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 Louisville Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Kentucky?

$93M reached 143 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 421 funders. 50% 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

$93M reached 143 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 421 funders, with no single one dominating.

$93M

granted

143

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

421 funders gave $93M to 143 environment organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% 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 $11M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Isaac W Bernheim Foundation, at $15M.

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$11M 2The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc$10M 3National Rural Water Association$8M 4The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc$4M 5Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc$4M 6Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc$2M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 8Fulk Family Foundation Inc$2M 9The Harold Juanita David Dennis & Gary Koon Family Charitable Foundation$2M 10Fund for the Arts Inc$2M

Environment organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

133 other environment organizations$34M

Isaac W Bernheim Foundation$15M Waterfront Botanical Gardens Inc$8M Kentucky Rural Water Association$8M Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc$6M Green Forests Work Inc$6M Yew Dell Inc$5M Kentucky Resources Council Inc$3M Operation Pride Inc$3M

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 Louisville Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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
50% 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 Louisville Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Kentucky?: $93M reached 143 environment organizations in Kentucky, from 421 funders. 50% 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.