Kentucky · Private foundation
Judge 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.
- $447k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 27
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Judge Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $156k 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 | 30 | $447k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $424k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $192k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $227k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $198k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterstep Inc | $121,200 | 4 | 3% |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In | $108,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Feed Louisville Inc | $68,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Steven Vanover Foundation | $67,830 | 5 | 9% |
| Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation Inc | $60,363 | 2 | 3% |
| Franciscan Shelter House Inc | $43,800 | 3 | n/a |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $36,046 | 3 | 0% |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $35,140 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Louisville Athletic Association | $31,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($674k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Judge Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Lift a Life Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · C E and S Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Judge Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Judge Family Foundation Inc give?
- Judge Family Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $447,271 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 27 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Judge Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Education (11%).
- Who are Judge Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Waterstep Inc ($121k), Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In ($109k), Feed Louisville Inc ($68k).
- Does Judge Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Judge 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 Judge Family 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, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
- Where is Judge Family Foundation Inc based?
- Judge Family Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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