Kentucky · Nonprofit
LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC
LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,338,252 to it, the largest being Norton Healthcare Inc ($560,450). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc does
Mission
We inspire and equip leaders to be better and do better.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community leadership programs - six community leadership programs centered on the louisville region are offered to help individuals lead organizations and communities into the future with confidence and vision. These programs provide diverse experiences that equip participants with the tools, connections, and critical skills to turn energy and passion into accomplishment. They range from 2 day to 1 year long experiences and over 400 participants graduate from the six programs each year (leadership louisville, ignite louisville, bingham fellows, focus louisville, alice houston women's program, and encore louisville).
$1,396,242 spent$1,276,386 earned by the program45% of program spendingLeadership skills development - organizations and individuals from all sectors participate in training and talent development experiences to build critical competencies throughout their leadership journeys. Participants gain transformational learning opportunities to develop the confidence and skills to engage and inspire others, manage change, think strategically, and more. Offerings range from one and two-day training courses, an annual day of learning called the best of leadership summit, and training delivered to small groups within an organization.
$603,100 spent$506,880 earned by the program19% of program spendingNetworking events & membership- along with offering membership in the organization, each year a calendar of special events are offered to keep program graduates and the overall community engaged, connected, and motivated for positive change. This includes an annual leadership louisville lucheon, quarterly 100 wise women networking events, events designed specifically for dues paying members, and various other special events.
$892,467 spent$685,468 earned by the program29% of program spendingNational expansion - the goal is to amplify the ability of the community leadership programs to bridge divides all over the country by equipping current and future leaders with the confidence, courage, and connections to impact change.
$217,359 spent7% of program spendingFoundation - operational income from member dues, facility rental, and other.
$141,272 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,109,168.
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 2017 to 2018, from $5.1M to $6.5M (+28%).
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 11% · 2022 8% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Cynthia Knapek
President & CEO
Board chair
Greg Pope
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $176k → $189k.
5 of 25 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $507k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION 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
LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 53% · 2019 50% · 2020 57% · 2021 64% · 2022 43% · 2023 30% — 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
36% of LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
95% of LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION 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. $89k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 707 West Main LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC?
- LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,338,252 to it, the largest being Norton Healthcare Inc ($560,450). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,338,252 in grants to LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC?
- Norton Healthcare Inc is the largest funder on record, with $560,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION 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 25 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