Kentucky · Nonprofit
FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC
FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,850 to it, the largest being THE YOUNG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ($163,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $342k
- Net assets
- $89M
What Felix E Martin Jr Foundation Inc does
Mission
The felix e. Martin jr. Foundation seeks to enrich the lives of the citizens of muhlenberg county, kentucky by providing support to qualified organizations to meet educational, civic and cultural needs of the county, both today and for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants given to charitable and governmental organizations to enrich the lives of the citizens in muhlenberg county.
$2,256,400 spentof which $2,190,205 as grants87% of program spendingEarly childhood development:the foundation's early childhood development program (soar) focuses on helping muhlenberg children arrive at kindergarten ready to learn. Soar hosts multiple programs and events focused primarily on early childhood literacy.
$156,334 spent6% of program spendingPost-secondary success:the post-secondary success program (muhlenberg achieves) strives to increase educational attainment outcomes and support workforce development in muhlenberg county, by providing programs and resources for students from kindergarten through adulthood to increase access and encourage enrollment in college and career training.
$107,298 spent4% of program spendingCommunity strategic planning: the foundation's community strategic planning program works with the local community to develop and implement strategies to improve the quality of life in muhlenberg county.program expenses $39,670, grant expenses $0, earned revenue $0community leadership: the community leadership program is designed to support leadership development opportunities for organizations and adults and who live or work in muhlenberg county, ky, and have demonstrated a commitment to making a difference in muhlenberg county.program expenses $24,767, grant expenses $0, earned revenue $0ged learn & earn:the foundation's ged learn & earn program supports muhlenberg residents who are actively working to obtain their ged through madisonville community college's adult education center (ace2).program expenses $14,950, grant expenses $0, earned revenue $0
$79,387 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,599,419.
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 $60M to $77M (+28%).
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.
1% of FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Mark Campisano
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $44k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 63% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
52% of FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FELIX E MARTIN JR 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · exempt
- The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · exempt
- The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · exempt
- The Real Estate Asset Legacy Foundation of Kentucky Inc · exempt
- Louisville Preservation Fund Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FELIX E MARTIN JR 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 FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC?
- FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,850 to it, the largest being THE YOUNG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ($163,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $341,850 in grants to FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FELIX E MARTIN JR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE YOUNG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $163,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FELIX E MARTIN JR 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 5 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