Kentucky · Nonprofit
KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC
KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $661,651 to it, the largest being THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC ($182,211). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $662k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Kentucky River Foothills Development Council Inc does
Mission
Developing community resources so that all persons may have lives of dignity, responsibility, and opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community service programs-at each of the agency's four outreach offices, staff work with families in financial crises to help meet immediate needs and make plans for the future so that similar crises are less likely. Krfdc provides energy assistance through the low income home energy assistance program (liheap) every fall/winter at its outreach offices. Liheap assists income-eligible households with home heating costs through two programs: liheap subsidy (typically in november and december) and liheap crisis (typically january until the middle of march, or until all funds are expended). A third component to help with summer cooling costs may be offered when funds are available. Last fy krfdc provided 6,565 households with subsidy assistance and 3,456 households with crisis assistance. Krfdc provides free weatherization services to income- eligible families and individuals. This program works to reduce their heating/cooling costs and improve the safety of their homes by providing energy efficiency measures. On average, weatherization reduces energy bills by 20%. Last fy krfdc weatherized/repaired 15 homes. Health & human services programs- since 2005, krfdc has been providing a…
$10,378,141 spent$9,904,760 earned by the program61% of program spendingEmployment & econ development programs- krfdc's transportation program, foothills express, gives riders the opportunity to live independently and participate fully in their communities. Riders can depend on courteous drivers and safe, efficient transportation to school, work, senior citizen centers, adult and child care centers, medical facilities, and recreational destinations. In addition, foothills express provides social organizations, volunteer groups, and businesses with special transportation for occasions when bus transportation is more efficient. Foothills express operates a public deviated-fixed transportation route in berea, richmond, and winchester. These stops include stores, apartment communities, city and county offices, and businesses. Wheelchair assisted door-to-door service is available for no additional cost and bulk passes are available at a discounted rate. The madison connector route operates through the week and links the cities of berea and richmond. After reaching their destination in either berea or richmond, riders are able to catch a ride on the city transit routes. Foothills express also provides a commuter service from winchester and richmond to…
$4,034,364 spent$3,872,321 earned by the program24% of program spendingHousing service progrms-at liberty place recovery center for women, the agency provides a long-term, residential substance abuse recovery program for women. In this safe place, krfdc helps women suffering from alcoholism and/or drug addiction become sober, solve underlying problems, and learn to lead sober, stable, and productive lives. While in the program, participants are provided with the tools they need to manage their disease and rebuild their lives. These tools include the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous, daily recovery dynamics and errors in thinking classes, meditation, peer support, job responsibilities, and meetings. Located in richmond, liberty place is part of the recovery kentucky initiative. The women participating in the program are homeless or marginally housed and unemployed, often coming directly from court or jail. The center, a supportive housing development, has 108 beds to accommodate the needs of women in kentucky's 6th congressional district. Last fy krfdc served 202 participants at liberty place. The agency's affordable housing program assists low and moderate-income households through homebuyer education classes and one-on-one homeownership counseling…
$3,706,523 spent$3,944,990 earned by the program22% of program spendingOther miscellaneous programs include client assistance, fema funds, and facility operations.
$-1,016,678 spent$1,403,651 earned by the program-6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,102,350.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $12M to $17M (+39%).
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: 2018 85% · 2019 81% · 2020 65% · 2021 75% · 2022 70% · 2023 70% · 2024 69% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
David Estepp
CEO/ directo
Board chair
Terry Davidson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $110k → $40k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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 RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 71% · 2019 31% · 2020 30% · 2021 34% · 2022 34% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
90% of KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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. $48k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $662k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$32.3M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$17.6M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$596k
- Environmental Protection Agency$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC?
- KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $661,651 to it, the largest being THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC ($182,211). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $661,651 in grants to KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC?
- THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $182,211 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 18 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