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Fourevergreen Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Fourevergreen Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$465k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.8MHealth$900kYouth Development$865kAnimals$710kPhilanthropy$301kHuman Services$235kRecreation & Sports$126kFood & Nutrition$125kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $730k
  • $250k+1 grant · $465k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$86M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANCHORAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL$465,000
PAWS WITH PURPOSE$150,000
KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC$110,000
MBC ACADEMY INC$100,000
SACRED HEART SCHOOLS INC$98,094
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE$95,000
ANGLO-AMERICAN CHAR FDN$77,000
NORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$50,000
21ST CENTURY PARKS INC$50,000
VIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC$25,000
FLIGHT CLUB 502$25,000
DAY SPRING FOUNDATION INC$25,000
FIRST CAR PROJECT INC$25,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KENTUCKY$25,000
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC$22,500
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 (FY21–25, $475k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FIRST CAR PROJECT INC: $25k → 4%FIRST CAR PROJECT INC: $25k → 4%THE ARROW FUND INC: $50k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%PAWS WITH PURPOSE: $150k → 15%PAWS WITH PURPOSE: $100k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $75k → 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.
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 13 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
0%

Still filing today

77%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • GC
    GILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $415k · revenue +16%
  • VC
    VIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $335k · revenue +39%
  • KC
    KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $245k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • LG
    Louisville Grows Incorporated
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -36%
  • KH
    KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue +69%
  • FS
    FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $110k · revenue +198%
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
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc

Addressing the unmet health needs of kentuckians by developing and influencing policy, improving access to care, reducing health risks and disparities, and promoting health equity. the foundation makes grants, conducts campaigns, supports…

Health
2
Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky Inc

Children's advocacy centers of kentucky, inc. seeks to build relationships at the state and national levels by collaborating with partners which will benefit the work of kentucky child advocacy centers.

Crime & Legal
3
Children's Alliance Incorporated

Shape public policy and practice to improve the well-being of kentucky's at-risk children and families through advocacy, leadership, collaboration, and education.

—
4
Child Watch Counseling and Advocacy Center Inc

To provide families in western kentucky with education, advocacy and treatment that prevents child abuse, encourages family stability, promotes healthy relationships, enhances well-being and cultivates safe, nurturing families.

Crime & Legal
5
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
6
Kids Chance of Kentucky Inc

Provide educational scholarships to children of kentucky workers who have been seriously or fatally injured in work related accidents.

Education
7
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc

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

Public Benefit
8
Child Development Center Corporation

To provide kdmc team members and members of the community the convenience of an exceptional child development center that promotes physical, emotional, intellectual, and social growth in a christian values-based environment, supporting the…

Human Services
9
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
10
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc

Support for Markey Cancer Center Hospital building expansion and research projects.

—
11
Kids Home Care Inc

The corporation is organized for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, and to provide pediatric home health care, alternate site and other pediatric services to pediatric patients. in addition, kids home care conducts health…

Health
12
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
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 Paws With Purpose 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

32 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. 32 of the 40 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
16/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS HAVEN: $675,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS HAVENANCHORAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL: $545,000 · OtherANCHORAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $415,000 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INCVIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC: $335,000 · OtherVIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INCSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INC: $240,705 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INCKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $110,000 · OtherFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $109,691 · OtherKIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 · Other+10 more: $440,500 · Other+10 morePAWS WITH PURPOSE INC: $550,000 · Human ServicesPAWS WITH PURPOS…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOU…CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCABBAGE PATCH SE…THE ARROW FUND INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARROW FUND I…FIRST CAR PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesFIRST CAR PROJEC…KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $244,800 · EducationKENTUCKY COUNT…MBC Academy Inc The Mills Academy: $200,000 · EducationMBC Academy In…EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $170,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL JU…DECODE PROJECT INC: $80,000 · EducationDECODE PROJECT…HOPE SCARVES INC: $215,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthNORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Health+2 more: $20,000 · HealthANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD: $250,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $25,000 · PhilanthropyDAY SPRING FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyInternational Rescue Committee INC: $65,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $35,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $35,000 · InternationalLouisville Grows Incorporated: $125,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,970,896Human Services$775,000Education$694,800Health$385,000Philanthropy$300,500International$135,000Food & Nutrition$125,000

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 budgetPAWS WITH PURPOSE INC: $550,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $415,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetVIRGINIA CHANCE SCHOOL INC: $335,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD: $250,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetKENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $244,800 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE SCARVES INC: $215,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetMBC Academy Inc The Mills Academy: $200,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetEDUCATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $170,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetLouisville Grows Incorporated: $125,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $110,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $109,691 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetDECODE PROJECT INC: $80,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ARROW FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetFIRST CAR PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetThe American Youth Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAY SPRING FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $500 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…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Republic Bank Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Cralle Foundation IncThe Gheens Foundation…Mightycause Charitabl…Honorable Order of Ke…Brown-Forman Foundati…Lift a Life Foundatio…Sociable Weaver Found…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY42.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Lift a Life 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 Fourevergreen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fourevergreen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Fourevergreen Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fourevergreen Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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