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Ipa Foundation

Provide for the well-being of children and their basic needs with a focus on children with exceptional medical requirements.

$497k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Itemized grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$441k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,399
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 43
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Ipa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving33$441k18%
FY202435$625k9%
FY202335$558k29%
FY202237$715k32%
FY202139$563k54%
FY202043$613kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.9MHuman Services$355kRecreation & Sports$256kYouth Development$250kInternational$230kEducation$155kFood & Nutrition$146kHousing & Shelter$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 95 grantees
All grantees of Ipa Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kids Cancer Alliance Inc$160,00063%
The Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$160,00060%
Project Camp Inc$132,85061%
Breakthrough T1d$131,00060%
Orlando Health Foundation Inc$125,00040%
Kids Cancer Foundation Inc$115,00063%
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$95,00040%
Best Buddies International Inc$90,00060%
Boy Scouts of America$85,00060%
WI Cook Foundation Inc$82,65040%
Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc$75,92161%
Special Olympics Kentucky Inc$75,01861%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn$75,00040%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$75,00030%
The Children's Center Inc$73,52240%
Fuego Corporation$73,11719%
Kosair Charities Committee Inc$72,50050%
Zimkids Orphan Foundation$61,500423%
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc$61,50060%
Feat of Louisville Inc$60,37263%
Ashley Parham Foundation$60,0005n/a
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$59,52950%
The Focus Foundation Inc$58,00033%
Upreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$57,46742%
Melodic Caring Project$56,18945%
The Salvation Army$52,5003n/a
St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society$50,0001n/a
Operation Backpack 4kids Inc$50,000216%
Med-Camps of Louisiana Inc$50,00025%
Blood Cancer United Inc$45,00030%
Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc$45,00030%
John Clarke Perry Corporation Dba John Clarke Perry Foundation$45,000316%
Refuge for Women Emerg Housing LLC$45,00031%
US Pain Foundation Inc$40,00032%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Kentucky Chapter$40,0002n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc$40,00020%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$35,00030%
Uspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn)$32,92030%
Casa of the River Region$30,12431%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$30,00020%
Sierra Therapeutic Equestrian Program Inc$30,0002n/a
Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention$30,0002n/a
Cedar Lake Foundation Inc$30,00031%
Orlando Health Inc$25,30010%
North Broward Hospital District Charitable Foundation Inc$25,00012%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$25,00020%
Little Elm Fire Department$20,1021n/a
USA Cares Inc$20,00011%
Paws With Purpose Inc$17,50022%
Capital Health Foundation-East Trenton Inc$17,500116%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$17,22020%
Global Village Ministries Inc$16,15015%
Pitt Academy Inc$15,00011%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$15,00010%
Independent Pilots Association$15,00010%
Spirit Reins Equine Center Inc$15,000118%
Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center Inc$15,00013%
Cerebral Palsy KIDS Center Inc$15,00011%
New Day Ministries Inc$14,99023%
Compassion Neuroscience$14,96018%
Hope Health Clinic Inc$14,34911%
Special Camps for Special Kids$13,18011%
Cook Children's Health Care System$13,00010%
Central Florida Speech & Hearing Center Inc$12,53311%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$12,50010%
Lifeline Inc$12,00022%
Jackbenimble Inc$10,5011n/a
Helphopelive Inc$10,00010%
Foster and Heart$10,00011%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Sharing & Caring Inc$10,0001n/a
Down Syndrome of Louisville Inc$10,0001n/a
Miracle League of Northwest Ohio Inc$10,000118%
Dream Center Academy Christian School Inc$10,00011%
Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc$10,0001n/a
The Dream Factory Inc - Headquarters$10,00013%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00010%
Lifeworks at Wku Inc$10,00010%
Promise House Inc$10,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc$10,00010%
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children$10,00010%
Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc$10,00010%
Canine Assistants Inc$10,00010%
Youth Encouragement Services Inc$8,80010%
Kids' Voice of Indiana Inc$8,55610%
Cure Cf Inc$7,00013%
Texas Health Resources Foundation$6,94510%
Seven Counties Services Inc$5,85210%
Myteam Triumph Inc$5,7251n/a
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc$5,21210%
Assistance League of Boise Idaho$5,00011%
Magnolia Speech School$4,12110%
Uplift Community Alliance$3,50010%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$1,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ipa Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKids Cancer Alliance Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetThe Children's Hospital Foundation Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetProject Camp Inc: $132,850 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $131,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKids Cancer Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetRett Syndrome Research Trust Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoy Scouts of America: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWI Cook Foundation Inc: $82,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVisually Imparied Preschool Services Inc: $75,921 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSpecial Olympics Kentucky Inc: $75,018 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDeborah Hospital Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Center Inc: $73,522 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFuego Corporation: $73,117 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetKosair Charities Committee Inc: $72,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetZimkids Orphan Foundation: $61,500 over 4y, 23% of budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $61,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeat of Louisville Inc: $60,372 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs Inc: $59,529 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Focus Foundation Inc: $58,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetUpreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $57,467 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetMelodic Caring Project: $56,189 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetOperation Backpack 4kids Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMed-Camps of Louisiana Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Clarke Perry Corporation Dba John Clarke Perry Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetRefuge for Women Emerg Housing LLC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUS Pain Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn): $32,920 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCasa of the River Region: $30,124 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCedar Lake Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOrlando Health Inc: $25,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Broward Hospital District Charitable Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Salvation Army World Service Office: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSA Cares Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPaws With Purpose Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCapital Health Foundation-East Trenton Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $17,220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Village Ministries Inc: $16,150 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPitt Academy Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Pilots Association: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 83.

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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 IncKY51.3× affinity24 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 · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation · Republic Bank 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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How do I get to Ipa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ipa Foundation 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.

About Ipa Foundation

How much does Ipa Foundation give?
Ipa Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $441,086, out of $497,255 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ipa Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Human Services (10%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
Who are Ipa Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kids Cancer Alliance Inc ($160k), The Children's Hospital Foundation Inc ($160k), Project Camp Inc ($133k).
Does Ipa Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ipa Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Cralle Foundation Inc.
Where is Ipa Foundation based?
Ipa Foundation 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 95 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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