How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Kentucky?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Kentucky, currently Zerov Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, US Committee for Refugees And. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest human services funder in Kentucky?

Zerov Inc gives the most to human services organizations in Kentucky, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Kentucky?

$224M reached 440 human services organizations in Kentucky, from 1,105 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Kentucky

Human services funding in Kentucky is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Louisville Urban League Inc leads, and the money reaches 440 groups.

$224M

granted

440

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

1,105 funders gave $224M to 440 human services 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 human services in Kentucky is Zerov Inc, at $15M.
The human services organization drawing the most is The Louisville Urban League Inc, at $27M.

Largest funders of human services in Kentucky

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

1Zerov Inc$15M 2The Chicago Community Trust$15M 3US Committee for Refugees And$11M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$7M 6Blue Meridian Partners Inc$7M 7Kosair Charities Committee Inc$6M 8Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc$5M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 10The Community Foundation Of$5M

Human services organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

430 other human services organizations$124M

The Louisville Urban League Inc$27M Western Ky Refugee Mutual$16M

How to find human services funders in Kentucky

1
Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to human services in Kentucky are Zerov Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, US Committee for Refugees And. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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 human services money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Kentucky, currently Zerov Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, US Committee for Refugees And. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Kentucky?: Zerov Inc gives the most to human services organizations in Kentucky, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Kentucky?: $224M reached 440 human services organizations in Kentucky, from 1,105 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 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.