Kentucky · Private foundation
Tracy Farmer 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.
- $76k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $475k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $76k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $36k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $102k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $66k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $53k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $34k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $46k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $33k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $135,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Speed Art Museum | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nch Healthcare System Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 2% |
| National Museum of Racing Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $135,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Speed Art Museum | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nch Healthcare System Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 2% |
| National Museum of Racing Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Secretariat Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Woodford Humane Society Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Headley-Whitney Museum Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Conservancy of Southwest Florida | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chrysalis House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Appalachian Artisan Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Vocations Racehorse Adoption | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tracy Farmer 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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Riggio Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Mt Brilliant Family Foundation (Formerly Hgg Family Foundation) · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Jdsm Family Foundation Inc · Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc · Mary K Oxley Foundation · The Brian Ratner Foundation · Hilary Boone Foundation Inc · Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc
- How much does Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc give?
- Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $75,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (73%), Animals (11%), Health (9%).
- Who are Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($135k), Speed Art Museum ($90k), Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc ($65k).
- Does Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tracy Farmer 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 Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The Riggio Foundation, W L Lyons Brown Foundation.
- Where is Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc based?
- Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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