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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Kentucky, currently Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc, Goodwill Industries International Inc, Norton Healthcare Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Kentucky?

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Kentucky, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Kentucky?

$28M reached 30 employment organizations in Kentucky, from 111 funders. 57% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Kentucky

Funding is concentrated: Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc alone draws 48% of every employment grant dollar in Kentucky.

$28M

granted

organizations

57%

from in-state

The short version

111 funders gave $28M to 30 employment organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
57% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Kentucky is Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc, at $6M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc, at $14M.

Largest funders of employment in Kentucky

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

1Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc$6M 2Goodwill Industries International Inc$6M 3Norton Healthcare Inc$4M 4United Association of Journeymen &$2M 5James Graham Brown Foundation Inc$1M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$937k 7Communicare Inc$919k 8Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Inc$500k 9Kentucky Education Association$449k 10The Winston-Salem Foundation$400k

Employment organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc$14M Goodwill Ky Support Corporation$6M Kentucky Pipe Trades Association$2M

20 other employment organizations$2M

How to find employment funders in Kentucky

1
Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to employment in Kentucky are Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc, Goodwill Industries International Inc, Norton Healthcare Inc. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
43% of employment money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Kentucky, currently Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc, Goodwill Industries International Inc, Norton Healthcare Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Kentucky?: Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Kentucky, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Kentucky?: $28M reached 30 employment organizations in Kentucky, from 111 funders. 57% 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.