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KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC

KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,269 to it, the largest being THE GHEENS FOUNDATION INC ($240,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$631k
Net assets
$28M
15/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc does

Mission

Solicitation and receipt of gifts, grants and contributions from individuals, groups, corporations, and other sources, public and private, to finance the capital, operating and programming costs of the kentucky center for the arts corporation.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operating support for the kentucky center for the arts corporation

    $1,148,581 spentof which $1,148,581 as grants
    46% of program spending
  2. Lease agreement with the kentucky center for the arts corporation for the operations of the brown theatre.

    $488,463 spent$397,704 earned by the program
    19% of program spending
  3. Support for education program-kentucky governor's school for the arts - students attend a 3-week in person intensive arts education program. Students also participate in related workshops throughout the year.

    $702,391 spentof which $702,391 as grants$160,852 earned by the program
    28% of program spending
  4. Support for education programs:- artsreach and underserved youth - artwork- parking garage repairs and maintenance, and depreciation

    $178,372 spentof which $79,890 as grants$38,450 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,517,807.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($27M)2022 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 115 ($2.1M) Net assets 88 ($24M)2023 Revenue 143 ($3.3M) Expenses 163 ($3.0M) Net assets 90 ($24M)2024 Revenue 122 ($2.8M) Expenses 175 ($3.2M) Net assets 95 ($26M)2025 Revenue 152 ($3.5M) Expenses 150 ($2.7M) Net assets 102 ($28M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (152)Expenses (150)Net assets (102)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $31M to $27M (−11%).

$31M
$27M
$30M
$31M
$32M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

46% of KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$492k
’21
$223k
’22
$343k
’23
−$368k
’24
$785k
’25
7.4
months of
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

Todd Lowe

Board chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed2019181622
Joined·+4+1+0+6
No longer listed·5220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $37k → $67k.

5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $3.8M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION 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

KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

51% 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 KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC.

38%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 67% · 2019 57% · 2020 50% · 2021 87% · 2022 76% · 2023 60% — 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

33% of KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

80% of KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

IN
KY
MD
DE
TN
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · top quartile
Months of reserve7.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC

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In Kentucky

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

47%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,269 to it, the largest being THE GHEENS FOUNDATION INC ($240,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $631,269 in grants to KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
THE GHEENS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 21 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