Kentucky · Public charity
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
The program serves as the university's agent in the receipt of all external grants and contracts, intellectual property income and other designated income; oversees the protection, development and commercialization of intellectual properties; and manages special cooperative agreements.
- $52M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,044,209
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,044,209
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $277M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations University of Kentucky Research Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $52M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $39M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $48M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $45M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $52M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $31M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $33M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $32M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky | $358,044,532 | 9 | n/a |
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About University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- How much does University of Kentucky Research Foundation give?
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $52,044,209 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does University of Kentucky Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are University of Kentucky Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Kentucky ($358M).
- Does University of Kentucky Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is University of Kentucky Research Foundation based?
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation is based in KY.
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