How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Kentucky?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky, currently Kosair Charities Committee Inc, Metro United Way Inc, Kentucky Casa Network Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky?

$17M reached 26 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky, from 133 funders. 73% came from funders also based in Kentucky.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Kentucky · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky

Funding is concentrated: Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc alone draws 44% of every civil rights and advocacy grant dollar in Kentucky. Kentucky's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$17M

granted

organizations

73%

from in-state

The short version

133 funders gave $17M to 26 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
73% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky is Kosair Charities Committee Inc, at $4M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc, at $7M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Kosair Charities Committee Inc$4M 2Metro United Way Inc$2M 3Kentucky Casa Network Inc$1M 4The Community Foundation of Louisville$931k 5Tides Advocacy$519k 6American Center for Law and Justice Inc$463k 7Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc$375k 8The Community Foundation Of$353k 9Commonwealth Alliance Action Fund$350k 10Annie E Casey Foundation Inc$315k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc$7M Harbor House of Louisville Inc$3M Casa of the River Region$2M Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement$1M

16 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$979k

National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators$638k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Kentucky

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Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky are Kosair Charities Committee Inc, Metro United Way Inc, Kentucky Casa Network Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
27% of civil rights and advocacy money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky, currently Kosair Charities Committee Inc, Metro United Way Inc, Kentucky Casa Network Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Kentucky?: Kosair Charities Committee Inc gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Kentucky?: $17M reached 26 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Kentucky, from 133 funders. 73% came from funders also based in Kentucky.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.