Kentucky · Private foundation
Rostrevor 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.
- $785k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Rostrevor Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 5 | $785k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $975k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $900k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.0M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.0M | 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $3,100,000 | 9 | 19% |
| National STEM Cell Foundation Inc | $1,575,000 | 4 | 62% |
| National Ability Center | $685,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Lighthouse Artcenter Inc | $625,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In | $375,090 | 2 | 7% |
| Wellspring Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hildegard House Incorporated | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation | $140,000 | 6 | 30% |
| Onepulse Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $3,100,000 | 9 | 19% |
| National STEM Cell Foundation Inc | $1,575,000 | 4 | 62% |
| National Ability Center | $685,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Lighthouse Artcenter Inc | $625,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In | $375,090 | 2 | 7% |
| Wellspring Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hildegard House Incorporated | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation | $140,000 | 6 | 30% |
| Onepulse Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Delta Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Historic Homes Foundation | $30,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rostrevor Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Rostrevor Foundation Inc
- How much does Rostrevor Foundation Inc give?
- Rostrevor Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $785,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rostrevor Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), Arts & Culture (19%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Rostrevor Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc ($3.1M), National STEM Cell Foundation Inc ($1.6M), National Ability Center ($685k).
- Does Rostrevor Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rostrevor 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 Rostrevor 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 Rostrevor Foundation Inc based?
- Rostrevor Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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