Kentucky · Private foundation
The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation
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.
- $536k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 23 | $536k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $470k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $584k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $484k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $348k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $343k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hope Center Inc | $235,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington Rescue Mission | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Paris Bourbon County Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle-Nicholas Co Tourism Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Book Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Living Arts & Science Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trees Lexington | $5,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Paris Storytelling Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hope Center Inc | $235,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington Rescue Mission | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Paris Bourbon County Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle-Nicholas Co Tourism Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Book Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Living Arts & Science Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trees Lexington | $5,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Paris Storytelling Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Appalachian Artisan Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Food Basket Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| First Christian Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| God's Pantry Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Dakota Museum of Art | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Paris Animal Welfare Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seedleaf Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Itnbluegrass Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Glean Kentucky Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $900 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Crutcher Family Foundation Inc · Hilary Boone Foundation Inc · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Keeneland Foundation Inc · The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky Inc · United Way of the Bluegrass Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation
- How much does The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation give?
- The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $535,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Hope Center Inc ($235k), Lexington Rescue Mission ($100k), Young Mens Christian Association of Paris Bourbon County Inc ($25k).
- Does The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation 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 The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation based?
- The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation is based in KY.
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