Kentucky · Nonprofit
LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC
LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,485 to it, the largest being JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION FOR GASTRONOMY AND THE CULINARY ARTS ($54,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $638k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Les Dames D'Escoffier International Inc does
Mission
Ldei is an invitational organization of women leaders in food, beverage, and hospitality whose mission is education, advocacy and philanthropy
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ldei's largest event is the annual conference. The conference includes the annual business meeting and training for chapter volunteer leaders. Ldei is designed to support the local chapters in their administrative and philanthropic endeavors.
$113,587 spent$43,143 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe growth grants program was inspired by those who were nominated for the woman of purpose program, which recognizes women who are making a positive impact on a local or global community incorporating sustainability, food justice and public health. Applicants were asked to submit an essay stating how a grant would help expand their organization's ability to provide services that produce equitable outcomes for their community.
$37,548 spentof which $37,548 as grants15% of program spendingThe m.f.k. Fisher symposium for women in food & storytelling is a two-day gathering focusing on mentorship, representation, and the enduring legacy of culinary writer m.f.k. Fisher.
$103,003 spent$104,072 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,138.
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.
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 $560k to $893k (+60%).
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 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Greg Jewell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $15k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL 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
LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 71% · 2022 96% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL 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
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC?
- LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,485 to it, the largest being JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION FOR GASTRONOMY AND THE CULINARY ARTS ($54,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $66,485 in grants to LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL INC?
- JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION FOR GASTRONOMY AND THE CULINARY ARTS is the largest funder on record, with $54,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER INTERNATIONAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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