Kentucky · Private foundation
Ray of Hope Foundation
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.
- $119k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $109,005
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Ray of Hope Foundation 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; $25k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $119k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
About Ray of Hope Foundation
- How much does Ray of Hope Foundation give?
- Ray of Hope Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $119,005 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ray of Hope Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (95%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Ray of Hope Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation ($5k).
- Does Ray of Hope Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ray of Hope Foundation 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.
- Where is Ray of Hope Foundation based?
- Ray of Hope Foundation is based in KY.
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