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Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc

Delta dental of kentucky's ("ddky") overarching mission is everyone deserves a happy & healthy smile. Ddky has always been the leader in the markets we serve, to deliver unmatched quality and value in our programs and services, and to vigorously promote the importance of oral health as an essential part of overall health.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Itemized grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
76%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$13,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,102,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 17
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$140M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 76% of the organizations Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $242k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving24$2.5M63%
FY202317$5.6M76%
FY202210$3.6M80%
FY20214$62k50%
FY202012$602k83%
FY20193$21k33%
FY20189$70k89%
FY20174$145kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$11MPhilanthropy$10MRecreation & Sports$768kCommunity Improvement$133kEducation$119kArts & Culture$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kHuman Services$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IA
OH
CO
MO
KY
SC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Delta Dental of Kenucky Foundation Inc$10,857,308397%
Louisville Dental Society Inc$75,0001n/a
Bourbon Crusaders Inc$68,70035%
Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc$66,65021%
American Heart Association Inc$60,80050%
The Kentucky State Police Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
E-Rides LLC$37,0621n/a
Unbridled Charitable Foundation Inc$31,80042%
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Inc$30,85010%
Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc$30,00030%
University of Kentucky Varsity Lettermans Association Inc$30,0001n/a
The Lexington Cancer Foundation Inc$25,00013%
USA Cares Inc$22,80020%
Freedom Lake Inc$22,50027%
Youth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle$20,00011%
Global Economic Diversity Developme$20,0001n/a
Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky Inc$20,00019%
Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc$20,00020%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$20,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$20,00020%
Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet$18,68630%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$17,50020%
Medicinal Whiskey Charity Inc$15,00012%
Delta Dental Plans Association$14,09510%
V-Soft Cares Inc$12,500120%
Louisville Bats$12,5001n/a
Kentucky Derby Museum Corporation$12,20010%
Lindsey Wilson University Inc$10,00010%
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc$10,00021%
University of Louisville$10,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$10,00010%
University of Louisville Athletic Association$10,00010%
Greater Louisville Foundation Inc$10,00015%
Dental Lifeline Network$10,00011%
Life Learning Center Inc$10,00011%
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Midway University Inc Fka Midway College$10,00010%
Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc$9,00010%
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc$8,50010%
The Arh Foundation for Healthier Communities Inc$7,50010%
Friends of the Louisville Zoo Inc$7,00013%
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc$6,39310%
Smilefaith Inc$5,00011%
Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together Inc$5,0001n/a
The Home of the Innocents Inc$5,00010%
The Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Kentucky Science and Technology Corp$5,00010%
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc$5,0001n/a
Manna Inc$5,0001n/a

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($762k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDelta Dental of Kenucky Foundation Inc: $10,857,308 over 3y, 97% of budgetBourbon Crusaders Inc: $68,700 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetLouisville Area Chamber of Commerce Inc: $66,650 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $60,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnbridled Charitable Foundation Inc: $31,800 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetKentucky Chamber of Commerce Inc: $30,850 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLeadership Louisville Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Lexington Cancer Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUSA Cares Inc: $22,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFreedom Lake Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBrain Injury Alliance of Kentucky Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetKentucky Youth Advocates Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet: $18,686 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedicinal Whiskey Charity Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDelta Dental Plans Association: $14,095 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetV-Soft Cares Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetKentucky Derby Museum Corporation: $12,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLindsey Wilson University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Kentucky Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Athletic Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Louisville Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetDental Lifeline Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMidway University Inc Fka Midway College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActors Theatre of Louisville Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetParks Alliance of Louisville Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Arh Foundation for Healthier Communities Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Louisville Zoo Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetJunior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc: $6,393 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSmilefaith Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Home of the Innocents Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Science and Technology Corp: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository IncKY33.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Baptist Healthcare System Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Kindred Foundation Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation 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 Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc

How much does Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc give?
Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $2,499,057, out of $2,639,506 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (48%), Philanthropy (45%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
Who are Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Delta Dental of Kenucky Foundation Inc ($11M), Louisville Dental Society Inc ($75k), Bourbon Crusaders Inc ($69k).
Does Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
Where is Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc based?
Delta Dental of Kentucky 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 62 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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