Kentucky · Private foundation
Le Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $223k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Le Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $223k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $125k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $178k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $126k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $90k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $108k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St James Church | $70,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Education Foundation Inc | $20,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $14,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $13,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $5,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Priests for Life | $5,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Tri an Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $3,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Le Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Depository Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Le Foundation
- How much does Le Foundation give?
- Le Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $223,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Le Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Religion (25%), International (1%).
- Who are Le Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Louisville Foundation Inc ($120k), St James Church ($70k), Catholic Education Foundation Inc ($21k).
- Does Le Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Le Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Le Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Le Foundation based?
- Le Foundation is based in KY.
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