Kentucky · Private foundation
Golightly Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $234k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Golightly Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 4 | $234k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $126k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $125k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $97k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $179k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $290k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $310k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meredith-Dunn School Inc | $155,254 | 4 | 1% |
| Summit Academy of Greater Louisville Inc | $65,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Assumption High School Inc | $33,900 | 3 | n/a |
| MBC Academy Inc The Mills Academy | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Feat of Louisville Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Hill Therapy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| A Dae to Smile | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Cralle Foundation Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Golightly Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Golightly Family Foundation Inc give?
- Golightly Family Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $233,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Golightly Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Education (48%), Health (2%).
- Who are Golightly Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($300k), Meredith-Dunn School Inc ($155k), Summit Academy of Greater Louisville Inc ($65k).
- Does Golightly Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golightly Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Golightly Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cralle Foundation Inc, The Whas Crusade for Children Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc.
- Where is Golightly Family Foundation Inc based?
- Golightly Family Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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