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KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC

KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,312 to it, the largest being Republic Bank Foundation Inc ($200,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$190k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$390k
Net assets
$69k
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Kentucky to the World Inc does

Mission

Kentucky to the world's mission is to enhance our state's image at home and beyond by showcasing the talent, ingenuity, and excellance of outstanding men and women with strong kentucky ties.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Kentucky to the world continued the republic bank foundation speaker series, highlighting inspiring kentuckians whose innovation, leadership, and achievements celebrate the strengths of the commonwealth and reinforce a positive narrative about kentucky.

    $82,204 spent$4,109 earned by the program
    51% of program spending
  2. Expanded the reach of our programming through a partnership with kentucky educational television (ket), broadcasting recordings of live events on 16 television stations and making them available for on-demand streaming through the ket website.

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. Delivered student programs across the commonwealth that provided standards-based educational experiences for students, teachers, and youth leaders, fostering pride in kentucky's rich cultural and intellectual heritage while supporting college and career readiness.

    $77,351 spent
    48% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $160,555.

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 ($116k) Expenses 100 ($85k) Net assets 100 ($59k)2018 Revenue 105 ($121k) Expenses 111 ($94k) Net assets 145 ($86k)2019 Revenue 107 ($124k) Expenses 146 ($124k) Net assets 144 ($85k)2020 Revenue 135 ($156k) Expenses 148 ($127k) Net assets 192 ($114k)2021 Revenue 110 ($128k) Expenses 154 ($132k) Net assets 185 ($110k)2022 Revenue 126 ($146k) Expenses 171 ($146k) Net assets 185 ($110k)2023 Revenue 127 ($147k) Expenses 171 ($147k) Net assets 186 ($110k)2024 Revenue 208 ($240k) Expenses 288 ($246k) Net assets 176 ($104k)2025 Revenue 165 ($190k) Expenses 264 ($225k) Net assets 117 ($69k)
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Revenue (165)Expenses (264)Net assets (117)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 2020 to 2021, from $114k to $179k (+57%).

$59k
$86k
$85k
$114k
$179k
$179k
$179k
$155k
$118k
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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.

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2018
2019
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2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’17
$27k
’18
−$649
’19
$29k
’20
−$4k
’21
−$110
’22
$397
’23
−$6k
’24
−$35k
’25
7.6
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.

Chief executive

Alice Alt

Executive director

Board chair

Sam Ford

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $32k → $41k.

5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 TO THE WORLD 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 TO THE WORLD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

51%
largest funder
77%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 68% · 2022 76% · 2023 49% — 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

38% of KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

CT
KY

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−18% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

61%

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 TO THE WORLD INC?
KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,312 to it, the largest being Republic Bank Foundation Inc ($200,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $390,312 in grants to KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC?
Republic Bank Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD 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 17 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