Kentucky · Private foundation
William T Young 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.
- $791k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations William T Young Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $319k 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 | 13 | $791k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $759k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $694k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $656k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $505k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $546k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transylvania University | $576,596 | 3 | 0% |
| Town Branch Park Inc | $297,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $281,325 | 6 | 0% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc | $245,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Hope Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Common Good Forum Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($827k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William T Young 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.
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How this is measured
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About William T Young Foundation Inc
- How much does William T Young Foundation Inc give?
- William T Young Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $791,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does William T Young Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (12%).
- Who are William T Young Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Transylvania University ($577k), Town Branch Park Inc ($298k), Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums ($281k).
- Does William T Young Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William T Young 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 William T Young Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc, Christian Word Ministries Inc.
- Where is William T Young Foundation Inc based?
- William T Young Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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