Kentucky · Nonprofit
ACCESS VENTURES INC
ACCESS VENTURES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,450,508 to it, the largest being BLUE SKY FOUNDATION INC ($6,100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $38M
What Access Ventures Inc does
Programs
Community development: we identify and support innovative, early-stage solutions that address complex social challenges and promote equitable community development. Through strategic partnerships and targeted investment, we work to uncover and scale interventions that serve historically marginalized populations - whether in housing, foster care, economic mobility, or other critical areas of need. By centering proximate leadership, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and shifting public narratives, we aim to create systems that enable individuals and communities not just to survive, but to flourish.
$1,210,086 spentCapital access: we work to expand equitable access to capital by designing and supporting alternative financial structures that address the systemic barriers faced by underserved individuals, entrepreneurs, and communities. Recognizing that traditional financial systems often exclude those without generational wealth or institutional connections, we invest in initiatives that deploy early, flexible capital and promote more inclusive economic participation. Our approach emphasizes trust, relational networks, and community proximity - values often absent in conventional financing models. By fostering regionally grounded ecosystems and empowering local leaders with both financial and social capital, we aim to catalyze entrepreneurship, reduce reliance on predatory lending, and build pathways to long-term financial stability and community resilience.
$1,357,069 spentStorytelling & culture change: we believe in the transformative power of storytelling to shift narratives, inspire empathy, and drive meaningful social change. Through platforms that highlight the lived experiences of individuals often overlooked by traditional systems, we elevate voices that challenge prevailing assumptions and illuminate paths toward a more inclusive and human-centered economy. Our work supports creators and culture-shapers who are advancing a vision of enterprise rooted in purpose beyond profit - encouraging authenticity, creativity, and long-term community flourishing.
$10,000 spentLeadership development: we believe that transformative change begins with proximate, values-driven leadership. We invest in the development of emerging and established leaders who are committed to advancing inclusive, resilient communities. Our work includes the creation of educational programs, leadership fellowships, and international learning opportunities that cultivate the character, confidence, and competencies required for systems-level impact. We also support the development of new curriculum, applied research, and scholarship that deepen understanding of purpose-driven leadership and promote business as a force for the common good. Through these efforts, we are building a diverse network of changemakers equipped to lead with integrity across sectors and geographies.
$734,300 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $32M to $44M (+38%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $111k → $393k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACCESS VENTURES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACCESS VENTURES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 97% · 2019 93% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
0% of ACCESS VENTURES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ACCESS VENTURES INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $322k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACCESS VENTURES INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ACCESS VENTURES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Department of Commerce$300k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ACCESS VENTURES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACCESS VENTURES INC?
- ACCESS VENTURES INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,450,508 to it, the largest being BLUE SKY FOUNDATION INC ($6,100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACCESS VENTURES INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $7,450,508 in grants to ACCESS VENTURES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACCESS VENTURES INC?
- BLUE SKY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACCESS VENTURES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing