Kentucky · Public charity
Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc
The felix e. Martin jr. Foundation seeks to enrich the lives of the citizens of muhlenberg county, kentucky by providing support to qualified organizations to meet educational, civic and cultural needs of the county, both today and for generations to come.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $931,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $90M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $2.1M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.9M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.7M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $3.3M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.1M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $1.1M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $4.6M | 41% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $1.5M | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg County Board of Education | $4,990,704 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System | $4,944,981 | 6 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court | $3,290,016 | 9 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg Economic Growth Alliance | $931,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson Community & Technical College | $632,180 | 7 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Airport | $374,750 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Greenville | $306,659 | 7 | n/a |
| City of Central City | $303,079 | 8 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Health Department | $258,453 | 4 | n/a |
| Kentucky State Parks Foundation Inc | $257,500 | 1 | 78% |
Show all 59 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg County Board of Education | $4,990,704 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System | $4,944,981 | 6 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court | $3,290,016 | 9 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg Economic Growth Alliance | $931,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson Community & Technical College | $632,180 | 7 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Airport | $374,750 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Greenville | $306,659 | 7 | n/a |
| City of Central City | $303,079 | 8 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Health Department | $258,453 | 4 | n/a |
| Kentucky State Parks Foundation Inc | $257,500 | 1 | 78% |
| Pennyrile Allied Community Services Inc | $237,431 | 6 | 1% |
| Muhlenberg County Long Term Disaster Recovery Committee Inc | $224,697 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope2all Inc | $206,914 | 7 | 7% |
| Owensboro Health Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Muhlenberg County 4-H Council | $158,235 | 9 | n/a |
| Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health- Mental Retardation Board Inc | $138,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Muhlenberg County Opportunity Center Inc | $122,849 | 6 | 22% |
| Sanctuary Inc | $77,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Muhlenberg Extension Arts Advisory Council Inc | $52,150 | 5 | n/a |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Fo | $50,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Pathway of Hope Inc | $48,000 | 4 | 12% |
| The Learning Center of Madisonville Inc | $44,200 | 4 | 12% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Muhlenberg County Extension Service | $29,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Muhlenberg Co Inc | $27,247 | 2 | 7% |
| Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Muhlenberg County High School Band Booster Club Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Muhlenberg County Fair Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Muhlenberg County Regional Disaster Resource Facility Inc | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg County Fire Department of Graham Divisi | $18,250 | 2 | 13% |
| Cleaton Missionary Baptist Church | $18,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg Community Theatre Inc | $17,225 | 2 | 30% |
| Found 46 Teen Services | $17,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Duvall's Chapel Mercy Ministry | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kentucky Science Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The McCallie School | $13,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Drakesboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $13,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Philanthropy Southeast Inc | $12,015 | 2 | 0% |
| Kentucky Baptist Convention | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Baptist Church Greenville | $10,895 | 2 | n/a |
| Kentucky Career Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Speed Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bremen Community Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| United Way of the Coalfield Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Happy Feet Equals Learning Feet Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Powers Chapel Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bremen | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of West Kentucky Inc | $9,800 | 1 | 2% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Powderly | $7,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Muhlenberg Music Mission | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Righteous Souls Ministry Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Hospital Inc | $7,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Audubon Area Community Services Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Shakespeare Inc | $5,010 | 1 | 0% |
| Appalshop Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc
- How much does Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc give?
- Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $2,146,300, out of $2,190,205 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Recreation & Sports (28%), Public Benefit (21%).
- Who are Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muhlenberg County Board of Education ($5.0M), Greater Muhlenberg Parks & Recreation System ($4.9M), Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court ($3.3M).
- Does Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, Owensboro Health Inc.
- Where is Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc based?
- Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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