· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA | $5,000 |
| LOUISVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY | $2,578 |
| KENTUCKY OPERA | $2,500 |
| LOUISVILLE FUND FOR THE ARTS | $2,500 |
| WUOL | $2,500 |
| LINCOLN FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| DERBY CITY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL | $1,180 |
| HOSPARUS HEALTH LOUISVILLE | $1,000 |
| METRO UNITED WAY | $1,000 |
| THE SPEED MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | $1,000 |
| KLING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC | $1,000 |
| LOUIVILLE CIVIC ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| LOUISVILLE BALLET | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LFLINCOLN FOUNDATION6× · 2021–2026 · $16k · revenue +7%
- TLTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +137%
- WMWilliam Marsh Rice University4× · 2023–2026 · $4k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See Disclosure Above.
To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.
Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To acquire, maintain, improve, leverage, manage, lease, and convey real and personal property for the benefit of the university of louisville.
Its mission is to perform great performances for greater audiences. the kansas city symphony will achieve this mission by: - developing an uncompromising performance standard. - advancing the profile and value of the orchestra locally,…
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
The louisville academy of music welcomes everyone to join our musical community. lam nurtures lifelong learners, not solely as musicians but also as creative, inspired people. equity in music education is a force to realize potential,…
Broadens the perspectives of current and emerging leaders through experiential education that inspires them to advance kentucky.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds LINCOLN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds THE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds METRO UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds DERBY CITY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds OWSLEY BROWN FRAZIER HISTORICAL ARMS MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rosky Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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