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Limestone Family 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
76
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k56 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $259k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $383k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$2,500
Median grant
15
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT AT OXMOOR FARM INC$350,000
BIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB$150,000
KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION$75,000
ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES$58,000
EQUESTRIAN EVENTS INC$50,000
ST FRANCIS IN THE FIELDS CHURCH$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE$36,000
FEED LOUISVILLE$33,000
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST$25,000
BLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY$25,000
GULF STREAM SCHOOL$20,000
METRO UNITED WAY$20,000
KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$20,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
WEST END SCHOOL$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%LAND TRUST ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 11%FLORIDA FISHING ACADEMY: $1k → 13%TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH: $5k → 19%THE LIVING CHURCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION FUND: $10k → 6%FALLS OF THE OHIO: $1k → 10%SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE FUND: $3k → 15%MARTY STUART'S CONGRESS OF COUNTRY MUSIC: $5k → 23%US EVENTING FOUNDATION: $5k → 4%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 7%BIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB: $150k → 10%WYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1k → 17%RETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT: $1k → 6%OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5k → 4%OLD FRIENDS: $1k → 8%BERNHEIM ARBORETUM AND RESEARCH FOREST: $3k → 9%KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TV: $5k → 15%OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY: $3k → 15%AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $25k → 14%GULF STREAM SCHOOL: $20k → 11%WYO THEATRE: $5k → 10%LEXINGTON SCHOOL INC: $2k → 15%METRO UNITED WAY: $20k → 15%SECOND STRIDE INC: $10k → 4%OLDHAM CO 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS: $2k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE: $36k → 15%KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $75k → 15%LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA: $10k → 15%FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM: $5k → 15%PENDENNIS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%WATERFRONT PARK: $5k → 15%BLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY: $25k → 15%MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER: $5k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $5k → 15%KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER: $3k → 15%KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $20k → 15%FEED LOUISVILLE: $33k → 15%LOUISVILLE FOLK SCHOOL: $5k → 15%HISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%KENTUCKY WATERWAYS ALLIANCE: $3k → 15%A CURE FOR ROBERT: $3k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM: $5k → 15%THE FOOD LITERACY PROJECT AT OXMOOR FARM INC: $350k → 15%WEST END SCHOOL: $10k → 15%LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FDTN: $3k → 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

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MT
WI
NY
WY
IN
OH
NJ
KY
VA
MD
DC
MS
GA
FL
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 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.

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Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Foundation Inc

Kentucky thoroughbred owners & breeders foundation, inc. (ktob foundation) supports and funds equine research, in particular research to study and find a prevention or cure to the condition in horses commonly known as mare reproductive…

Animals
2
Horse Country Inc

Horse country, inc. is a coordinated equine industry initiative to connect guests to the horse, land, and people of kentucky's signature equine industry through immerserive experiences at unique member locations. horse country, inc.…

Membership Benefit
3
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
4
Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Inc

To advertise, foster and promote the thoroughbred horse industry in the commonwealth of kentucky

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5
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Inc

To advertise, foster and promote the thoroughbred horse industry in the commonwealth of kentucky

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6
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
7
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc

Kentucky natural lands trust works to protect, connect and restore wildlands with a commitment to safeguarding biodiversity, mitigating climate impacts and fostering healthy communities.

Environment
8
Kansas Land Trust Inc

To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.

Environment
9
Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated

The central indiana land trust, inc. preserves the best of central indiana's natural areas, protecting plants and animals, so hoosiers can experience the wonder of the state's natural heritage.

Environment
10
Rocky Mountain Conservancy

The rocky mountain conservancy promotes stewardship of rocky mountain national park and similar lands through education and philanthropy.

Recreation & Sports
11
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
12
Lexington History Museum Inc

Local history museum for lexington and fayette county, kentucky

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is West End School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
14/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc: $350,000 · Food & NutritionThe Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm…Feed Louisville Inc: $33,000 · Food & NutritionFeed Louisville IncAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $25,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUSTEQUESTRIAN EVENTS INC: $50,000 · OtherEQUESTRIAN EVENTS INCST FRANCIS IN THE FIELDS CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherST FRANCIS IN THE FIELDS CHUR…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYNATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION FUND: $10,000 · OtherST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · OtherBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY IN…THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 · Other+48 more: $122,500 · Other+48 moreBIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG HORN BASEBA…KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsGULF STREAM SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EducationKENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationWest End School Inc: $10,000 · EducationSAYRE SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropyMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropySECOND STRIDE INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $58,000 · ReligionLiving Church Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Religion
Food & Nutrition$408,000Other$297,500Youth Development$150,000Recreation & Sports$81,000Education$67,000Philanthropy$66,000Religion$63,000

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 budgetThe Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc: $350,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetEQUESTRIAN EVENTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGULF STREAM SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest End School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND STRIDE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWYO THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLouisville Folk School: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLDHAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAYRE SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEAGUE OF KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN I: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEXINGTON SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECRETARIAT CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA FISHING ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOld Friends Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kentucky State Police Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

W L Lyons Brown Found…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Ina B Bond Ashbourne …The Community Foundat…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Gardner Foundation In…Honorable Order of Ke…Blue Grass Community …Snowy Owl Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…Mightycause Charitabl…
W L Lyons Brown FoundationKY80.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Ina B Bond Ashbourne Charitable Fund Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation Incorporated · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
13report 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Limestone Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Limestone Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 76 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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