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, Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation, Metro United Way Inc. 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, $65M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Kentucky?

$601M reached 696 human services organizations in Kentucky, from 1,716 funders. 63% 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 Disabled American Veterans leads, and the money reaches 696 groups.

$601M

granted

696

organizations

63%

from in-state

The short version

1,716 funders gave $601M to 696 human services organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
63% 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 $65M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Disabled American Veterans, at $54M.

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$65M 2Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation$28M 3Metro United Way Inc$24M 4Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$18M 5US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$17M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 7United Way of Greater Cincinnati$15M 8Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc$15M 9The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc$15M 10Kentucky Assn of Sexual Assault Programs Inc$12M

Human services organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

686 other human services organizations$384M

Disabled American Veterans$54M The Home of the Innocents Inc$23M The Center for Women and Families Inc$21M

How to find human services funders in Kentucky

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Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to human services in Kentucky are Zerov Inc, Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation, Metro United Way Inc. 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
37% 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, Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation, Metro United Way Inc. 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, $65M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Kentucky?: $601M reached 696 human services organizations in Kentucky, from 1,716 funders. 63% 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.