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Kim Edwards Charitable 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.

$42k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,200
Organizations funded a year
25 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$927k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationReligionFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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 arriving29$42k48%
FY202430$36k43%
FY202325$37k4%
FY202227$37k7%
FY202130$40k7%
FY202031$38k19%
FY201926$39k27%
FY201825$40kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$57kHealth$53kArts & Culture$50kEducation$35kCivil Rights$19kEnvironment$15kPublic Benefit$13kHuman Services$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
KY
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Down Syndrome Congress$40,00081%
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc$34,00080%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$24,00072%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$14,50060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,50070%
American Promise Education Fund Inc$10,50080%
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church$10,2001n/a
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky Inc$8,00081%
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Inc$7,50061%
Bluegrass Community & Technical College Foundation Inc$6,75060%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$6,75080%
Equal Justice Initiative$6,50080%
The Authors Guild Inc$3,50070%
Center for Action and Contemplation$3,25070%
National Women's Hall of Fame Inc$3,25080%
Pen American Center Inc$3,25070%
Trees Lexington$3,00061%
Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc$3,00050%
Neighbors Immigration Clinic Inc$2,50011%
Foodchain Inc$2,00030%
States Newsroom$2,00020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky$2,00010%
University of Kentucky$1,7507n/a
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Radio Eye Inc$1,25030%
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Inc$1,25050%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Razom Inc$1,00010%
Kentucky Educational Television Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$1,00040%
Repairers of the Breach$1,00030%
Seneca Sailing Academy Inc$8003n/a
International Book Project Inc$75030%
Community Response Coalition of Kentucky Inc$75010%
The Authors Guild Foundation Inc$50010%
Hunter Presbyterian Church$4001n/a
Seneca Yacht Club$25010%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$25010%
Sweet Blessings Inc$2501n/a
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$25010%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$25010%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$25010%
Black Yarn Inc$1001n/a
The Central Music Academy Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Down Syndrome Congress: $40,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetKentucky Humanities Council Inc: $34,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCarnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning: $24,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Promise Education Fund Inc: $10,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBluegrass Community & Technical College Foundation Inc: $6,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $6,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $6,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Authors Guild Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Hall of Fame Inc: $3,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrees Lexington: $3,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetKentucky Refugee Ministries Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors Immigration Clinic Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFoodchain Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStates Newsroom: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRadio Eye Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKentuckians for the Commonwealth Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRazom Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Educational Television Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRepairers of the Breach: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Book Project Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Response Coalition of Kentucky Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Authors Guild Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeneca Yacht Club: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Central Music Academy Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 38.

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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.

Blue Grass Community Foundation IncKY25.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $41,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Health (20%), Arts & Culture (19%).
Who are Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: National Down Syndrome Congress ($40k), Kentucky Humanities Council Inc ($34k), Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning ($24k).
Does Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kim Edwards Charitable 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 Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc.
Where is Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation 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 70 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-PF 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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