How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Kentucky?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Kentucky, currently Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Steel Technologies Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Kentucky?

Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Kentucky?

$28M reached 232 disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky, from 240 funders. 61% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Kentucky

Funders are thin on the ground: 232 disaster and safety organizations share only 240 funders between them.

$28M

granted

232

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

240 funders gave $28M to 232 disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Kentucky is Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, at $4M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc, at $4M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Kentucky

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

1Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc$4M 2National Philanthropic Trust$2M 3The Steel Technologies Foundation Inc$2M 4United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc$1M 5Anne Ray Foundation$1M 6Community Foundation of West Kyinc$1M 7Kentucky Chamber Foundation Inc$952k 8Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$930k 9Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc$870k 10Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$800k

Disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

222 other disaster and safety organizations$13M

Louisville Metro Police Foundation Inc$4M Mayfield Graves Ltrg Inc$2M Supporting Heroes Inc$2M Wrote Inc$1M Community Foundation of West Kyinc$1M Berea College$1M Hope Initiative Inc$1M Kentucky Habitat for Humanity Inc$952k Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Servic$892k Waterstep Inc$864k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Kentucky

1
Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Kentucky are Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Steel Technologies Foundation Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
39% of disaster and safety money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Kentucky, currently Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Steel Technologies Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Kentucky?: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Kentucky?: $28M reached 232 disaster and safety organizations in Kentucky, from 240 funders. 61% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.