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KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC

KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,687,859 to it, the largest being HEALTH HUMANITIES MEDICINE & ART FOUNDATION ($1,687,859). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$838k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$4.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Kentucky Nephrology Research Trust Inc does

Mission

Operate clinics for patients with chronic kidney disease not yet on hemodialysis, and provide funding for research on renal and bone disease.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Kentucky nephrology research trust, inc. ("knrt") provides education and support to patients with chronic kidney disease, prior to progressing to end-stage renal disease with dialysis. The program assists approximately 750 patients suffering from renal disease.

    $407,750 spent$393,092 earned by the program
    60% of program spending

  2. Kentucky nephrology research trust, inc. ("knrt") provides grants to support the research, education, prevention, and cure of diseases of the kidney and related illnesses. This support is being expanded to include collaboration between the university of kentucky and the university of florida research into the effects kidney and bone health on aging, and the healthy aging of patients with renal disease.

    $267,900 spentof which $267,900 as grants
    40% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $675,650.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($594k) Expenses 100 ($794k) Net assets 100 ($3.4M)2018 Revenue 198 ($1.2M) Expenses 110 ($870k) Net assets 91 ($3.1M)2019 Revenue 125 ($745k) Expenses 109 ($863k) Net assets 104 ($3.6M)2020 Revenue 125 ($743k) Expenses 129 ($1.0M) Net assets 104 ($3.6M)2021 Revenue 133 ($787k) Expenses 126 ($1.0M) Net assets 115 ($4.0M)2022 Revenue 121 ($718k) Expenses 103 ($818k) Net assets 95 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 194 ($1.2M) Expenses 95 ($753k) Net assets 109 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 141 ($838k) Expenses 102 ($813k) Net assets 124 ($4.3M)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (102)Net assets (124)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 $4.0M to $3.3M (−18%).

$3.4M
$3.1M
$3.6M
$3.6M
$4.0M
$3.3M
$3.8M
$4.3M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

30% of KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$200k
’17
$302k
’18
−$118k
’19
−$284k
’20
−$216k
’21
−$101k
’22
$399k
’23
$26k
’24
3.8
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.

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Listed44444444
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $198k → $240k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST 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 KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

KY

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

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’20
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’23
Kentucky out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve3.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST 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

Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation Inc82%Kentucky Nonprofit Network Inc82%Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc81%Ky Hospital Research & Education Foundation Inc81%Kentucky Science and Technology Corp80%Kidney Health Alliance of Kentucky Inc79%Kentucky Resources Council Inc79%Life Plan of Kentucky Inc79%

Nationally

Kidney Foundation of Ohio Inc85%Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio84%The Kidney Care Council Inc83%Kentucky Physicians Health Foundation Inc82%Northwest Kidney Centers82%Midwest Kidney Network Inc82%Kentucky Nonprofit Network Inc82%The Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area Inc81%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

58%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Health Humanities Medicine and Art Foundation · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST 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 NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC?
KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,687,859 to it, the largest being HEALTH HUMANITIES MEDICINE & ART FOUNDATION ($1,687,859). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,687,859 in grants to KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST INC?
HEALTH HUMANITIES MEDICINE & ART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,687,859 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KENTUCKY NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TRUST 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 2017–2024), 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