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Kentucky Humanities Council Inc

The kentucky humanities council is dedicated to telling kentucky's story through programs and services that create a legacy of pride in the wealth of kentucky's culture, building civic engagement, and supporting local humanities programs and events.

$71k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$27k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$18,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 47
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$9.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Kentucky Humanities Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationOther
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
FY2024still arriving2$27k0%
FY20236$110k33%
FY20221$10k0%
FY202147$818k70%
FY202028$286kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MEducation$116kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kPublic Benefit$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Governor's Scholars Program Inc$57,81051%
Kentucky Historical Society Foundation Inc$50,14034%
Appalshop Inc$50,00031%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$48,22831%
Appalachian Artisan Center Inc$38,98323%
The Filson Historical Society Inc$30,00020%
Red River Historical Society$30,0001n/a
Kentucky Railway Museum Inc$30,00022%
International Bluegrass Music Museum$30,00023%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$30,00020%
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All grantees of Kentucky Humanities Council Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Governor's Scholars Program Inc$57,81051%
Kentucky Historical Society Foundation Inc$50,14034%
Appalshop Inc$50,00031%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$48,22831%
Appalachian Artisan Center Inc$38,98323%
The Filson Historical Society Inc$30,00020%
Red River Historical Society$30,0001n/a
Kentucky Railway Museum Inc$30,00022%
International Bluegrass Music Museum$30,00023%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$30,00020%
Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center$30,00020%
Three Forks Historical Museum Inc$30,0001n/a
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc$29,62520%
Mt Vernon-Rockcastle County Tourist Commission Inc$28,0002n/a
Paramount Arts Center Inc$26,00022%
Lexarts Inc$24,00021%
Kentucky Mansions Preservation Fdn Inc Dba Mary Todd Lincoln House$21,50016%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$21,50012%
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage$20,0001n/a
Knott County Public Library$20,0001n/a
Historic Locust Grove Inc$20,00012%
Pennyroyal Arts Council Inc$20,00013%
Wayland Historical Society Inc$20,000116%
Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation$20,00017%
Simpson County Historical Society$20,00016%
The National Quilt Museum Inc$20,00021%
Asia Institute Inc$20,000115%
Henry Clay Memorial Foundation$20,00012%
Kmac Museum$20,00012%
The Berry Center Inc$20,00011%
I Was Here Inc$20,000114%
Portland Museum Inc$20,00016%
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center Inc$20,00013%
Reckoning Inc$20,00015%
Historic Russellville Inc$19,755117%
Georgetown & Scott County Museum$19,6111n/a
The Lincoln Museum Inc$19,000114%
Breathitt County Museum Inc$18,0001n/a
St James Court Historic Foundation$16,77817%
Barren Cohistorical Foundationinc$15,900110%
Lexington Children's Museum$13,50015%
Friends of Oxmoor Foundation Inc$11,50013%
Meade County Historical & Archaeological Preservation Societ$11,4351n/a
Marshall County Public Library$10,0002n/a
Daviess County Public Library$10,0002n/a
Mercer County Public Library$10,0002n/a
Lexington Public Library$10,00020%
The Harrodsburg Historical Society$10,000127%
Lexington Writers Room$10,00018%
Kentucky Shakespeare Inc$10,00021%
Lexington Children's Theatre Inc$10,00021%
Campbell County Public Library District Board of Trustees Incorpo$10,0002n/a
Franklin County Public District$10,0002n/a
Kentucky Derby Museum Corporation$10,00020%
Madison County Public Library$10,0002n/a
Stageone Family Theatre Inc$10,00021%
Perry County Public Library$10,0002n/a
Bell County Historical Society Inc$10,0001n/a
Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet$7,50020%
The Living Arts & Science Center Inc$6,50021%
Art Center of the Bluegrass Inc$5,90012%
Bardstown-Nelson Co African-American Heritage Museum$5,0001n/a
Maysville & Mason Co Library Historical & Scientific Association$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Kentucky Humanities Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGovernor's Scholars Program Inc: $57,810 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetKentucky Historical Society Foundation Inc: $50,140 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetAppalshop Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHindman Settlement School Inc: $48,228 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAppalachian Artisan Center Inc: $38,983 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Filson Historical Society Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKentucky Railway Museum Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetInternational Bluegrass Music Museum: $30,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetShakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMuhammad Ali Museum and Education Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOwsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc: $29,625 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetParamount Arts Center Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLexarts Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKentucky Mansions Preservation Fdn Inc Dba Mary Todd Lincoln House: $21,500 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCarnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning: $21,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHistoric Locust Grove Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPennyroyal Arts Council Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWayland Historical Society Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetKentucky Steam Heritage Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSimpson County Historical Society: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetThe National Quilt Museum Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAsia Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHenry Clay Memorial Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKmac Museum: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Berry Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetI Was Here Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPortland Museum Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetHighlands Museum & Discovery Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetReckoning Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetHistoric Russellville Inc: $19,755 over 1y, 17% of budgetThe Lincoln Museum Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSt James Court Historic Foundation: $16,778 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBarren Cohistorical Foundationinc: $15,900 over 1y, 10% of budgetLexington Children's Museum: $13,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetFriends of Oxmoor Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLexington Public Library: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Harrodsburg Historical Society: $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetLexington Writers Room: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetKentucky Shakespeare Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLexington Children's Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKentucky Derby Museum Corporation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStageone Family Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Living Arts & Science Center Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetArt Center of the Bluegrass Inc: $5,900 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMaysville & Mason Co Library Historical & Scientific Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 46.

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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.

Honorable Order of Ke…Snowy Owl Foundation …Blue Grass Community …The Community Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Fund for the Arts IncThe Community Foundat…James Graham Brown Fo…Sociable Weaver Found…Tallgrass Farm Founda…Owsley Brown II Famil…W L Lyons Brown Found…
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncKY45.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Fund for the Arts Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation

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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About Kentucky Humanities Council Inc

How much does Kentucky Humanities Council Inc give?
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $27,000, out of $70,579 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Kentucky Humanities Council Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Education (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
Who are Kentucky Humanities Council Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Governor's Scholars Program Inc ($58k), Kentucky Historical Society Foundation Inc ($50k), Appalshop Inc ($50k).
Does Kentucky Humanities Council Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kentucky Humanities Council Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, Snowy Owl Foundation Inc, Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Kentucky Humanities Council Inc based?
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc 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 63 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $12k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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