Kentucky · Private foundation
The Ray Family 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $261k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Ray Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $22k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $17k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Cancer Alliance Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| TKO Parkinsons Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Healing Place Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Inheritance of Hope Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Summit Academy of Greater Louisville Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nick Rodman Legacy Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Roos Wish Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Santas Little Helpers Incorporated | $4,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Cancer Alliance Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| TKO Parkinsons Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Healing Place Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Inheritance of Hope Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Summit Academy of Greater Louisville Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nick Rodman Legacy Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Roos Wish Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Santas Little Helpers Incorporated | $4,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Connection Inc Dba Hope Hill Youth Services | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Opportunity Center Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youth Opportunity Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 29th and 9th Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Stride Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rfg Integrative Fitness Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Heart of Chance Toy Chest | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Community Clinic Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adaptive Training Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Heals Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Travel to Hope Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parkinson Support Center of Kentucky | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Odyssey Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherd Center Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ray Family Foundation Inc 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: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Ray Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ray Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Ray Family Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $16,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ray Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Human Services (13%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are The Ray Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kids Cancer Alliance Inc ($21k), TKO Parkinsons Inc ($12k), Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does The Ray Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ray Family 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 The Ray Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Kosair Charities Committee Inc, The Whas Crusade for Children Inc.
- Where is The Ray Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Ray Family Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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