Kentucky · Private foundation
Reed 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.
- $304k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Reed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $304k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $383k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $295k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $292k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $193k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $272k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $318k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $351k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Luther F Carson Four Rivers Center Inc | $109,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Lifeline Recovery Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Fellowship Ministries Inc | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartland Ministries | $55,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Marshall County Arts Commission Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Women Aware Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Justice and Mercy International | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Murray State University Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Luther F Carson Four Rivers Center Inc | $109,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Lifeline Recovery Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Fellowship Ministries Inc | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartland Ministries | $55,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Marshall County Arts Commission Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Women Aware Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Justice and Mercy International | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Murray State University Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Services Fund of the Marshall County Rotary Club Inc | $20,500 | 9 | 9% |
| River City Mission Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Kentucky Sheriffs' Boys & Girls Ranch Trust | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Reed Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of West Kyinc · Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation · Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Reed Foundation
- How much does Reed Foundation give?
- Reed Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $304,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Reed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Health (18%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Reed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc ($200k), Luther F Carson Four Rivers Center Inc ($109k), Lifeline Recovery Center Inc ($100k).
- Does Reed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Reed 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Reed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of West Kyinc, Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation, Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust.
- Where is Reed Foundation based?
- Reed Foundation is based in KY.
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