Kentucky · Nonprofit
RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC
RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $552,450 to it, the largest being JOSEPH W CRAFT III FOUNDATION ($552,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $0
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $552k
- Net assets
- $0
What Red River Economic Development LLC does
Mission
Economic Development and Tourism Promotion in Eastern Kentucky
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We were successful in organizing 6 small tourism groups in the Red River Gorge region to work together and obtain more than $500,000 in grants (routed through one of the tourism groups) to plan and implement a regional wayfinding project that will encourage more tourism in the Red River Gorge region. Having completed that project, we are submitting our final 990 for eight months of 2026. The residents of 4 Kentucky counties benefitted.
$500,000 spentof which $500 as grants14% of program spendingWe sold the 888-acre site we had bought 6 years ago to a developer who will develop more than 100 cabins on the site and attract many more tourists to the region. The residents of 4 counties will benefit through tax revenue and job creation.
$2,250,000 spentof which $2 as grants63% of program spendingWe were successful in getting the support of more than 25 of the top business leaders of the Red River Gorge region to work together to market the Red River Gorge to a much larger region, thereby creating tourism jobs.
$850,000 spentof which $850 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $3,600,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $30k to $1k (−95%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 64% · 2022 100% · 2023 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Ms Jean Hale
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC’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
RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC's revenue fell 100% between 2020 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 372 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC: 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 RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC?
- RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $552,450 to it, the largest being JOSEPH W CRAFT III FOUNDATION ($552,450). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $552,450 in grants to RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC?
- JOSEPH W CRAFT III FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $552,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LLC 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing