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R Keith Cullinan Family

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$156k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
53
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 53
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations R Keith Cullinan Family funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2024still arriving51$155k27%
FY202353$154k43%
FY202232$99k47%
FY202146$97k41%
FY202041$102k37%
FY201936$87k53%
FY201831$70k87%
FY201728$77kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$177kHealth$149kHuman Services$73kAnimals$50kCivil Rights$50kArts & Culture$47kPublic Benefit$46kHousing & Shelter$41kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Champions for Literacy$40,00072%
Highpoint Charitable Services Inc$25,00040%
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy$23,00040%
Bluegrass Center for Autism Inc$23,00080%
Lamplighter Ministries Inc$20,5006n/a
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$20,00040%
Judicial Watch Inc$17,50070%
The Pete Foundation Inc$15,00053%
Hope of Shades Foundation$15,00025%
Cedar Lake Inc$13,0006n/a
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All grantees of R Keith Cullinan Family by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Champions for Literacy$40,00072%
Highpoint Charitable Services Inc$25,00040%
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy$23,00040%
Bluegrass Center for Autism Inc$23,00080%
Lamplighter Ministries Inc$20,5006n/a
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$20,00040%
Judicial Watch Inc$17,50070%
The Pete Foundation Inc$15,00053%
Hope of Shades Foundation$15,00025%
Cedar Lake Inc$13,0006n/a
Hildegard House Incorporated$12,00061%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$12,00050%
Campbellsville University Inc$10,00010%
Apple Patch Community Inc$10,00040%
Radio Eye Inc$10,00071%
The Filson Historical Society Inc$10,00020%
The Navigators$10,0003n/a
Family Scholar House Inc$9,50050%
Second Chances Wildlife Center$9,25032%
Wayside Christian Mission$9,00040%
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$9,00050%
Pacific Legal Foundation$9,00060%
Day Spring Inc$9,00020%
The Salvation Army$8,0002n/a
Adopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue$8,00022%
First Liberty Institute$8,00030%
Waterstep Inc$8,00020%
Turning Point USA Inc$7,00030%
The William J Gould Associates Inc$7,00050%
Jefferson Street Baptist Center Inc$6,50030%
Red Bird Clinc Inc$6,00031%
Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy So$6,00043%
Humane Society of Oldham County$6,00021%
Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc$5,50020%
Do No Harm$5,00010%
Safe Passage Inc$5,00011%
Heroic Gardens$5,00012%
North Carolina Baptist Men$5,0001n/a
National Association of Scholars Inc$5,00010%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$5,00010%
Hrj Charities Inc$5,00010%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$5,00030%
Camp Hero Inc$5,00015%
Kentucky Educational Fund for Handicapped Children$5,00011%
Paws-Ability Inc$5,000119%
Cure Cf Inc$4,00021%
Family & Children's Place Inc$4,00020%
Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve Inc$4,00030%
New Civil Liberties Alliance$4,00020%
Alley Cat Advocates Inc$4,00020%
Prager University Foundation$4,00020%
Womens Global Cancer Alliance Inc$4,00033%
Valerie's House Inc$3,00010%
Crime Prevention Research Center Inc$3,0001n/a
Article III Foundation$3,00011%
Wednesdays Child Inc$3,00021%
Project Dynamo Inc$3,00010%
Paws With Purpose Inc$3,00020%
Aerial Recovery$3,00010%
The Arrow Fund Inc$3,00011%
Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc$3,00020%
American Alliance For Equal Rights$3,00010%
Upper Midwest Law Center$3,00011%
Franciscan Shelter House Inc$2,5001n/a
Kristy Love Foundation$2,5001n/a
Cabbage Patch Settlement House Inc$2,50010%
Cedar Lake Lodge Inc$2,50010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$2,50010%
Thomas More Society$2,00010%
Institute for Free Speech$2,00010%
True the Vote Inc$2,00010%
Guadalupe Center Inc$2,00010%
Institute for Justice$2,00020%
Amvets National Service Foundation$2,00010%
Harbor House of Louisville Inc$2,00010%
Zoom Group Inc$2,0001n/a
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists Inc$2,00011%
The White Coat Waste Project Inc$2,00010%
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc$2,00010%
Treeslouisville Inc$2,00020%
Take Charge Minnesota$2,00010%
Angels in Disguise Inc$2,00011%
Academic Freedom Alliance$1,00010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,00010%
USA Cares Inc$1,00010%
The Christian Educational Consortium Inc$1,00010%
The Sylvia Ann Thornton Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Children's Home Society Foundation Inc$1,00010%
100 Black Men of Louisville Inc$1,00016%
Better Together$1,0001n/a
Yale Whiffenpoof Alumni Inc$1,00012%
Free 2 Hope Inc$1,00012%
Global Cancer Institute Inc$1,00017%
Animals Protection Association Inc$1,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$1,00010%
Animal Care Society Inc$1,00010%
Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue$1,00010%
Casa of the River Region$1,00010%
Center of the American Experiment$1,00010%
Dog Is My Copilot$1,00010%
Beagle Freedom Project$1,00010%
Mercatus Center Inc$1,00010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$1,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget R Keith Cullinan Family supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChampions for Literacy: $40,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetHighpoint Charitable Services Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHeuser Hearing & Language Academy: $23,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBluegrass Center for Autism Inc: $23,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pete Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetHope of Shades Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHildegard House Incorporated: $12,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCampbellsville University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetApple Patch Community Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRadio Eye Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Filson Historical Society Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Scholar House Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSecond Chances Wildlife Center: $9,250 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWayside Christian Mission: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDay Spring Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt Me Bluegrass Pet Rescue: $8,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWaterstep Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe William J Gould Associates Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJefferson Street Baptist Center Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRed Bird Clinc Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBluegrass Institute for Public Policy So: $6,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetHumane Society of Oldham County: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLouisville Metro Police Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDo No Harm: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Passage Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHeroic Gardens: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNational Association of Scholars Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHrj Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Hero Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetKentucky Educational Fund for Handicapped Children: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPaws-Ability Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCure Cf Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFamily & Children's Place Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCreasey Mahan Nature Preserve Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNew Civil Liberties Alliance: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Advocates Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Global Cancer Alliance Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetValerie's House Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 92.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY57.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · V V Cooke Foundation Corporation · Cralle Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation · Kosair Charities Committee 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 R Keith Cullinan Family

How much does R Keith Cullinan Family give?
R Keith Cullinan Family reported 52 grants totaling $155,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does R Keith Cullinan Family fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (17%), Human Services (9%).
Who are R Keith Cullinan Family's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Champions for Literacy ($40k), Highpoint Charitable Services Inc ($25k), Heuser Hearing & Language Academy ($23k).
Does R Keith Cullinan Family fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does R Keith Cullinan Family accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as R Keith Cullinan Family?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc.
Where is R Keith Cullinan Family based?
R Keith Cullinan Family 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 163 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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