Kentucky · Public charity
Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc
Support of jefferson county, kentucky public schools
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,589,555
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k 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 | 3 | $3.0M | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $2.0M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $147k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $392k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $490k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.6M | 89% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $9,019,433 | 9 | n/a |
| Evolve502 Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentuckianaworks Foundation Inc | $206,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Learning Stewards Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 38% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $63,823 | 3 | 0% |
| Spalding University Inc | $53,330 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $39,720 | 1 | 0% |
| Everfi Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rita June Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborative for Teaching and Learning Inc | $16,436 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $9,019,433 | 9 | n/a |
| Evolve502 Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentuckianaworks Foundation Inc | $206,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Learning Stewards Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 38% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $63,823 | 3 | 0% |
| Spalding University Inc | $53,330 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $39,720 | 1 | 0% |
| Everfi Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rita June Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborative for Teaching and Learning Inc | $16,436 | 1 | 1% |
| Sowing Seeds with Faith Inc | $14,842 | 1 | 3% |
| Jefferson Community Technical College Foundation Inc | $14,835 | 1 | 0% |
| PTA Kentucky Congress | $12,279 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Community Development Corporation | $10,368 | 1 | 2% |
| New Albany - Floyd County Educational Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky | $8,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Blake Elementary | $7,587 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morehead State University Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PTA Kentucky Congress | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centre College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PTA Kentucky Congress | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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
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About Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc
- How much does Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc give?
- Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $3,066,907, out of $3,235,080 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Employment (2%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jefferson County Public Schools ($9.0M), Evolve502 Inc ($400k), Kentuckianaworks Foundation Inc ($206k).
- Does Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, James Graham Brown Foundation Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc based?
- Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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