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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Kentucky, currently Isaac Bernheim Trust, The Community Foundation Of, James Graham Brown Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Kentucky?

Isaac Bernheim Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Kentucky, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Kentucky?

$30M reached 64 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 214 funders. 59% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Kentucky

$30M reached 64 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 214 funders, with no single one dominating.

$30M

granted

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

214 funders gave $30M to 64 environment organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Kentucky is Isaac Bernheim Trust, at $4M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Isaac W Bernheim Foundation, at $6M.

Largest funders of environment in Kentucky

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

1Isaac Bernheim Trust$4M 2The Community Foundation Of$2M 3James Graham Brown Foundation Inc$1M 4The Harold Juanita David Dennis & Gary Koon Family Charitable Foundation$1M 5Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc$1M 6Fund for the Arts Inc$1M 7Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc$1M 8The Community Foundation of Louisville$1M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 10The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic$1M

Environment organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

Isaac W Bernheim Foundation$6M Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc$6M

54 other environment organizations$5M

Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$4M Green Forests Work Inc$3M Yew Dell Inc$1M Operation Pride Inc$1M

How to find environment funders in Kentucky

1
Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to environment in Kentucky are Isaac Bernheim Trust, The Community Foundation Of, James Graham Brown Foundation Inc. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
41% of environment money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Kentucky, currently Isaac Bernheim Trust, The Community Foundation Of, James Graham Brown Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Kentucky?: Isaac Bernheim Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Kentucky, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Kentucky?: $30M reached 64 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 214 funders. 59% 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.

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Strange bedfellows

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The camps

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State money flows

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Giving abroad

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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.