Kentucky · Nonprofit
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,810,878 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($806,176). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $98M
What Eastern Kentucky University Foundation Inc does
Mission
The eku foundation provides support for eastern kentucky university in accomplishing its goals of education and regional stewardship within its southeastern kentucky service region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Funding to support student financial aid and scholarships, thus enabling those students who are both capable and/or have financial need to receive a college education. These include merit scholarships awarded to students in the eastern kentucky university honors program, as well as scholarships for students who have demonstrated financial need. Endowment income for invested funds held by the eastern kentucky university foundation is the primary source of funding for this purpose.
$2,719,672 spentof which $2,719,672 as grants30% of program spendingFunding to support the core mission of the university by establishing funds for academic departments to purchase equipment, supplies, professional development, and other materials related to furthering the classroom experience.
$6,388,914 spentof which $6,257,614 as grants$56,124 earned by the program70% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,108,586.
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 $84M to $109M (+29%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
25% of EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Board chair
Suzanne Fawbush
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $316k → $689k.
19 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. 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
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 79% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 24% · 2022 20% · 2023 59% — 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
52% of EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
68% of EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $903k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Eastern Kentucky University · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,810,878 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($806,176). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $2,810,878 in grants to EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $806,176 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 44 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing