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C E and S Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$53MEducation$9.1MHuman Services$3.3MYouth Development$2.1MEmployment$862kReligion$468kArts & Culture$454kHealth$397kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $352k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$45,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$77M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVOLVE502 SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC$1,000,000
BATES COLLEGE$425,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES$260,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE$200,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC$185,000
RITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC$150,000
PLAY COUSINS COLLECTIVE$129,500
THE CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC$125,000
MARYHURST$125,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC$118,200
AMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC$114,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE$108,180
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC$100,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC$100,000
METRO UNITED WAY INC$95,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $5k → 8%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE: $10k → 21%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $15k → 6%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE: $10k → 21%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $15k → 6%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $10k → 15%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE: $10k → 21%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $15k → 6%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE: $10k → 21%COUNCIL ON AGING - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5k → 10%THE CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $125k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $100k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $70k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $59k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $59k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $58k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $40k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $25k → 15%EMERGING WORKFORCE INITIATIVE INC DBA THE BOOK WORKS PROJECT: $30k → 15%2NOT1 FATHERHOOD & FAMILIES INC: $43k → 15%2NOT1 FATHERHOOD & FAMILIES INC: $30k → 15%HOSPARUS INC: $3k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $171k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $80k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $70k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $60k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $60k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $50k → 15%YOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION: $50k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $140k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $120k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $118k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $100k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $100k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $203k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $185k → 15%RITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $100k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $100k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $59k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $25k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
IL
MI
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65M · 63 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

63 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
57

Total granted

$65M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+37%

Still filing today

89%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $333k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $775k · revenue +44%
  • TB
    THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $720k · revenue +62%
  • TY
    the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $613k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • EI
    EVOLVE502 INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -42%
  • LF
    LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIOgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $253k · revenue +169%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +45%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
3
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc

Broadens the perspectives of current and emerging leaders through experiential education that inspires them to advance kentucky.

Public Benefit
4
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
5
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Greater Louisville Foundation Inc

Identify, mobilize, and fund programs to address louisville's greatest challenges regarding business growth and increased economic prosperity for all citizens in the greater louisville region.

Community Improvement
10
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
11
Kentucky Coalition Inc

To support grassroots organizing, leadership development & public education around important public policy. ky coalition seeks to promote active citizen participation in the democratic process.

Public Benefit
12
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Norton Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 133 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/114
Grantees still filing
75/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FULTUM FOUNDATION INC: $26,123,570 · PhilanthropyFULTUM FOUNDATION INCCRESCENT HILL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $23,156,694 · PhilanthropyCRESCENT HILL FAMILY FOUNDATION INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $3,167,663 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC+9 more: $787,015 · PhilanthropyEVOLVE502 SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000,000 · OtherEVOLVE502 SCHOLA…EVOLVE502 INC: $1,020,000 · OtherEVOLVE502 INCJEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES: $782,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY AN…THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $719,800 · OtherTHE BOYS & GIRLS…AMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $573,500 · OtherAMERICANA COMMUN…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $375,000 · Other+62 more: $3,016,547 · Other+62 morePRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $775,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $545,000 · EducationLINCOLN FOUNDATION: $317,000 · EducationJEFFERSON COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 · EducationSowing Seeds with Faith Inc: $270,500 · EducationLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $253,333 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $200,000 · EducationBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $180,000 · EducationTEACH KENTUCKY INC: $165,000 · EducationGLOBAL GAME CHANGERS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $150,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Education+8 more: $403,000 · Educationthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $613,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $578,200 · Human ServicesCABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $392,600 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC: $320,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $202,000 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $191,000 · Human ServicesRITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Human Services+11 more: $343,500 · Human ServicesKENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER INC: $66,500 · Arts & CultureMUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $51,000 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureADVENTUROUS MINDS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON BACH CONSORT INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM: $27,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $342,133 · Civil RightsVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsLIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC: $186,500 · ReligionKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $149,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$53,234,942Other$10,486,847Education$3,908,833Human Services$2,790,300Arts & Culture$477,000Civil Rights$372,133Religion$335,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFULTUM FOUNDATION INC: $26,123,570 over 4y, 34% of budgetCRESCENT HILL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $23,156,694 over 3y, 100% of budgetEVOLVE502 SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $3,167,663 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetEVOLVE502 INC: $1,020,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $775,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $719,800 over 5y, 11% of budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $613,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $578,200 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetAMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $573,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $545,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $392,600 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $375,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetPLAY COUSINS COLLECTIVE: $349,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $342,133 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC: $320,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLINCOLN FOUNDATION: $317,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetJEFFERSON COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS HOUSING CORPORATION: $305,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $286,960 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSowing Seeds with Faith Inc: $270,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $253,333 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE: $215,051 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $202,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $200,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $200,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $191,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $189,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC: $186,500 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $177,624 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTEACH KENTUCKY INC: $165,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetNAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL GAME CHANGERS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetRITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $149,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $141,083 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetMARYHURST INC: $126,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEDUCATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $125,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $105,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $81,921 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLA CASITA CENTER INC: $81,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Gheens Foundation IncKY125× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Metro United Way Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization C E and S Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C E and S Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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