Kentucky · Public charity
Louisville Bar Foundation Inc
To raise and distribute funds in the form of grants to not for profit organizations in the Louisville area that provide legal services to the poor and disadvantaged, conduct programs to educate citizens about the law, and support improvements and access to the justice system.
- $202k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $160k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Louisville Bar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 10 | $160k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $138k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $89k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid Society Inc | $140,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc | $106,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Louisville Bar Association | $48,144 | 4 | 2% |
| Casa of the River Region | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc | $42,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Triple Twelve Ministries Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 4% |
| La Casita Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Finer Pearls Foundation | $21,536 | 1 | n/a |
| Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Louisville | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid Society Inc | $140,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc | $106,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Louisville Bar Association | $48,144 | 4 | 2% |
| Casa of the River Region | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc | $42,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Triple Twelve Ministries Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 4% |
| La Casita Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Finer Pearls Foundation | $21,536 | 1 | n/a |
| Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Louisville | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Family & Children's Place Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mothers Esquire Inc | $19,015 | 2 | n/a |
| Louisville Medical Legal Community Health Partnership Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Louisville Bar Center Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Kentucky to the World Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Friends of the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity Program Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Institute for Compassion in Justice Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Friends of the Jefferson County Public Law Library | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louisville Bar Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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About Louisville Bar Foundation Inc
- How much does Louisville Bar Foundation Inc give?
- Louisville Bar Foundation Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $159,536, out of $201,535 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louisville Bar Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (97%), Education (2%), International (1%).
- Who are Louisville Bar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Legal Aid Society Inc ($141k), Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc ($107k), Louisville Bar Association ($48k).
- Does Louisville Bar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Louisville Bar Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc.
- Where is Louisville Bar Foundation Inc based?
- Louisville Bar Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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