Kentucky · Public charity
United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
To be the leader in bringing together the resources to build a stronger, more caring community.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $167,560
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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 | 21 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.0M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $3.8M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $1.6M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.0M | 4% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $886k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $990k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrote Inc | $1,922,768 | 9 | 39% |
| Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc | $1,821,769 | 9 | 5% |
| Family Enrichment Center Inc | $1,380,669 | 9 | 18% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Bowling Green Warren County Inc | $1,283,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Warren County Public Schools | $623,210 | 7 | n/a |
| Barren River Area Safe Space Inc | $580,982 | 9 | 3% |
| Foundry Christian Community Center Inc | $516,237 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Bowling Green | $351,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Refuge Bowling Green Inc | $343,307 | 6 | 32% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bowling Green Area Inc | $281,065 | 8 | 3% |
Show all 60 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrote Inc | $1,922,768 | 9 | 39% |
| Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc | $1,821,769 | 9 | 5% |
| Family Enrichment Center Inc | $1,380,669 | 9 | 18% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Bowling Green Warren County Inc | $1,283,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Warren County Public Schools | $623,210 | 7 | n/a |
| Barren River Area Safe Space Inc | $580,982 | 9 | 3% |
| Foundry Christian Community Center Inc | $516,237 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Bowling Green | $351,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Refuge Bowling Green Inc | $343,307 | 6 | 32% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bowling Green Area Inc | $281,065 | 8 | 3% |
| Allen County Schools Frc | $216,505 | 9 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $208,922 | 2 | n/a |
| Life Choice Inc | $207,261 | 7 | 12% |
| Russellville Schools | $192,947 | 8 | n/a |
| Hotel Inc | $165,400 | 4 | 9% |
| Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky Inc | $155,827 | 5 | 11% |
| Barren County High School | $145,637 | 9 | n/a |
| Logan County Good Samaritan Inc | $145,366 | 9 | 13% |
| Hope Harbor Inc | $112,652 | 4 | 3% |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College Foundation Inc | $109,498 | 8 | 7% |
| Barren River Area Child Advocacy Ce | $108,300 | 2 | 5% |
| Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland Inc | $105,110 | 5 | 0% |
| Simpson Co Board of Education | $82,555 | 9 | n/a |
| Logan County Schools | $81,759 | 4 | n/a |
| Casa of South Central Kentucky Inc | $79,008 | 5 | 8% |
| Western Ky Refugee Mutual Assistance Society Inc | $70,262 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of the Coalfield Inc | $67,827 | 7 | 8% |
| Logan County Adult Education | $65,649 | 5 | n/a |
| Butler County Schools | $65,232 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc | $53,890 | 3 | 17% |
| First Christian Church | $53,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Down Syndrome Support Group of South Central Kentucky Inc | $52,289 | 4 | 19% |
| Bowling Green Independent School District | $51,394 | 3 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $42,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Mobile Grocery of Bowling Green | $42,475 | 4 | 39% |
| Bowling Green-Warren County Community Ed | $41,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement USA | $41,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin Simpson Good Samaritan Inc | $36,370 | 5 | 15% |
| Western Kentucky University | $34,401 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Agenda for Regained Empowerment | $30,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Glean Kentucky Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Barren River District Health Department | $28,350 | 2 | n/a |
| New Path Recovery Home Inc | $26,040 | 2 | 15% |
| Lee Initiative Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Edmonson County Schools | $23,678 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Education Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding Inc | $20,231 | 3 | 5% |
| Bowling Green Welfare Center | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Caverna High School | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hospice of Southern Kentucky Inc | $16,804 | 2 | 0% |
| St Vincent Depaul Society | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Association of Rescue Intervention Kentucky | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Health Departments Assn | $13,585 | 2 | 6% |
| Churches United in Christ Help Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgantown Mission of the United | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Association of Rescue and Intervention of Kentucky Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union of Refugees and Immigrants for Development in America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope House Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action of Southern Kentucky Inc | $6,313 | 1 | 0% |
| Habilitation Information Vocation Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc · Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation · Berta Family Foundation Inc · The Harold Juanita David Dennis & Gary Koon Family Charitable Foundation · Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
- How much does United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc give?
- United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc reported 22 itemized grants totaling $1,035,658, out of $1,390,006 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Crime & Legal (16%), Education (16%).
- Who are United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wrote Inc ($1.9M), Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc ($1.8M), Family Enrichment Center Inc ($1.4M).
- Does United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc, The Whas Crusade for Children Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc.
- Where is United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc based?
- United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc is based in KY.
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