fund Inc$55,64114%
American Red Cross Bluegrass Chapter$55,2653n/a
The Piarist School$55,0008n/a
Sterling Community Food Coalition Inc$55,000146%
Mercy Chefs Inc$55,00010%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$55,00030%
Micah Legal Services Inc$54,91869%
Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs$54,50019%
USA Cares Inc$54,30041%
Lexington Art League Inc$54,20046%
The Winchester Clark County Farmers' Market Inc$53,96053%
Blue Wings of Hope Inc$53,9271n/a
Spark Community Cafe Inc$53,81165%
Lexington Gay Services Organization Inc$53,28574%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$53,20030%
Good360$53,00010%
Trees Lexington$52,976412%
Davidson College$52,00040%
Boyle County Education Foundation Inc$51,515443%
A Chance to Dance$51,4035n/a
Calvary Baptist Church$51,3284n/a
Ed Brown Society Inc$51,205117%
George S Weeks Trust Uw 21591 FBO Church of the Good Shepherd$51,2004n/a
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Ky$51,00052%
Winchester Youth Soccer League$50,863526%
The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington$50,7802n/a
Magoffin County Rescue Squad Inc$50,4724n/a
Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc$50,44013%
American Cancer Society Inc$50,05070%
Appalachian Community Fund$50,03612%
Hollins University Corporation$50,00030%
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance$50,00010%
BeWell in School$50,000112%
Kentucky Partners of the Americas Inc$50,0001n/a
Phoenix Suns Charities Inc$50,00012%
Pine Cove Inc$50,0001n/a
Frankfort Resource Office for Social Ministries$50,000117%
Save The Children Federation Inc$50,00010%
Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund$50,00012%
Unmanageable$50,00012%
Texas Children's Hospital$50,00020%
Tulsa Area United Way$50,00010%
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty$50,0001n/a
Grace Christian Church of Scott County Inc$50,0002n/a
Casa at Woodlawn Inc$49,09545%
Feed Fayette Eating Education and F$48,788522%
Fostering Goodwill Inc$48,6926n/a
The Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass Inc$47,86541%
Lexington Challenger Tennis Charity Inc$47,50037%
Salyersville Volunteer Fire Department$47,3144n/a
Access Ministries Ky Inc$47,19124%
Primate Rescue Center$47,05052%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$47,00030%
Clark County Equity Coalition Corp$46,983141%
God's Outreach Madison County Food Bank$46,92225%
Blue Grass Farms Charities Inc$46,18823%
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc$45,00011%
Hazard Independent College Foundati$45,00018%
Brescia University Inc$45,00010%
Southeast Education Foundation Inc$45,000117%
Thistle Farms Inc$45,00040%
Big Sandy College Educational Foundation Inc$45,000113%
Commerce Lexington Foundation Inc$44,9951n/a
Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation Inc$44,980714%
M D Anderson Services Corporation$44,91850%
The Larry H Spears Foundation Inc$44,824152%
Friends of the Madison County Public Library Inc$44,7413n/a
Appalachian Citizens Law Center Inc$44,43815%
Friends of Lexington Senior Center$44,276310%
The Arts Commission of Danville/Boyle County$44,148518%
Sustainable Berea Inc$43,595217%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$43,40410%
Downtown Frankfort Inc$42,500121%
Morehead Optimist Club Inc$42,00026%
Alice Lloyd College$41,92240%
Christian & Missionary Alliance$41,7002n/a
Washington and Lee University$41,25020%
Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc$41,00050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$40,26630%
Sigma Chi Foundation$40,00050%
Franciscan University of Steubenville$40,00040%
Clemson University Foundation$40,00030%
Frankfort Cares Coalition$40,000133%
Appalachia Service Project Inc$40,00010%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$40,00030%
Southland Christian Church of Lexington Kentucky Inc$40,0002n/a
The Phillips Collection$40,00030%
A Caring Place Inc$39,984517%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$39,93520%
Disabled American Veterans$39,8984n/a
Lexington Cemetery Company$39,75821%
Morehead-Rowan County Newcity Community Development Corp$39,5551n/a
Lexington Theatre Company$39,00331%
Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America$39,00070%
The Lexington Cancer Foundation Inc$39,00028%
Arts Connect Inc$39,000219%
Kas Consulting LLC$38,6003n/a
Paris-Bourbon County Public Library$38,2502n/a
Union Commonwealth University$37,87450%
Centro Latino$37,5004n/a
Washington University$37,04910%
Danville Schools Education Foundation Inc$37,0004n/a
Kentucky Educational Television Foundation Inc$36,75030%
Word Made Flesh Inc$36,74131%
Wanda Joyce Robinson Foundation Inc$36,523227%
Confrontation Point Ministries Inc$36,17745%
Lady Veterans Connect$36,08344%
Avol Kentucky Inc$36,02531%
New Hope Food Pantry$36,0004n/a
World Gospel Mission$36,0002n/a
Grace Cafe Inc$35,751212%
OneWorld Health$35,00020%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$35,00010%
Nashville Public Library Foundation$35,00030%
Adopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue$35,00028%
University of Texas$34,5824n/a
Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center Inc D/B/A Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource$34,52631%
Christian Care Communities Inc Group Return$33,90440%
Lexington Woman's Club Inc$33,861216%
Hias Inc$33,80050%
Ministerial Association of Woodford County Inc$33,607493%
Child Care Council of Kentucky Inc$33,00025%
Dv8 Kitchen Vocational Training Foundati on Inc$32,79642%
Marafiki Center Inc$32,71924%
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center$32,00042%
Evangelism Resources Inc$32,00051%
Headley-Whitney Museum Inc$31,83636%
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc$31,69334%
Community Assistance Referral Service Inc$31,69335%
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc$31,60020%
Old Ladies Home D/B/A Ashland Terrace$31,55831%
Mpower Rhythm$31,4752n/a
Trinity by the Cove Episcopal Church$31,0002n/a
Woodford County Theatrical Arts Association Inc$30,95132%
The Dream Factory Inc - Headquarters$30,10033%
Bluegrass Council of the Blind Inc$30,09046%
Assisting Better Living Everywhere Inc$30,000345%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$30,00030%
Presbyterian Church of Danville$30,0003n/a
Caddie 127$30,0001n/a
Shaping Our Appalachian Region Inc$30,00011%
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$30,00030%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$30,00010%
Lowcountry Orphan Relief$30,00031%
Hoffman Institute Foundation$30,00030%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$30,0003n/a
Community Inspired Lexington Inc$29,500417%
Cynthiana Main Street$29,3822n/a
New Life Day Center Inc$29,272210%
Casa De La Cultura Hispana De Lexington$29,025217%
United Methodist Retirement Community Inc dba Wesley Village$29,00040%
Rotary Club of Lexington Sunrise Foundation Inc$29,0002n/a
Red Bird Mission Inc$28,92230%
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc$28,26440%
Project Ricochet Inc$27,8351n/a
Danville High School$27,5003n/a
Ase Inc$26,62439%
Lindsey Wilson University Inc$26,00040%
First Presbyterian Church$25,9672n/a
New Vista Communities Inc$25,00010%
Musana Community Development Organization$25,00011%
United Theological Seminary$25,0001n/a
Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc$25,000114%
Leslie County School Board$25,0003n/a
Pine Manor College$25,00040%
Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc$25,00010%
The Seena Magowitz Foundation Inc$25,00013%
Kosair Charities Committee Inc$25,00010%
Saddle Up$25,00041%
St Joseph Hospital Foundation Inc$25,00013%
Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc$25,0001n/a
University of Houston Law Foundation$25,00011%
Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter Society Inc$25,00016%
The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc$25,00040%
Kcf Kentucky Conservation Foundation Inc$25,00037%
Naples Historical Society Foundation Inc$25,00033%
Georgetown University$25,00010%
River Fields Inc$25,00032%
Corpus Christi Inc$25,0001n/a
General Assembly of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ Inc$25,0002n/a
We Are Family$25,00022%
Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky Inc$25,00014%
Eastland Church of God$24,5021n/a
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$24,50020%
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc$24,15121%
Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families$24,10824%
Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church$24,0002n/a
American Friends of Magen David Adom$24,00040%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$24,00020%
Natalie's Sisters Inc$23,92035%
Rapha Ministries Inc$23,6951n/a
Greenroom Exchange$23,142123%
Franklin County Schools$23,0002n/a
Refuge Ministries Inc$22,93121%
Fayette County Bar Foundation$22,898232%
Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass Inc$22,64330%
Lexington History Museum Inc$22,63816%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$22,62620%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$22,50020%
Coaches for the Kids Inc$22,50022%
Harstad Fine Arts Series Inc$22,0353n/a
Patty Marsh Biddle Archives Inc$22,000282%
Missionary Missions House of Prayer Incorporated$21,3631n/a
First Baptist Church$21,1752n/a
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$21,1031n/a
Lee Initiative Inc$21,00021%
Matthew 1914 Project$21,00029%
Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass Inc$20,91821%
Kingdom Mission Outreach$20,771112%
The Futbol Club of Kentucky Inc$20,6772n/a
Faulkner Morgan Archive$20,500131%
Scott County Youth Baseball Boosters$20,404110%
Green Forests Work Inc$20,14920%
Institute 193 Incorporated$20,10023%
Dress for Success Lexington Inc$20,0403n/a
Viking Ministries Inc$20,0001n/a
Sonoma Community Animal Response Team$20,00015%
Two Hearts Pregnancy Care Center$20,00025%
New York Gothams Youth Baseball Inc$20,00021%
ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS INC Animals in War & Peace / Sgt Reckless Memorial Fund$20,0001n/a
Global Empowerment Mission Inc$20,00020%
Capri Christian Church Inc Isles of Capri$20,0002n/a
Backpack Kids Inc$20,0002n/a
First Church of God$20,0001n/a
Pine Mountain Music Festival$20,00046%
National Christian Foundation Inc$20,00010%
A Helping Hand Ministries Inc$20,000145%
The Harpeth Hall School$20,00020%
Carolina Coonhound Rescue$20,00028%
Emergency Community Food Pantry$20,00026%
Grace Baptist Church Inc of Winchester Ky$20,0002n/a
Beyond Our Walls Inc$20,00016%
Urban League of Louisiana$20,00010%
Charleston Animal Society$20,00020%
Liberty Hall Inc$20,0002n/a
Lowcountry Literacy Project$20,00014%
Be a Mentor Inc$20,000112%
Truth for Life$20,00010%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$19,61710%
Tall Timbers Foundation Inc$19,61711%
Lex-Care Inc$19,4422n/a
Operalex Inc$19,025110%
Operation Making a Change Incorporated$18,7712n/a
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass Inc$18,55022%
St John the Baptist Church$18,2003n/a
Thy Will Be Done$18,10028%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$18,00020%
Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation Inc$17,92221%
International Book Project Inc$17,75721%
St Joseph-St Lawrence Schools$17,5502n/a
Consolidated Missionary Baptist Church$17,5001n/a
Neighbors Immigration Clinic Inc$17,30616%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In$17,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc$16,92020%
Lexington Christian Academy$16,50010%
Heifer Project International$16,50030%
Revive Ministries Inc$16,43120%
Kentucky Equine Humane Center Inc$16,17913%
Clark County Youth Athletics$16,1281n/a
Kentucky Easter Seal Society Inc Dba Easterseals Bluegrass$16,10710%
South Magoffin Volunteer Fire Department$16,0673n/a
Imagination Library of Frankfort$16,0203n/a
Chamber Music Festival of Lexingtoninc$16,000214%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15,92120%
Paris Independent Schools Education Foundation$15,843116%
Wincity Charities Inc$15,4821n/a
International Order of the Rainbow Girls$15,3912n/a
Solar Sister Inc$15,30020%
Magoffin County Senior Citizens Inc$15,06323%
Friends of Huntertown Community Interpretive Park Inc$15,011233%
Hope Restored$15,0001n/a
The Adams County Historical Society$15,00011%
Newcities Institute Inc Dba Partnership for Successful Schools$15,0002100%
Kentucky Rural Health Collaborative Inc$15,00014%
Woodford Forward Foundation Inc$15,0003n/a
Gold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc$15,00011%
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center Inc$15,00013%
Now Let's Get Fit (Pull Up Neighbor)$15,0001n/a
Different Shades of Pink$15,0001n/a
National Organization for Arts in Health$15,0002n/a
Owensboro Health Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Grace to Glory Discipleship Ministries Inc$15,00025%
Lighthouse Church$15,0001n/a
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$15,00020%
Creo Arts Guild Inc$15,00011%
Woodsongs Front Porch Association Incorporated$15,0001n/a
Gideons International$15,0001n/a
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$15,00020%
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly$15,0002n/a
Central California Animal Disaster Team$15,000164%
Morehead Gateway Helping Hands Foodbank$15,000111%
Lexington Fisher House Foundation$14,88116%
Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc$14,74012%
Aviation Museum of Kentucky Inc$14,55111%
Msu Wesley Foundation Inc$14,5001n/a
Lexington Fairness Inc$14,2291n/a
Shelter of Hope Inc$14,0042n/a
League of Women Voters of Lexington Inc$14,0001n/a
Little Red School House Inc$14,00020%
Kentucky Commission on Women Foundation Inc$14,0001n/a
The Bulldog Club Inc$13,88010%
Phoenix Rising of Lexington Kenutcky Inc$13,7462n/a
Tweens Nutrition & Fitness$13,3981n/a
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc$13,36420%
Great American Brass Band Festival Inc$13,312111%
Itty Bitty Kitten Rescue Inc$13,204226%
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky Inc$13,20023%
Junior League of Lexington Inc$12,50016%
Genesis Foundation of Kentucky Inc$12,4001n/a
Kentucky Mansions Preservation Fdn Inc Dba Mary Todd Lincoln House$12,37813%
Lexington Friends Preschool$12,32822%
Isaiah House Inc$12,12920%
First Church of God$12,0001n/a
Henderson Settlement Inc$12,00020%
St Thomas Church$12,0001n/a
Porter Memorial Baptist Church$12,0002n/a
Creative Agents of Change Foundation Inc$12,00011%
Pariyatti$12,00021%
Grace Chapel$12,0001n/a
P L U S Inc$11,9221n/a
Three Forks Historical Museum Inc$11,9221n/a
Riverside Christian Training School$11,92212%
Aspire Appalachia Inc$11,92214%
Stay in Clay$11,9221n/a
Ridgepoint Church$11,9221n/a
Water Into Wine Food Pantry$11,9221n/a
Emmanuel Baptist Church$11,9221n/a
Helping Hands Outreach Inc$11,922111%
Beattyville Housing Development Corporation Inc$11,92211%
Route 23 Cultural Heritage Network$11,9221n/a
Gods Appalachian Partnership Inc$11,92212%
Partnership Housing Inc$11,92211%
Big Creek Missions$11,92211%
Alabama Wildlife Federation$11,89710%
Fayette County Bar Association Inc$11,55015%
FAITH UNITED INC DBA The KIngs Center$11,5161n/a
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance$11,50020%
Next City Inc$11,2001n/a
Special Olympics Kentucky Inc$11,0751n/a
Organic Association of Kentucky$11,06121%
Tates Creek Presbyterian Church$11,0002n/a
Kentucky Nature Preserves$10,7911n/a
The Provision School and Family Counseling Center Inc$10,69111%
Team Expansion Ministries Inc$10,6751n/a
Food Pantry for Woodford County Inc$10,55024%
Manna Food Bank Inc$10,38010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$10,32520%
Dogwood Church$10,3001n/a
United Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County$10,06810%
Emergency Aid Coalition$10,06811%
Young Men's Christian Association of Southeast Texas$10,06811%
Scott County Hospitality House Inc$10,03013%
Hardin County Schools$10,0001n/a
Reitz Memorial High School$10,0001n/a
Heart Math Tutoring Inc$10,00010%
The Betty J Martin Life House for Animals Inc$10,0001n/a
Community Farm Alliance Inc$10,00011%
Medicinal Whiskey Charity Inc$10,0001n/a
Bowling Green Warren County Humane$10,00010%
Manhattan Girls Chorus Inc$10,0001n/a
Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates Inc$10,00010%
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,00010%
Museum of the City of Frankfort Inc$10,00026%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$10,00010%
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption$10,00010%
Folds of Honor Foundation$10,00010%
Outright International$10,00010%
Wings of Rescue Inc$10,00010%
Maui Humane Society$10,00010%
Awesome Center for Entrepreneurship Inc$10,00020%
15-10 Foundation$10,00010%
Eye Bank Association of America$10,00010%
Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund$10,00020%
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc$10,00010%
Humphreys County Humane Society$10,00013%
The Educational Foundation Inc$10,00010%
My Sister's House Inc$10,00011%
Houston Humane Society$10,00010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$10,00010%
The Garden Club of America$10,00010%
Marklund Childrens Home$10,00010%
Spalding University Inc$10,00010%
Franklin County Humane Society Inc$10,00010%
Dare to Care Inc$10,00010%
Alley Cat Advocates Inc$10,00011%
Humane Society of Oldham County$10,00011%
Pontotoc Animal Welfare Society$10,00012%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Western Kentucky University$10,0001n/a
Bethlehem Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Shalom Mennonite Fellowship$10,0001n/a
National Organization for Arts in Health$10,0001n/a
Kentucky Country Day School Inc$10,00010%
American Saddle Horse Museum Association Inc$10,00012%
Live Action$10,00020%
Zerov Inc$10,00020%
Covenant House$10,00020%
Carolina Philharmonic Inc$10,00012%
Rare$10,00010%
Sports Reach Inc$10,00013%
Reach Out and Read Inc$10,00010%
Kentucky Nonprofit Network Inc$10,00012%
Charleston Light Opera Guild Inc$10,00016%
Humane Society of Muhlenberg Co Inc$10,00015%
The Madeira School$10,00010%
Zam Forward$10,000115%
Embodied Publishing$10,0001n/a
Alley Cat Allies Inc$10,00010%
Michigan State University$10,0001n/a
Warrior Surf Foundation$10,00011%
Upspring$10,00011%
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Speed Art Museum$10,00010%
United Way of Franklin County$10,00022%
Hopkins County Humane Society$10,00012%
Domestic Violence Emergency Se Doves of Gateway$10,00010%
Animal Shelter Action Society Inc$10,0001n/a
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Aspiring Hope$10,0001n/a
International Spa Association Foundation$10,00015%
Florida Urgent Rescue$10,00019%
Gateway Area Development District Inc$10,0001n/a
Culver Educational Foundation$10,00010%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$10,00010%
Shadows Fund Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Kentucky Music Educators Association Inc$10,00011%
Dumas German Shepherd Rescue Inc$10,0001n/a
Young Life$10,00010%
Nova Southeastern University Inc$10,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Battle Ground Academy$10,00010%
Kids Makeit Inc$10,0001n/a
Psalm 823 Mission Inc$10,0001n/a
Together Rising$10,00010%
Morehead Community Fellowship Church of God$9,9401n/a
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky$9,80710%
Lexington Montessori School Inc$9,72311%
Bluegrass Youth Ballet Inc$9,60011%
Helping Hugs Inc$9,00017%
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc$8,87010%
Samaritan's Purse$8,75010%
West End Comm Empwr Project Lex Inc$8,5411n/a
Berea Home Village Inc$8,50016%
Safe Harbor of Northeast Ky Inc$8,12510%
Safe Haven Equine Ministries Inc$8,1021n/a
Friends of the Lexington Mounted Police$8,082120%
Humane Society of North Texas$8,00010%
Thy Will Be Done Inc$8,000144%
Bluebank First Church of God$8,0001n/a
King's Daughters Health Foundation Inc$8,00012%
Enrich Corp$8,00011%
Frankfort Disc Golf Association Inc$8,0001n/a
Dv8 Kitchen Foundation$7,9621n/a
Paws 4 the Cause Inc$7,86915%
Hands Healing Hearts Inc$7,86711%
BEVP Birds Eye View Project$7,8661n/a
Montessori High School Inc$7,69213%
Cardington-Lincoln Education Foundation$7,6671n/a
Believing in Forever Inc$7,5811n/a
Bia Cares Inc$7,55812%
Repairers of the Breach Inc$7,500125%
Clark County Veterans Council Inc$7,5001n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$7,5001n/a
St John Fisher University$7,50010%
Society of Saint Vincent Depaul Saint Joseph Conference$7,50018%
Youth Golf Foundation of the Carolinas$7,50010%
Amy for Africa Inc$7,50011%
Junior Achievement USA$7,50010%
Beloved Asheville$7,5001n/a
National Museum of Racing Inc$7,50010%
Bourbon County Schools$7,5001n/a
Keeneland Library and Museum Foundation Inc$7,36118%
Heritage Hospice Inc$7,34910%
Woodford Habitat for Humanity Inc$7,31219%
Boy Scouts of America$7,09410%
Kendyl and Friends Foundation Inc$7,07717%
The Woodford Educational Endowment Foundation Inc$7,0001n/a
Danville Boyle Co Senior Citizens Inc$7,00012%
Opal's Dream Foundation Inc$7,00019%
Rainforest Trust$7,00010%
Exhilarating Inc$7,0001n/a
Danville Library Inc$7,00010%
Franklin County Council on Aging Inc$7,00011%
Circle of Hope International Inc$6,96011%
Ky Access to Justice Commission Inc$6,93811%
Red River Historical Society$6,9221n/a
Estill County 21st Century Inc$6,922113%
Pioneer School of Drama$6,8831n/a
Helping Hounds Find Homesinc$6,7211n/a
Pearls of Service Foundation Inc$6,7171n/a
The Dougy Center Inc$6,66710%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$6,6501n/a
Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress$6,50010%
Coalition of Committed Christians Inc$6,5001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$6,45010%
Morehead United Methodist Church$6,4401n/a
Woodberry Forest School$6,40010%
Anti-Virus Youth Education Inc$6,38415%
Georgetown Scott County Friends of the Parks Inc$6,3341n/a
Rhema Word Foundation$6,2631n/a
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc$6,20311%
Gene Duffy Foundation Inc$6,1751n/a
Friends of the Parks in Fayette County Inc$6,1171n/a
South Magoffin Community Activists$6,0021n/a
Johns Hopkins University$6,00010%
Family Scholar House Inc$6,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$6,00010%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$6,00010%
Carcinoid Cancer Foundation$6,00012%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$6,00010%
Life Plan of Kentucky Inc$5,72511%
The Institute for Compassion in Justice Inc$5,68215%
Sisters Road to Freedom Inc$5,6731n/a
Northern Kentucky Childrens Law Center Inc$5,60010%
Master-Pieced Inc$5,5201n/a
Boule Foundation$5,50010%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$5,5001n/a
Community Life Center Foundation$5,3371n/a
YMCA of Winchesterinc$5,300110%
Wincity Media Inc$5,2771n/a
Holland-Farm Inc$5,2721n/a
Second Christian Church$5,2501n/a
Congregation Bnai Tzedek$5,2001n/a
Kentucky Entrepreneurship Education Network Inc$5,17611%
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,10011%
National Council of the United States Society of St Vincent Depaul Good Sheph$5,10012%
Evolveky$5,00413%
Friends of the Scott County Public Library$5,0001n/a
Colorado State University Foundation$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Frankfort Kentucky Inc$5,0001n/a
Insight Through Education Inc$5,00011%
Berea Arts Council Inc$5,00013%
Louisiana Tech University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Catalyst Resources International$5,00011%
University of the South$5,00010%
Creative Currency$5,0001n/a
Bellarmine University Incorporated$5,00010%
The Centre for Prophetic Activism$5,0001n/a
The Art Village Inc$5,000121%
The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc$5,00010%
The Prisoners Hope Inc$5,00012%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Covantage Cares Foundation Inc$5,00011%
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
My Dog Eats First Inc$5,0001n/a
Indian River State College Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$5,00010%
The Arrow Fund Inc$5,00010%
Born Free USA united with API$5,00010%
American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association Inc$5,00010%
Food for the Poor Inc$5,00010%
The Foundation for the Horse Fka the Aaep Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$5,00010%
Weareky Inc$5,0001n/a
The Lamp and Light Ministries$5,0001n/a
River of Life Ministries$5,0001n/a
Kentucky Public Radio Inc$5,00010%
Timothy Francis Jones Foundation$5,00015%
Woodstock Animal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
College Mentors for Kids Inc$5,00010%
Childhood Language Disorders Center Inc$5,00010%
Fund for the Arts$5,00012%
RefuSHE Inc$5,0001n/a
Speak Out and Rescue (Soar)$5,0001n/a
Mavuno$5,0001n/a
Kentucky Coalition Inc$5,00010%
Les McCann School for the Arts$5,0001n/a
Migrant Network Coalition Inc$5,0001n/a
Catawba College$5,00010%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$5,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
Bluegrass Opera$5,0001n/a
Lifesavers Inc$5,00010%
Altrusa International Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
First United Methodistcalvary Baptist Church High Street Neighborhood Center$5,00011%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Special Persons Advocacy Network Inc$5,0001n/a
Circuit Court Clerks Trust for Life Inc D/B/A Donate Life Kentucky$5,00011%
Athens West Theatre Company$5,0001n/a
Catholic Social Services Inc$5,00010%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$5,00010%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Assurance for Life Inc$5,00011%
The Jewish Agency for Israel$5,00010%
Mt Sterling-Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce$5,0001n/a
Neighborhood House Inc$5,00010%
Performing Animal Welfare Society$5,00010%

Plus 142 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 61 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $2,950,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTown Branch Park Inc: $2,858,408 over 6y, 42% of budgetRobert L Brown Foundation Inc: $1,851,917 over 3y, 100% of budgetLegacy Greenscapes Inc: $1,540,821 over 6y, 99% of budgetLexington Children's Theatre Inc: $1,496,252 over 9y, 16% of budgetWhetstone Boys Ranch: $1,190,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetCrown Hill Cemetery: $1,119,905 over 8y, 97% of budgetFoodchain Inc: $1,110,012 over 8y, 23% of budgetKentucky Blood Center Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetRowland Arts Center: $994,622 over 8y, 98% of budgetNewman Foundation Inc: $894,300 over 9y, 28% of budgetEsperanza Inc: $889,725 over 5y, 92% of budgetHousing Development Alliance Inc: $881,922 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetLexington Rescue Mission: $826,381 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetGod's Pantry Food Bank Inc: $748,420 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetClark County Homeless Coalition Inc: $709,010 over 9y, 42% of budgetCentral European Christian Education Foundation Inc: $705,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetCiviclex Incorporated: $669,980 over 9y, 71% of budgetClark County Community Services In: $656,303 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Inc: $646,300 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetCatholic Education for Youth: $615,000 over 5y, 90% of budgetStable Recovery Inc: $610,233 over 2y, 28% of budgetHousing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic: $600,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetCenter for Women Children and Families Inc: $576,908 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $570,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWinchester Council for the Artsinc Dba Leeds Center for the Arts: $563,612 over 9y, 31% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $562,641 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBluegrass Heritage Museum Inc: $536,756 over 9y, 39% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc: $530,752 over 9y, 10% of budgetThe Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation: $520,164 over 1y, 56% of budgetOffice of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc: $517,363 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetClark County Association for Handic Citizens Inc: $515,263 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetMcConathy Farm Rescue Team Corporation: $510,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetLexarts Inc: $498,231 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetRedwood Cooperative School: $491,334 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetThe Working World Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetKentucky Heartwood Inc: $425,662 over 9y, 56% of budgetLexington Philharmonic Society Inc: $421,056 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetHospice of the Bluegrass Inc: $418,169 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Montessori School: $412,174 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCentral Kentucky Youth Orchestra Society Inc: $406,583 over 6y, 18% of budgetJust Fund Education Project Inc: $399,528 over 7y, 46% of budgetLexington Public Library Foundation: $383,501 over 9y, 17% of budgetThe Arh Foundation for Healthier Communities Inc: $381,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetStep by Step Inc: $372,771 over 9y, 13% of budgetLexington School Inc: $351,526 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Mr Holland's Opus Foundation: $350,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHearts in Mind Inc: $349,800 over 2y, 18% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncKY145.1× affinity141 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · United Way of the Bluegrass Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Keeneland Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky Inc · Roaring Brook Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Christian Word Ministries Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc

How much does Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc give?
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc reported 514 itemized grants totaling $20,720,184, out of $27,250,165 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 272 and 357 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Religion (10%), Philanthropy (9%).
Who are Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Kentucky ($5.3M), University of Kentucky Athletics ($3.1M), American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($3.0M).
Does Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, United Way of the Bluegrass Inc, LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc.
Where is Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc based?
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc is based in KY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1050 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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