Kentucky · Nonprofit
KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC
KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,355 to it, the largest being MARKSBURY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Kentucky Entrepreneurship Education Network Inc does
Mission
Keenstart was created to run the governor's school for entrepreneurs which includes interrelated high school, college, and alumni programs. We teach and empower kentucky's future innovators with lifelong entrepreneurial skills.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During gse's summer startup, teams of high school students develop a business model, a prototype, and pitch their company to a large audience. Students learn a great deal about themselves and others as they live in a community, developing long-lasting connections and skills. Educators, business leaders, experienced entrepreneurs, and other mentors work closely with the students in experiential, hands-on learning sessions, and co-curricular activities. Students learn what it takes to create a successful company and are eligible for millions of dollars in college scholarships. They also learn from collegiate pitch alums and are introduced to collegiate pitch as a next step in their entrepreneurial journey.
$728,565 spent$870,000 earned by the program86% of program spendingGse's collegiate pitch program is kentucky's largest intercollegiate pitch competition and provides access to thousands of dollars in funding, along with valuable feedback from entrepreneurial experts. The competition encourages innovation and entrepreneurship by providing opportunities for students to develop and pursue their business ideas. The contest rewards businesses judged to be the most likely to produce successful ventures that create jobs for kentuckians. Collegiate pitch is part of the summer startup curriculum, as those high school students visit collegiate pitch businesses, learn from collegiate pitch participants, and are encouraged to apply to collegiate pitch and the opportunities it offers for their ongoing business development.
$110,132 spent$120,000 earned by the program13% of program spendingGse's ecosystem is a support network for the alumni of summer startup and collegiate pitch. The ecosystem works to help promote alumni businesses, provide networking and development opportunities, along with ongoing educational offerings.
$5,525 spent$10,000 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $844,222.
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 2021 to 2022, from $679k to $1.2M (+73%).
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: 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
Chief executive
Anne Jewell
President & CEO
Board chair
Koleman Karleski
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $36.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK 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 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 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
87% of KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK 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. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK 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 KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC?
- KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,355 to it, the largest being MARKSBURY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $175,355 in grants to KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK INC?
- MARKSBURY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTUCKY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK 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.
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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 7 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