Kentucky · Private foundation
Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $46k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2026
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 33
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $524k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 33 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 33 | $46k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $36k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $39k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $32k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $74k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Foundation | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| First Lutheran Church | $8,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $5,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Filson Historical Society Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louisville Civic Orchestra | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kling Chamber Orchestra Inc | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Foundation | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| First Lutheran Church | $8,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc | $5,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Filson Historical Society Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louisville Civic Orchestra | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kling Chamber Orchestra Inc | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Metro United Way Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Derby City Chamber Music Festival | $2,180 | 2 | 1% |
| Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc | $2,052 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kentucky Shakespeare Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc 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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How this is measured
About Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $45,758 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 33 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Education (11%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Lincoln Foundation ($16k), First Lutheran Church ($9k), Kentucky Public Radio Inc ($5k).
- Does Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rosky Charitable 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 Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Whippoorwill Family Foundation, The Gheens Foundation Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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