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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Kentucky, currently Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Kentucky?

Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Kentucky, $70M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Kentucky?

$391M reached 362 religion organizations in Kentucky, from 1,002 funders. 27% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Kentucky

Most of it comes from outside Kentucky: only 27% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$391M

granted

362

organizations

27%

from in-state

The short version

1,002 funders gave $391M to 362 religion organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
27% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Kentucky is Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc, at $70M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc, at $97M.

Largest funders of religion in Kentucky

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

1Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc$70M 2Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$64M 3Servant Foundation$40M 4Church World Service Inc$25M 5Bill and Carol Latimer Charitable Foundation$18M 6The Signatry Charitable Trust$18M 7Lilly Endowment Inc$13M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 9Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation$8M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M

Religion organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

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

Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc$97M

352 other religion organizations$85M

Answers in Genesis Inc$82M Asbury Theological Seminary$42M Finishing Fund Management$16M Go Ministries Inc$12M

How to find religion funders in Kentucky

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Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to religion in Kentucky are Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
73% of religion money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Kentucky, currently Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Kentucky?: Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc gives the most to religion organizations in Kentucky, $70M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Kentucky?: $391M reached 362 religion organizations in Kentucky, from 1,002 funders. 27% 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.