Kentucky · Private foundation
Republic Bank Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 139
- Grants FY2025
- 119
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $266,666
- Organizations funded a year
- 83 to 119
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Republic Bank Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 | 100 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2024 | 119 | $1.3M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 111 | $1.3M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 85 | $881k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 84 | $1.3M | 39% |
| FY2019 | 83 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2018 | 87 | $1.5M | 57% |
| FY2017 | 91 | $687k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $1,778,756 | 6 | 1% |
| the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc | $1,255,194 | 8 | 1% |
| Metro United Way Inc | $387,850 | 6 | 1% |
| Fund for the Arts Inc | $315,160 | 8 | 1% |
| The Louisville Urban League Inc | $305,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Thomas More University Inc | $280,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Kentucky to the World Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 32% |
| University of Louisville Athletic Association | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc | $190,600 | 7 | 2% |
| Hosparus Inc Hosparus Health | $173,060 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 257 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 89 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Republic Bank Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Republic Bank Foundation Inc
- How much does Republic Bank Foundation Inc give?
- Republic Bank Foundation Inc reported 139 grants totaling $1,513,218 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 83 and 119 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Republic Bank Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (16%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Republic Bank Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Louisville Foundation Inc ($1.8M), the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc ($1.3M), Metro United Way Inc ($388k).
- Does Republic Bank Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Republic Bank Foundation Inc 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 Republic Bank Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Republic Bank Foundation Inc based?
- Republic Bank Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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