Kentucky · Private foundation
Trager Family Foundation Trust
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.
- $253k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of Trager Family Foundation Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Of Louisville Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Trager Family Foundation Trust named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $253k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $124,674
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Trager Family Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $250k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $114k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine University Incorporated | $118,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Speed Art Museum | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keneseth Israel | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellspring Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kmac Museum | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $10,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Strong Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine University Incorporated | $118,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Speed Art Museum | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keneseth Israel | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellspring Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kmac Museum | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | $10,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Strong Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Swim Across America Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Serenity Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Louisville Pride Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($209k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Trager Family Foundation Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Trager Family Foundation Trust
- How much does Trager Family Foundation Trust give?
- Trager Family Foundation Trust reported 10 grants totaling $252,674 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Trager Family Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), Arts & Culture (7%), Education (7%).
- Who are Trager Family Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Bellarmine University Incorporated ($119k), Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet ($60k), The Louisville Orchestra Inc ($50k).
- Does Trager Family Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Trager Family Foundation Trust 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 Trager Family Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gheens Foundation Inc, Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc.
- Where is Trager Family Foundation Trust based?
- Trager Family Foundation Trust is based in KY.
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