Kentucky · Nonprofit
KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC
KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being HECKBENT INC ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $400k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Kentuckians for Public Education Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to support good education policy in the state of kentucky.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Kentuckians for public education made independent expenditures with the goal of defeating a proposed constituional amendment that would have allowed the kentucky general assembly to pass a law making it legal to send public taxpayer dollars in kentucky to pay private schools.
$1,522,973 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,522,973.
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
Eric Hyers
Director,chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Kentuckians for Good Judges · exempt
- Working Hard for Kentucky PAC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 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 KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC?
- KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being HECKBENT INC ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400,000 in grants to KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION INC?
- HECKBENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTUCKIANS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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