Kentucky · Public charity
Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc
Assist blind and visually impaired.
- $294k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $257k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $53,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 27% of the organizations Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $257k | 8% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $535k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $222k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $468k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc | $599,378 | 6 | 6% |
| Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation Inc | $302,932 | 6 | 10% |
| Uofl Health Foundation Inc | $128,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable | $109,500 | 3 | 7% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterstep Inc | $78,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Whas Crusade for Children Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Friendship - KY Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lions Clubs International Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc | $599,378 | 6 | 6% |
| Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation Inc | $302,932 | 6 | 10% |
| Uofl Health Foundation Inc | $128,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable | $109,500 | 3 | 7% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterstep Inc | $78,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Whas Crusade for Children Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Friendship - KY Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lions Clubs International Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Printing House for the Blind Inc | $15,970 | 3 | 0% |
| United Crescent Hill Ministries Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Radio Eye Inc | $13,470 | 2 | 5% |
| Envision Blind Sports | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Healing Place Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Prodigal Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kentucky Council of the Blind Inc | $4,650 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc 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 Downtown Lions Charitiesinc
- How much does Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc give?
- Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $257,053, out of $294,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (26%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc ($599k), Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation Inc ($303k), Uofl Health Foundation Inc ($128k).
- Does Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc.
- Where is Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc based?
- Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc is based in KY.
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