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The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc

To promote the administration of justice and to educate the public about the role of the judicial system and the legal profession in the society.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$299k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Crime & Legal$11MHuman Services$385kEducation$380kHealth$99kHousing & Shelter$78kSocial Science$70kScience & Tech$35kReligion$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 29 grants below total $1,317,040 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,365,171 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $48,131 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $263k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $465k
  • $250k+2 grants · $560k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
APPALACHIAN RESEARCH AND DEFENSE FUND OF KENTUCKY INC (APPALRED LEGAL AID$298,700
LEGAL AID OF THE BLUEGRASS$261,500
LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC$236,800
KENTUCKY LEGAL AID$228,000
NKU RESEARCH FOUNDATIONCHASE$20,000
STUDENT PUBLIC INTERST LAW FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF L$20,000
UOFLGREENEBAUM PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM$20,000
FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER$15,000
HOLLY HILL CHILD & FAMILY SOLUTIONS$15,000
MICAH LEGAL$15,000
LA CASITA CENTER$15,000
THE ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION$11,000
SAFE HARBOR OF NORTHEAST KY INC$11,000
THE NEST-CENTER FOR WOMEN CHILDREN & FAMILIES$11,000
KY EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $493k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC STATEWIDE: $8k → 4%BOULWARE MISSION INC WESTERN KENTUCKY: $10k → 13%KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION STATEWIDE: $15k → 14%Child Advocacy Center of BG: $10k → 15%Judis Place for Kids Inc: $10k → 25%KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%Child Advocacy Center of BG: $10k → 15%THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $20k → 18%HOPE'S PLACE INC (CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER): $7k → 18%Hopes Place Child Advoc Ctr: $7k → 18%Holly Hill Solutions: $30k → 10%Access Language Solutions: $24k → 15%Hopes Place Inc: $7k → 18%Holly Hill Child & Fam Solut: $18k → 10%HOLLY HILL CHILD & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $15k → 10%KY YMCA Youth Association: $10k → 14%Holly Hill C&F Solutions: $10k → 10%The Ion Center for Violence: $25k → 11%KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION STATEWIDE: $10k → 14%THE ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $11k → 11%KY YMCA Youth Association: $10k → 14%THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER WESTERN KENTUCKY: $8k → 18%KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%WESTERN KY REFUGEE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY INC: $8k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF OWENSBORO: $10k → 15%Second Hope Ministries: $7k → 15%SECOND HOPE MINISTRIES: $6k → 15%Home of the Innocents: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC STATEWIDE: $20k → 15%La Casita Center Inc: $15k → 15%LA CASITA CENTER: $15k → 15%Catholic Charities Louisville: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $10k → 15%Catholic Charities Louisville: $10k → 15%Catholic Charities Louisville: $10k → 15%La Casita Center Inc: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES STATEWIDE: $8k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE JEFFERSON & SURROUNDING COUNTIES: $10k → 15%Family & Childrens Place: $10k → 15%Family & Childrens Place: $8k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDRENS PLACE: $8k → 15%Family & Childrens Place: $6k → 15%ELDER SERVE JEFFERSON COUNTY: $5k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$11M · 43 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +48% since the first grant, against +47% for the ones you funded once.

43 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
22

Total granted

$11M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+47%

Still filing today

91%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthEducationReligionFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NK
    Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +71%
  • AR
    Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +72%
  • LA
    LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • AR
    APPALCHIAN RESEARCH & DEFENSE FUND OF KENTUCKY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $446k
  • KL
    KENTUCKY LEGAL AID
    one grant, 2018 · $446k
  • BS
    BIG SANDY HEALTH CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +49%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Ky Access to Justice Commission Inc

To increase access to the courts and high-quality legal representation for people with low and moderate incomes living in kentucky through innovative partnerships with the judiciary, the civil legal aid programs, private bar, law schools,…

Crime & Legal
2
Child Watch Counseling and Advocacy Center Inc

To provide families in western kentucky with education, advocacy and treatment that prevents child abuse, encourages family stability, promotes healthy relationships, enhances well-being and cultivates safe, nurturing families.

Crime & Legal
3
Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center Inc

Provide a coordinated response to concerns of child abuse in a child-focused environment, offering prevention, evaluation and treatment to children and families.

Health
4
Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky Inc

Children's advocacy centers of kentucky, inc. seeks to build relationships at the state and national levels by collaborating with partners which will benefit the work of kentucky child advocacy centers.

Crime & Legal
5
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
6
Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky

The mission of Family Nurturing Center is to end the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy family relationships. We envision a world with safe children, thriving families and nurturing communities and offer a…

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7
Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership Inc

To eliminate barriers, achieve economic security and empower families by partnering with other service providers.

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8
Kentuckians Voice for Crime Victims

Advocacy and services to crime victims

Crime & Legal
9
Casa of South Central Kentucky Inc

Volunteers in action seeking safety and permanency for our community's youngest victims. casa provides support, advocacy, and intervention for abused, neglected, and dependent children in south central ky's family court system.

Crime & Legal
10
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Kentucky Inc

It is the mission of kvc to enrich and enhance the lives of children and their families by providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services and education.

Health
11
Community Action Kentucky Inc

To advocate programs providing assistance to persons in low income environments to have adequate food, shelter, healthcare, education, water, waste and a sustainable home.

Community Improvement
12
ProKids

Advocates on behalf of abused and neglected Children. Mobilizing our community to break the vicious cycle of child abuse and neglect and provide outstanding advocacy for abused and neglected children who are in the juvenile court system.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family & Children's Place Inc and the most unlike its peers is Prodigal Ministries Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Education & Developme…Behavioral Health & Recover…Private K-12 SchoolsRegional Hospital SystemsFaith-Based Community Assis…Child Advocacy & Legal Serv…Disability Services and Sup…Historic Cemeteries and Par…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr16%11%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr15%48%35–55yr15%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr18%1%10–20yr16%3%20–35yr15%64%35–55yr15%31%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/66
the rest of the field
13%
1,113/8,715

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/55
Grantees still filing
42/55
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society — $3,001,313 · Crime & LegalNorthern Kentucky Legal Aid SocietyAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc — $2,289,409 · Crime & LegalAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky IncCUMBERLAND TRACE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $1,241,595 · Crime & LegalCUMBERLAND TRACE LEGAL SERVICES INC+9 more — $459,375 · Crime & Legal+9 moreLEGAL AID SOCIETY INC — $2,164,135 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY INCAPPALCHIAN RESEARCH & DEFENSE FUND OF KENTUCKY INC — $446,074 · OtherAPPALCHIAN RESEARCH & DEFENSE FUND O…KENTUCKY LEGAL AID — $445,586 · OtherKENTUCKY LEGAL AIDUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY — $225,350 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY+23 more — $548,765 · Other+23 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $78,000 · Human ServicesHolly Hill Children's Home Inc — $73,000 · Human ServicesKENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesLA CASITA CENTER INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE INC — $42,000 · Human ServicesIon Center for Violence Prevention Inc — $35,636 · Human ServicesWESTERN KY REFUGEE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY INC — $35,500 · Human ServicesAccess Language Solutions Inc — $23,500 · Human ServicesHOPE'S PLACE INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE BLUEGRASS INC — $20,000 · Human Services+6 more — $55,200 · Human ServicesUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation — $187,500 · EducationNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $185,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE KENTUCKY LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC — $50,000 · EducationKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC — $74,000 · ReligionMENTORING PLUS INC — $20,000 · ReligionUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN) — $18,000 · HealthNorthern KY Regional Mental Health Community Corrections Program Inc — $10,000 · HealthSEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES INC — $10,000 · HealthCHRYSALIS HOUSE INC — $7,500 · HealthKENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC — $21,500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Crime & Legal$6,991,692Other$3,829,910Human Services$502,836Education$422,500Religion$94,000Health$45,500Philanthropy$31,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNorthern Kentucky Legal Aid Society — $3,001,313 over 9y, 22% of budgetAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc — $2,289,409 over 8y, 13% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY INC — $2,164,135 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetCUMBERLAND TRACE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $1,241,595 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation — $187,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $185,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetThe Kentucky Innocence Project Inc — $80,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $78,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $76,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC — $74,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHolly Hill Children's Home Inc — $73,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetKENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC — $70,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMicah Legal Services Inc — $70,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetFAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC — $67,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetOFFICE OF KENTUCKY LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS INC — $62,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF NORTHEAST KY INC — $61,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLA CASITA CENTER INC — $50,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE KENTUCKY LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC — $50,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetBrighton Center Inc — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE INC — $42,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIon Center for Violence Prevention Inc — $35,636 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN KY REFUGEE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY INC — $35,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBARREN RIVER AREA CHILD ADVOCACY CE — $34,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHOTEL INC — $30,240 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBIG SANDY HEALTH CARE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INC — $29,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetKENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL INC — $25,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRAPE VICTIM SERVICES INC — $23,625 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAccess Language Solutions Inc — $23,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNeighbors Immigration Clinic Inc — $21,700 over 2y, 12% of budgetKENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC — $21,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE'S PLACE INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMENTORING PLUS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetLEXINGTON LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE BLUEGRASS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOUISVILLE MEDICAL LEGAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC — $20,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN) — $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute for Compassion in Justice Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE HEALING PLACE INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDIATION CENTER OF KENTUCKY INC — $12,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWOMEN AWARE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorthern KY Regional Mental Health Community Corrections Program Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDIS PLACE FOR KIDS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society ↗
  • Who funds Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND TRACE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Louisville Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Kentucky Innocence Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR WOMEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Holly Hill Children's Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY YMCA YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Micah Legal Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OFFICE OF KENTUCKY LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR OF NORTHEAST KY INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CASITA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE KENTUCKY LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Brighton Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Ion Center for Violence Prevention Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN KY REFUGEE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ↗
  • Who funds BARREN RIVER AREA CHILD ADVOCACY CE ↗
  • Who funds HOTEL INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG SANDY HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPE VICTIM SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Access Language Solutions Inc ↗
  • Who funds Neighbors Immigration Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE'S PLACE INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Honorable Order of Ke…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Blue Grass Community …Cralle Foundation IncLouisville Bar Founda…Kosair Charities Comm…The Community Foundat…The Gheens Foundation…Kentucky Council on C…The Whas Crusade for …Metro United Way Inc
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncKY53.7× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Louisville Bar Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Kentucky Council on Child Abuse D/B/A Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Metro United Way Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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