Kentucky · Private foundation
Tallgrass Farm 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.
- $859k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $510,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 35% of the organizations Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 16 | $859k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $229k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $120k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $260k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $119k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $117k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $68k | 76% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $29k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Berry Center Inc | $179,890 | 5 | 6% |
| Hindman Settlement School Inc | $115,591 | 5 | 2% |
| Kentucky Humanities Council Inc | $52,408 | 6 | 1% |
| American Paint Horse Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harrodsburg 250th Inc | $40,250 | 3 | n/a |
| American Farmland Trust | $34,890 | 4 | 0% |
| Preservation Kentucky Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Art Center of the Bluegrass Inc | $12,200 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of Fort Harrod Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Appalachian Artisan Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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 · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Clifton Foundation Inc · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Josephine Ardery Foundation Inc · Kentucky Humanities Council Inc
How this is measured
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About Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc
- How much does Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc give?
- Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $858,829 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Education (16%).
- Who are Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: The Berry Center Inc ($180k), Hindman Settlement School Inc ($116k), Kentucky Humanities Council Inc ($52k).
- Does Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tallgrass Farm 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 Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Snowy Owl Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc.
- Where is Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc based?
- Tallgrass Farm Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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