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Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc

The community foundation is a collection of individual funds and resources given by local citizens to enhance and support the quality of life in our community.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.9MHuman Services$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$865kYouth Development$856kArts & Culture$704kReligion$580kEnvironment$507kPhilanthropy$497kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $1,783,954, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,888,954 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $105,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $334k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$27,520
Median grant
5
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION$400,000
REMAINING UNDER 5000 EACH$193,326
SPECIAL FORCES SCHOLARSHIP$175,000
COLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$157,703
HOUSE ON THE HILL INC$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BOWLING$97,428
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN$95,200
THE HONOR FOUNDATION$80,000
THE HIVE INC$58,500
OWASSO HIGH SCHOOL$53,939
BETTER BGKY FOUNDATION$40,000
SHAKERTOWN REVISITED$38,800
LIFEWORKS AT WKU$35,632
SPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS$30,000
HOTEL INC$27,520
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CORE OF SCOTTSVILLE: $55k → 15%THE CORE OF SCOTTSVILLE: $15k → 15%SOKY PATRIOTS: $10k → 18%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

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CA
KY
TN
NC
OK
AL
GA
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 44 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
25

Total granted

$6.8M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+13%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $401k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SF
    SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +83% · 28% of their budget
  • SF
    SPECIAL FORCES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    4× · 2021–2024 · $513k · revenue +8% · 45% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BOWLING GREEN AREA INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $436k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • OP
    OPERATION PRIDE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +217% · 56% of their budget
  • FB
    FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $300k
  • CF
    CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $85k
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
Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation
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2
Ward Hall Preservation Foundation

Acquire and maintain a historically significant structure in scott county, kentucky.

Arts & Culture
3
Preservation Kentucky Inc

Preservation kentucky's mission is to build support for and protect kentucky's historic structures and resources.

Arts & Culture
4
Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network Inc

To empower and support individuals with disabilities and their families to effectively advocate for and access needed information, resources and support networks in order to enhance the quality of their lives.

Education
5
Arts of Southern Kentucky Foundation Inc

The foundation was formed exclusively for charitable purposes, including the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the code or the corresponding provisions of any future…

Arts & Culture
6
Soky Marketplace Inc

The purpose of gateway farmers market, inc. is to provide healthy, fresh food and horticultural products in south central kentucky and surrounding areas.

Food & Nutrition
7
Kentucky Golf Association Inc

To foster, promote and advance the interests and the true spirit of the game of golf throughout the commonwealth of kentucky, and in conjunction therewith to lend its cooperation and assistance to the united states golf association, and to…

Recreation & Sports
8
Community Action Kentucky Inc

To advocate programs providing assistance to persons in low income environments to have adequate food, shelter, healthcare, education, water, waste and a sustainable home.

Community Improvement
9
Wku Real Estate Corporation

Charitable civic-improvement corporation established for the benefit of western kentucky university

Health
10
United Way of Central Kentucky Inc

To improve lives by providing support through funding local agenies and performing community growth activities.

Human Services
11
Kentucky Golf Foundation Inc

Through the framework of the greatest game ever played, the kentucky golf foundation seeks to impact kentucky's youth, military and those of diversity using golf as a toolkit.

Arts & Culture
12
Down Syndrome Support Group of South Central Kentucky Inc

The mission of the organization is to be a local advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people in south central kentucky with down syndrome

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of West Kyinc; the most unlike its peers is Bennie Adkins Foundation. 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

55 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. 55 of the 78 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/55
Grantees still filing
36/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION: $1,159,000 · OtherSPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BOWLING GREEN AREA INC: $435,706 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BOWLING GREEN AREA INCFOUNDRY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $340,475 · OtherFOUNDRY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INCFREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH: $300,000 · OtherFREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCHSOUTH CENTRAL KY KIDS ON THE BLOCK INC: $208,684 · OtherREMAINING UNDER 5000 EACH: $193,326 · Other+51 more: $2,156,772 · Other+51 moreWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $776,267 · EducationWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIV…SPECIAL FORCES SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $513,000 · EducationSPECIAL FORCES SCHOLA…COLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $275,510 · EducationCOLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUND…+2 more: $83,774 · EducationOPERATION PRIDE INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF LOST RIVER INC: $77,883 · EnvironmentUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $372,809 · PhilanthropyBENNIE ADKINS FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC: $45,175 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropySHAKERTOWN REVISITED INC: $142,800 · Arts & CultureARTS OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $104,131 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC THEATRE OF KENTUCKY INC: $91,046 · Arts & CultureAVIATION HERITAGE PARK: $83,333 · Arts & CultureALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGY SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLIFEWORKS AT WKU INC: $105,472 · HealthCommonwealth Health Foundation Inc: $100,046 · HealthHABILITATION INFORMATION VOCATION EDUCATION INC: $68,500 · HealthPROJECT CAMP INC: $62,889 · HealthSPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS: $295,500 · Public Benefit
Other$4,793,963Education$1,648,551Environment$577,883Philanthropy$547,984Arts & Culture$451,310Health$336,907Public Benefit$295,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION: $1,159,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $776,267 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetSPECIAL FORCES SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $513,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetOPERATION PRIDE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BOWLING GREEN AREA INC: $435,706 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $372,809 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetSPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS: $295,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetCOLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $275,510 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL KY KIDS ON THE BLOCK INC: $208,684 over 7y, 13% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BOWLING GREEN WARREN COUNTY INC: $144,192 over 3y, 14% of budgetSHAKERTOWN REVISITED INC: $142,800 over 3y, 16% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FRANKLIN-SIMPSON INC: $130,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBENNIE ADKINS FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 4y, 97% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC: $114,750 over 6y, 25% of budgetLIFEWORKS AT WKU INC: $105,472 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetARTS OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $104,131 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY: $100,090 over 3y, 40% of budgetCommonwealth Health Foundation Inc: $100,046 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSE ON THE HILL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetFAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $92,293 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetPUBLIC THEATRE OF KENTUCKY INC: $91,046 over 8y, 19% of budgetHOTEL INC: $85,518 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetCASA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC: $85,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAVIATION HERITAGE PARK: $83,333 over 1y, 13% of budgetFRIENDS OF LOST RIVER INC: $77,883 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTHE CORE OF SCOTTSVILLE AND ALLEN COUNTY INC: $70,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHABILITATION INFORMATION VOCATION EDUCATION INC: $68,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetHOBSON HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC HOBSON HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $66,930 over 5y, 12% of budgetPROJECT CAMP INC: $62,889 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBARREN RIVER AREA CHILD ADVOCACY CE: $60,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetOwasso Education Foundation Inc: $53,939 over 1y, 41% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC: $45,175 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOWLING GREEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $40,756 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetSOUTHERN KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $36,481 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $29,835 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetOwasso Baseball Booster Club Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNEW EBENEZER RETREAT & CONF CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGLEAN KENTUCKY INC: $22,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $19,020 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPOTTER CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOWLING GREEN WARREN COUNTY HUMANE: $13,057 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBARREN RIVER AREA SAFE SPACE INC: $12,237 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWestern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WEST KYINC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoky Patriots: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHope House Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF DUGAS COMMUNITY PARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

United Way of Souther…Honorable Order of Ke…The Harold Juanita Da…The Whas Crusade for …The Community Foundat…E Rhodes and Leona B …The Jerry E Baker Fou…The John M & Linda J …Laura G Turner Charit…The Community Foundat…Baird Foundation IncDorothy Kopmeier Vall…
United Way of Southern Kentucky IncKY40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Harold Juanita David Dennis & Gary Koon Family Charitable Foundation · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · The Jerry E Baker Foundation Inc · The John M & Linda J Kelly Family Charitable Foundation · Laura G Turner Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier 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 Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report 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.

    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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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