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Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc at a glance

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Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc

Delta dental of kentucky's ("ddky") overarching mission is everyone deserves a happy & healthy smile.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $2,499,057, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,639,506 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $140,449 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 $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $331k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.1M
$13,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$140M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELTA DENTAL OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION$2,102,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
GREATER LOUISVILLE INC$45,700
E-RIDES LLC$37,062
FIRST TEE LOUISVILLE$20,000
AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION$20,000
BOURBON CRUSADERS INC$19,000
ROBBIE VALENTINE BASKETBALL CAMPS$18,500
CARDINAL ATHLETIC FOUNDATION$16,000
MEDICINAL WHISKEY CHARITY INC$15,000
DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION$14,095
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$13,000
USA CARES INC$12,800
LOUISVILLE BATS$12,500
V-SOFT CARES$12,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIFE LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 11%FREEDOM LAKE INC: $13k → 15%FREEDOM LAKE INC: $10k → 15%BLACK COMPLEX LOUISVILLE: $20k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS-KY REGION: $10k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $5k → 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

IL
IA
OH
CO
MO
KY
SC
AL
GA
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 13 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
33

Total granted

$11M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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
HealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    LOUISVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $67k · revenue +7%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $61k · revenue +53%
  • UC
    Unbridled Charitable Foundation Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $32k · revenue ×53

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETICS
    one grant, 2020 · $525k
  • P
    PROCAMPS
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • LD
    LOUISVILLE DENTAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +75%
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 Chamber Foundation Inc

The Kentucky Chamber Foundation's purpose is to unlock the power of business, accelerate solutions, and build opportunity in Kentucky.

Community Improvement
2
Commerce Lexington Inc

To represent our members, creating the environment and opportunity for economic prosperity and quality living in central kentucky.

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3
Kentucky Bankers Association

To provide effective advocacy for the financial services industry both in kentucky and on a national level; to serve as a reliable and responsive source of information and education about areas of interest to the industry; and to provide a…

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4
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
5
Kentucky Dental Association Inc

To serve, enhance and represent all aspects of the dental profession in kentucky and to promote the oral health of the public.

Education
6
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
7
American Dairy Association of Kentucky

Everything we do is market-focused and proactively promotes and protects the interests of the southeast dairy farm families.

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8
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
9
Kentucky Medical Association

The kentucky medical association provides physician advocacy through governmental interaction, legal intervention, and public education, as well as providing physician education through periodic workshops/seminars, and an annual convention…

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10
Kentucky Blood Center Inc

At kentucky blood center, our mission is to ensure a safe and abundant supply of lifegiving blood to the hospitals we serve. we are here to support our local communities in any way that we are able by being an integral and valued partner…

Health
11
University of Louisville Real Estate Foundation Inc

To acquire, maintain, improve, leverage, manage, lease, and convey real and personal property for the benefit of the university of louisville.

Philanthropy
12
Greater Louisville Sports Commission Inc

To attract, create, and host quality sporting events in the louisville area that increase economic vitality, enhance the quality of life, promote healthy lifestyles, and brand louisville as a great place to live, work, and play.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Louisville Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smilefaith 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

47 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. 47 of the 62 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/47
Grantees still filing
26/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELTA DENTAL OF KENUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $10,857,308 · PhilanthropyDELTA DENTAL OF KENUCKY FOUNDATION INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $10,350,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC+2 more: $56,800 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETICS: $525,000 · OtherPROCAMPS: $75,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE DENTAL SOCIETY INC: $75,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $66,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+28 more: $393,587 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc: $60,800 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · HealthMEDICINAL WHISKEY CHARITY INC: $15,000 · HealthV-SOFT CARES INC: $12,500 · HealthDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $10,000 · HealthTHE ARH FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES INC: $7,500 · HealthSMILEFAITH INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY KENTUCKY INC: $5,000 · HealthThe Kentucky State Police Foundation Inc: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY VARSITY LETTERMANS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsUniversity of Louisville Athletic Association: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBOURBON CRUSADERS INC: $68,700 · EducationLINDSEY WILSON UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMIDWAY UNIVERSITY INC FKA MIDWAY COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationFREEDOM LAKE INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesGLOBAL ECONOMIC DIVERSITY DEVELOPME: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesLife Learning Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Public BenefitLEADERSHIP KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$21,264,108Other$1,185,237Health$140,800Recreation & Sports$130,000Education$98,700Human Services$67,500Public Benefit$40,000

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 budgetDELTA DENTAL OF KENUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $10,857,308 over 3y, 97% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $10,350,000 over 5y, 3.5% 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
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 Community Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…The Gheens Foundation…Norton Healthcare IncRepublic Bank Foundat…The Community Foundat…James Graham Brown Fo…Honorable Order of Ke…Baptist Healthcare Sy…Kosair Charities Comm…Kindred Foundation IncSociable Weaver Found…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Dental of Kentucky Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 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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