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Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$927k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH$10,200
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS$5,000
THE FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST INC$3,000
NEIGHBOORS IMMIGRATION CLINIC$2,500
SISTERS OF CHARITY CENTER$2,500
YOUNG MAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LEXINGTON KENTUCKY$2,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION$1,500
AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC$1,500
BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$1,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$1,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC$1,000
KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC$1,000
STATES NEWSROOM$1,000
RAZOM INC$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $2k → 8%THE FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST INC: $3k → 16%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $5k → 28%RAICES: $2k → 16%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%MILNER LIBRARY: $3k → 11%AMERICAN PROMISE: $2k → 8%FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST: $3k → 16%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%RAICES: $2k → 16%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 16%AMERICAN PROMISE: $2k → 8%FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST: $3k → 16%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%AMERICAN PROMISE: $2k → 8%FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST: $3k → 16%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $2k → 8%FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST: $3k → 16%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%AMERICAN PROMISE: $2k → 8%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%SISTERS OF CHARITY: $3k → 28%NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $5k → 13%SISTERS OF CHARITY CENTER: $3k → 28%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $8k → 15%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $7k → 15%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $7k → 15%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $6k → 15%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $5k → 15%YMCA: $2k → 15%BCTC PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANCE FUND: $2k → 15%YOUNG MAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LEXINGTON KENTUCKY: $2k → 15%CARNEGIE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING: $17k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH: $10k → 15%CARNEGIE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING: $3k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $9k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $5k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD PLEDGE: $5k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $5k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $5k → 15%GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $4k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
KY
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$262k · 33 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
23

Total granted

$262k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+23%

Still filing today

73%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHealthEnvironmentEducationReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ND
    NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue +39%
  • KH
    Kentucky Humanities Council Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $34k · revenue +4%
  • CL
    CARNEGIE LITERACY CENTER INC CARNEGIE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING
    7× · 2018–2025 · $24k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • ML
    MILNER LIBRARY
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • BP
    BCTC PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANCE FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

To protect the right to gather and distribute news; to keep government accountable by ensuring access to public records, meetings and courtrooms; and to preserve the principles of free speech and unfettered press, as guaranteed by the…

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2
Kentucky Coalition Inc

To support grassroots organizing, leadership development & public education around important public policy. ky coalition seeks to promote active citizen participation in the democratic process.

Public Benefit
3
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
4
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
5
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
6
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
League of Women Voters of the United States

Lwvus, a nonpartisan organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase the understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

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9
American Civil Liberties Union

The american civil liberties union of west virginia (aclu-wv) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the bill of rights for all west virginians and expand the reach of its…

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10
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
11
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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12
Kentucky Bankers Association

To provide effective advocacy for the financial services industry both in kentucky and on a national level; to serve as a reliable and responsive source of information and education about areas of interest to the industry; and to provide a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kentucky Humanities Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Seneca Yacht Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
22/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kentucky Humanities Council Inc: $34,000 · OtherKentucky Humanities Council IncGOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: $27,900 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD CHURCHSISTERS OF CHARITY: $20,500 · OtherSISTERS OF CHARITYAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,500 · OtherAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INCGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH: $10,200 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCHYMCA: $8,500 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC: $7,500 · Other+42 more: $49,100 · Other+42 moreNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS: $40,000 · HealthNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROM…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FE…DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC: $8,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIA…CARNEGIE LITERACY CENTER INC CARNEGIE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING: $24,000 · EducationCARNEGIE LI…BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,750 · EducationBLUEGRASS C…The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $14,500 · EnvironmentTREES LEXINGTON: $3,000 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $6,750 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,500 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $250 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $3,250 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC: $3,250 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $3,250 · Arts & CultureSTATES NEWSROOM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureRADIO EYE INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · ReligionRepairers of the Breach: $1,000 · Religion
Other$168,200Health$58,500Education$30,750Environment$17,750Civil Rights$14,500Arts & Culture$14,100Religion$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS ↗
  • Who funds Kentucky Humanities Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE LITERACY CENTER INC CARNEGIE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE AUTHORS GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TREES LEXINGTON ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Neighbors Immigration Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOODCHAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds STATES NEWSROOM ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LEXINGTON KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RADIO EYE INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗

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 …Honorable Order of Ke…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Cralle Foundation IncSnowy Owl Foundation …Baird Foundation IncNatl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kim Edwards Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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