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KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS
KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,649,994 to it, the largest being BELL B NEEL TR W XXXXX5009 ($680,805). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $86M
What Kentucky Easter Seal Society Inc Dba Easterseals Bluegrass does
Mission
Kess dba easter seals cardinal hill is driven by a tireless passion to champion people of all ages, ensuring that everyone, regardless of ability or life challenge, has the ability to live, learn, work and play in our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Kess dba easter seals cardinal hill's (kess) programs include an adult day health program, which provides daily programming and activities, community outreach, nutritious meals, and medical care by licensed nursing staff for adults from age 18 and up with a variety of diagnosis. Our clients could not safely stay alone, and our programs allow caregivers to pursue a career or care for other family members. Some of kess' activities include miracle league baseball, a trip to the movies, gardening, or a shopping trip to practice money management skills, that allow them to interact with peers, learn, enjoy friendships, and have the opportunity to exercise.see schedule o for a detailed continuation of program service accomplishments. Kess' adaptive recreation program brings adaptive kayaking, adaptive skiing, wheelchair basketball, adaptive gardening, sled hockey, and other activities to the community to allow individuals with disabilities to live a more fulfilling life. Our staff also go into the school systems to help both children with disabilities and without get a better appreciation for the recreational opportunities for the disabled population, and encourage greater…
$7,102,399 spent$4,043,044 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,102,399.
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 $65M to $88M (+35%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Jamie Ellis
Executive director
Board chair
Richard Sturgill
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $394k → $254k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS’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 EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
33% 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 EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 36% · 2019 50% · 2020 37% · 2021 40% · 2022 36% · 2023 40% — 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
71% of KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS?
- KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,649,994 to it, the largest being BELL B NEEL TR W XXXXX5009 ($680,805). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,649,994 in grants to KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS?
- BELL B NEEL TR W XXXXX5009 is the largest funder on record, with $680,805 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTUCKY EASTER SEAL SOCIETY INC DBA EASTERSEALS BLUEGRASS 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.
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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 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