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LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
497
Grants FY2025
354
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$749,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 354
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$22M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving343$4.2M25%
FY2024354$4.0M100%
FY20231$4.5M100%
FY20221$5.7M100%
FY20211$5.1M100%
FY20201$4.8Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$2.7MPhilanthropy$1.7MArts & Culture$880kEducation$731kHousing & Shelter$314kEnvironment$306kEmployment$303kYouth Development$236kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Association of Community Ministries Inc$1,573,000259%
Metro United Way Inc$1,315,20824%
The Whas Crusade for Children Inc$385,69121%
Young Adult Development in Action Inc$273,35524%
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation$238,000220%
The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc$214,000232%
Fund for the Arts Inc$188,27022%
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville$141,50020%
Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc$137,00023%
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc$131,44122%
Energy Conservation Associates Inc$120,000156%
Community Winterhelp Inc$105,646139%
Ohio Valley United Charities Inc$104,131221%
Lincoln Foundation$81,50022%
Kentucky Industrial Development Council$79,000216%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$75,00020%
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc$60,00023%
Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc$59,50021%
Dollar Energy Fund Inc$56,83520%
Herrington Lake Conservation League Inc$55,400228%
Louisville Free Public Library Foundatio$45,50021%
Jefferson Community Technical College Foundation Inc$45,00021%
Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County$39,13024%
Lexington Habitat for Humanity Inc$38,00021%
Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc$36,12724%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Inc$35,50021%
Casa of the River Region$33,00021%
Scholarship America Inc$32,4001n/a
St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society$31,5002n/a
Bellarmine University Incorporated$30,50020%
Stageone Family Theatre Inc$30,00021%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$30,00020%
The Louisville Orchestra Inc$30,00020%
Riverside the Farnsley-Moremen Landing Inc$30,00024%
God's Pantry Food Bank Inc$28,00020%
Downtown Development Corporation$26,05021%
United Way of Central Kentucky Inc$25,20122%
Kentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education$25,00028%
Simmons College of Kentucky Inc$25,00020%
Southwest Community Ministries$25,00023%
Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc$25,00020%
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc$22,00020%
Center for Women Children and Families Inc$22,00021%
Lincoln Heritage Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$22,00020%
Kentucky Shakespeare Inc$21,50021%
Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center$20,35020%
Mountain Empire Community College Foundation Inc$20,19520%
Youth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle$20,00021%
Community Act Council for Lex-Fay Bour Harr and Nich Counties Inc$20,00020%
Centre College$20,00020%
The Kentucky Science Center Inc$20,00010%
Catholic Education Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Living Arts & Science Center Inc$19,00022%
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc$18,00020%
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc$17,80020%
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In$17,00020%
Jefferson County United Way Inc$16,97421%
The Housing Partnership Inc$15,50010%
Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc$15,50020%
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass Inc$15,00022%
Appalachia Service Project Inc$15,00020%
Maryhurst Inc$15,00010%
Lexarts Inc$15,00021%
Family & Children's Place Inc$14,85120%
21st Century Parks Inc$14,50020%
Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve Inc$14,13820%
Treeslouisville Inc$13,00020%
United Way of Eastern Kentucky Inc$12,925215%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky$12,50020%
Family Scholar House Inc$12,5002n/a
Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc$12,50010%
Midway University Inc Fka Midway College$12,00020%
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council Inc$12,00020%
Black Male Working Academy Inc$12,00021%
South Louisville Community Ministries Inc$11,00020%
Ace Mentor Program of America Inc$11,0002n/a
Lexington Public Library Foundation$11,00021%
Shively Area Ministries$10,00011%
Mountain Empire Older Citizens Inc$10,00020%
Southwest Community Festival & Parade Committee Inc$10,00028%
Kentucky Opera Association Inc$10,00020%
Ky FIRST Robotics Inc$10,00023%
Build-Building a United Inter-Faith Lexington Through Direct-Action$10,00022%
Kentucky Emergency Services Conference Inc$10,0002n/a
Carroll County Training Consortium Inc$10,0002n/a
Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates Inc$10,00020%
You Decide Kentucky Inc$10,00018%
Speed Art Museum$10,00010%
The Triangle Foundation Inc$10,00023%
Neighborhood House Inc$10,00020%
Roots 101 African America Museum$10,00022%
The Kentucky Safety and Health Network Inc$10,0001n/a
La Casita Center Inc$10,00020%
Ballet Theatre of Lexington Inc$10,00022%
Feeding Southwest Virginia$10,00020%
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Payne Hollow on the Ohio$10,00015%
Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc$10,00020%
Kentucky Nonprofit Network Inc$10,00021%
Kentucky Mountain Laurel Foundation Inc$10,000210%
Meade County Fair Inc$10,00021%
Trimble County Apple Festival Inc$10,000233%
Louisville Soccer Foundation$10,0001n/a
The University of Virginia's College at Wise Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The Hope Center Inc$10,00020%
American Printing House for the Blind Inc$10,00010%
Master Musicians Festival Inc$10,00022%
Women Leading Kentucky Inc$9,00025%
Bluegrass Greensource Inc$9,00021%
Appalachian Community Action & Development$9,00020%
Nativity Academy at Saint Boniface$8,50020%
Alpha Lambda Educational Foundation$8,5002n/a
Science Museum of Western Virginia$8,5002n/a
Lexington Children's Museum$8,50020%
Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet$8,50020%
Lexington Theatre Company$8,00020%
Yew Dell Inc$8,00020%
Volunteers of America Inc$8,0002n/a
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc$7,50020%
Louisville Visual Art Inc$7,50021%
The Stephen Foster Drama Association Inc$7,5002n/a
The Center for Women and Families Inc$7,50010%
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$7,50020%
New Directions Housing Corporation$7,50020%
United Way of the Coalfield Inc$7,46923%
Uspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn)$7,00020%
Community Action Kentucky Inc$7,00020%
Montgomery County Council for the Arts$7,00020%
Leadership Central Kentucky Foundation Inc$7,0002n/a
Bedford Volunteer Fire Department Inc$6,88515%
United Way of Western Kentucky$6,84621%
Molo Village CDC Co$6,50021%
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$6,02020%
Louisville Sustainability Council Inc$6,00021%
High Knob Enhancement Corporation$6,0002n/a
African American Forum Inc Co John E$6,00023%
American Heart Association Inc$6,00020%
Evolve502 Inc$6,00020%
United Way of the Ohio Valley Inc$5,99120%
Louisville Central Community Centerinc$5,50020%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc$5,50020%
Cumberland Trails United Way Inc$5,400213%
International Book Project Inc$5,06320%
Refuge International Inc$5,00021%
Dare to Care Inc$5,00010%
USA Cares Inc$5,00020%
Horse Cave Cultural District Inc$5,0002n/a
Kentucky Public Radio Inc$5,00010%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$5,00020%
Teach Kentucky Inc$5,00020%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$5,00020%
The Healing Place Inc$5,00020%
Brightside Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together Inc$5,00012%
Scott County Habitat for Humanity$5,00021%
Hardin County Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,00020%
African American Arts Association Inc$5,000221%
Foundation for Ohio River Education$5,00021%
Governor's Scholars Program Foundation Inc$5,00020%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5,00010%
Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc$5,00010%
Lighthouse Promise Inc$5,00021%
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center In$5,00020%
Art Center of the Bluegrass Inc$5,00020%
Bluegrass Community & Technical College Foundation Inc$5,00020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5,00020%
Campbellsville University Inc$5,00020%
Onewest Corporation$5,00010%
Food Bank of Wise County Inc$5,00022%
CAFCA Cares Inc$5,00023%
Alliance for Girls Inc Louisville Girls Leadership$5,0001n/a
Adelante Hispanic Achievers Inc$5,00021%
Canopy Certified Inc$5,00021%
Fayette Alliance Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Lexington Ballet Company Inc$5,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,84710%
United Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc$4,62220%
Alpha League Inc$4,5002n/a
Educational Justice Inc$4,50020%
Helping Hand of Hope Inc$4,50020%
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence$4,50020%
Operation Open Arms Inc$4,50020%
Kentucky Community and Technical College System Foundation Inc$4,50020%
I Would Rather Be Reading$4,30020%
Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair$4,00025%
Kentucky Humanities Council Inc$4,00020%
Best Buddies International Inc$4,00020%
Cooperative Christian Ministry Incorporated$4,0002n/a
College Mentors for Kids Inc$4,00020%
Casa of Lexington Inc$4,00020%
Wesley House Community Services Inc$4,00020%
West Point Preservation Corp$4,0001n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southern Kentucky Inc$4,00022%
Gateway Juvenile Diversion Project Inc$4,00020%
Americana Community Center Inc$4,00020%
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc$4,00020%
International School of the Future Inc$4,0002n/a
Knox Regional Development Alliance$4,00021%
Lexington Fisher House Foundation$4,00021%
Sunrise Children's Services Inc$4,00020%
Good News Shelter Corporation$4,00020%
Greater Louisville Sports Commission Inc$3,75010%
Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter Education FoundationInc$3,70022%
Life Adventure Center Inc$3,60020%
Change Today Change Tomorrow$3,50011%
Family Crisis Support Services Inc$3,50020%
Winners Circle Robotics Inc$3,5002n/a
Special Olympics Kentucky Inc$3,50020%
Teach for America Inc$3,50020%
Casa of the Wilderness Trail Inc$3,50021%
Reach Inc$3,35021%
Richmond Area Arts Council Inc$3,00021%
Sustainable Berea Inc$3,00013%
Theta Omega Inc$3,00021%
Wow I Got the Power Inc$3,0002n/a
J E B Student Athlete Enrichment Center Inc$3,00021%
Kentucky YMCA Youth Association Inc$3,00020%
Louisville Nature Center Inc$3,00011%
Community Ventures Corporation$3,00020%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$3,00020%
National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky Inc$3,0002n/a
Spirit of Louisville Foundation Inc$3,00024%
Lexington Rescue Mission$3,00020%
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Inc$3,00020%
Uniting Partners for Women and Children$3,00020%
Lindsey Wilson University Inc$3,00020%
Great American Brass Band Festival Inc$3,00021%
Upper Tennessee River Roundtable$3,00014%
Faces of Kentucky Inc$3,0001n/a
Hopkins County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc$2,50010%
Kentucky Association for Academic Competition$2,50010%
Milton Volunteer Fire Department$2,50021%
Henderson Music Preservation Society Inc$2,50011%
Habitat for Humanity of Jessamine County Inc$2,50014%
Leadership Bardstown Nelson County Assn$2,5001n/a
St George's Scholar Institute Inc$2,50010%
Dmtl$2,5001n/a
Bates Community Development Corp$2,50011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass Inc$2,50010%
Wilderness Louisville Inc$2,50011%
Danville Boyle County Development Corporation Inc$2,50010%
Newton's Attic Inc$2,5001n/a
Sos International Inc$2,50010%
Sowing Seeds with Faith Inc$2,50020%
Habitat for Humanity of Madison and Clark Counties$2,50010%
Central Louisville Community Ministries Inc$2,50010%
Trees Lexington$2,50012%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$2,50010%
Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts Foundation$2,50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,50010%
American Cave Conservation Association$2,5001n/a
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Kentucky Inc$2,50010%
Sneakers With Everything Project Inc$2,5001n/a
Kentuckiana Pride Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc$2,50010%
River Fields Inc$2,5001n/a
Friends of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Inc$2,25022%
Louisville Grows Incorporated$2,00011%
Dress for Success Louisville Inc$2,00011%
Lexington Leadership Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Breakthrough Louisville Inc$2,00021%
Lincoln Days Celebration Inc$2,0001n/a
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$2,00020%
Common Good Community Development Corporation$2,00020%
Imagination Library of Louisville Inc$2,00020%
Feat of Louisville Inc$2,00020%
Marnel C Moorman Sr Fam Life Center Inc$2,00021%
Refuge for Women Inc$2,00010%
Paris Independent Schools Education Foundation$2,00021%
Master-Pieced Inc$2,0002n/a
Eastern Area Community Ministries$2,00020%
Refuge Community Development Inc$2,0001n/a
Thompson Scholars Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Southwest Family Ministries Inc$2,00020%
Phoenix Rising of Lexington Kenutcky Inc$2,0002n/a
Side by Side Studio Inc$2,00011%
The Mercer Chamber Foundation Inc$2,00021%
Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable$2,00020%
Larue County Public Schools Athletic Booster Club Inc$2,00020%
Refuge for Women Emerg Housing LLC$2,0001n/a
Lexington Community Radio Inc$2,00020%
The Prisoners Hope Inc$2,00010%
United Way of Laurel County Inc$1,89922%
Southland Jamboree Association INC$1,75025%
Friends of the Taylor County Public Library$1,5381n/a
Revive Ministries Inc$1,5001n/a
Portland Museum Inc$1,50010%
Second Stride Inc$1,50020%
New Pioneers For A Sustainable Future$1,50011%
Noir Black Chamber of Commerce Inc$1,5001n/a
Napoleon Hill Foundation$1,5001n/a
Lsm Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Help US Grow Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Harbor House of Louisville Inc$1,50010%
Feeding Kentucky Inc$1,50010%
The Backside Learning Center Inc$1,50010%
The Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Baya Corporation$1,50011%
Lexington History Museum Inc$1,50010%
Cumberland River Straight Shooters$1,5002n/a
Opportunity Workshop of Lexington Inc Dba Opportunity for Work & Learning$1,5001n/a
Adair County Board of Education$1,4141n/a
Kentucky Association of Conservation District Employees$1,4002n/a
United Way of Mason County Inc$1,3131n/a
King's Daughters Health Foundation Inc$1,25020%
Downtown Lexington Corporation Foundation$1,2501n/a
United Way of Henderson County$1,24920%
Spencer County Habitat for Hum$1,20013%
United Way of Hopkinsville and Christian County Inc$1,01820%
300 for 300$1,00010%
Mission Hope for Kids Inc$1,00010%
Amplify Louisville Inc$1,00010%
Repair Affair of Harrison County Inc$1,0002n/a
NAWBO Louisville Foundation Inc aka NAWBO Kentucky Foundation$1,0001n/a
Historic Locust Grove Inc$1,00010%
Woodford County Fair Association Inc$1,00011%
Glean Kentucky Inc$1,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Indiana Inc$1,0001n/a
Montessori Field School$1,00020%
Franklin County Youth Football Rams$1,0002n/a
Crossroads Lagrange Main Street Pro$1,00011%
McCreary County Heritage Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Casa of Floyd County Inc$1,0001n/a
Commonwealth Theatre Center Inc$1,0001n/a
Estill County 21st Century Inc$1,0001n/a
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc$1,00010%
Fern Creek Football Booster Club Inc$1,0002n/a
My Daily Armor Ministries Inc$1,00022%
See Forward Ministries$1,00010%
Dbk Athletics$1,0002n/a
Iec of Kentucky Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Muhlenberg County Fair Inc$1,00012%
Ohio Valley Educational Foundation Inc$1,00011%
St Paul Tomorrow Inc$1,0001n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$1,00020%
Owl Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Henderson Area Arts Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Military Transition Assistance Inc$1,0001n/a
Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center Inc$1,00010%
Highview Arts Inc$1,00021%
Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families Inc$1,00010%
I Was Here Inc$1,00010%
Ace Project Inc$1,00010%
Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Legal Aid Society Inc$1,00010%
Lexington Philharmonic Society Inc$1,00010%
Richmond Teen Center Inc$1,0001n/a
Portland Promise Center Inc$1,0001n/a
Lexington Fayette Urban County Greenspace Trust Inc$1,0001n/a
Kentucky African Achievers$1,0001n/a
National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network Inc$1,00020%
Friends of the Louisville Zoo Inc$1,00020%
Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Kentucky County Judgeexecutive Associat$90010%
Oldham County Educational Foundation Inc$75020%
For Hanks Sake$75010%
Methodist Home of Kentucky Inc$60020%
Hand in Hand Ministries Inc$50010%
Sawyer Youth Soccer Association Inc$50010%
Eastern High School Band Parents Assn Inc$50011%
The Arrow Fund Inc$50010%
Alley Cat Advocates Inc$50010%
Lafayette Womens Volleyball Boosters$5001n/a
Project Linus$50010%
Nky Patriots Baseball$5001n/a
Cure Cf Inc$50013%
Jefferson County 4-H Club$5001n/a
North Metcalfe Volunteer FIre Department$50011%
Hoseas House Inc$50010%
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$50010%
Nedo Sports Inc$50010%
Kids Cancer Alliance Inc$50010%
Robert B Turner Elementary PTO Inc$50011%
Ohio River Way$50010%
Wildcat Athletic Boosters Inc$5001n/a
Dewey Dam Dog & Cat Protection Society Inc$5001n/a
Embracing the Aged Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Lexington Blue Grass Kiwanis Club Endowment Inc$50011%
Louisville Track Club II Inc$5001n/a
House of Ruth Inc$50010%
The Hortense B Perry Foundation$5001n/a
A Choice for Life Inc$50010%
Spencer County Fastpitch Association$5001n/a
West End Opportunity Partnership$50010%
Casa of the Heartland$5001n/a
Wellspring Inc$50010%
Friends of Indiana Youth Inc$5001n/a
Western Lee County Christmas Festival Inc$5001n/a
Graceland Baptist Church$5001n/a
Kaiha Inc$50010%
West Point Fire Dept Auxiliary$5001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana Inc$50010%
Fhd Missions Inc$50010%
Barbara Grannan Carie Feline Sanctuary$5001n/a
National Council of Negro Women Inc$5001n/a
Cordys Castle Inc$5001n/a
Mt Washington Football and Cheer Association Inc$50010%
Orphan Care Alliance Inc$50010%
United Way of Perry County Inc$46820%
Louisville Bar Foundation Inc$45010%
United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc$41920%
Trimble County 4-H Council Inc$4002n/a
United Way of Northeast Kentucky$35820%
Friends of Butler$3502n/a
Friends of the Blue of Gold Inc$3501n/a
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$33420%
Kentucky Executive Mansions Foundation$30010%
Tates Creek Boys Varsity Cheerleaders Inc$2001n/a
Christian Academy of Carrollton$20010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$2001n/a
Milton Elementary School PTO$2002n/a
Rotary Club of Princeton Kentucky$1501n/a
Campbellsburg Elementary Parent-Teacher-Student Organizatio$1001n/a
Derby City Dragons Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssociation of Community Ministries Inc: $1,573,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetMetro United Way Inc: $1,315,208 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Whas Crusade for Children Inc: $385,691 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYoung Adult Development in Action Inc: $273,355 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetKentucky Derby Festival Foundation: $238,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetThe Wintercare Energy Fund Inc: $214,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetFund for the Arts Inc: $188,270 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville: $141,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLouisville Zoo Foundation Inc: $137,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Way of the Bluegrass Inc: $131,441 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetEnergy Conservation Associates Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetCommunity Winterhelp Inc: $105,646 over 1y, 39% of budgetOhio Valley United Charities Inc: $104,131 over 2y, 21% of budgetLincoln Foundation: $81,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetKentucky Industrial Development Council: $79,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Kentucky Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLeadership Louisville Foundation Inc: $59,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDollar Energy Fund Inc: $56,835 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHerrington Lake Conservation League Inc: $55,400 over 2y, 28% of budgetLouisville Free Public Library Foundatio: $45,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJefferson Community Technical College Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUrban League of Lexington-Fayette County: $39,130 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetLexington Habitat for Humanity Inc: $38,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHeart of Kentucky United Way Inc: $36,127 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Inc: $35,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCasa of the River Region: $33,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBellarmine University Incorporated: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStageone Family Theatre Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Louisville Urban League Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Louisville Orchestra Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRiverside the Farnsley-Moremen Landing Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGod's Pantry Food Bank Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Development Corporation: $26,050 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Central Kentucky Inc: $25,201 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetKentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education: $25,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetSimmons College of Kentucky Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Community Ministries: $25,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetActors Theatre of Louisville Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetParks Alliance of Louisville Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Women Children and Families Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLincoln Heritage Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKentucky Shakespeare Inc: $21,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMuhammad Ali Museum and Education Center: $20,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMountain Empire Community College Foundation Inc: $20,195 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Golf Coalition Inc dba The First Tee of Louisivlle: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Act Council for Lex-Fay Bour Harr and Nich Counties Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentre College: $20,000 over 2y, 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 200.

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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.

The Gheens Foundation IncKY195.2× affinity112 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Metro United Way Inc

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 LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc

How much does LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc give?
LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc reported 497 grants totaling $4,253,769 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 354 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (10%), Philanthropy (6%), Arts & Culture (3%).
Who are LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Association of Community Ministries Inc ($1.6M), Metro United Way Inc ($1.3M), The Whas Crusade for Children Inc ($386k).
Does LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gheens Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
Where is LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc based?
LG&E and Ku 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 446 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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