How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Kentucky?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Kentucky, currently Anne Ray Foundation, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Kentucky?

Anne Ray Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Kentucky, $83M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Kentucky?

$1.0B reached 732 education organizations in Kentucky, from 2,225 funders. 40% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Kentucky

$1.0B reached 732 education organizations in Kentucky, from 2,225 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.0B

granted

732

organizations

40%

from in-state

The short version

2,225 funders gave $1.0B to 732 education organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
40% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Kentucky is Anne Ray Foundation, at $83M.
The education organization drawing the most is Berea College, at $139M.

Largest funders of education in Kentucky

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

1Anne Ray Foundation$83M 2The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc$68M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$47M 4National Philanthropic Trust$47M 5James Graham Brown Foundation Inc$22M 6Blue Meridian Partners Inc$18M 7Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$17M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$17M 9Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc$17M 10Joseph W Craft III Foundation$17M

Education organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

722 other education organizations$526M

Berea College$139M University of Louisville Foundation Inc$112M Alice Lloyd College$42M Centre College$40M

How to find education funders in Kentucky

1
Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to education in Kentucky are Anne Ray Foundation, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
60% of education money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Kentucky, currently Anne Ray Foundation, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Kentucky?: Anne Ray Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Kentucky, $83M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Kentucky?: $1.0B reached 732 education organizations in Kentucky, from 2,225 funders. 40% 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.