Kentucky · Nonprofit
The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation
The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,164 to it, the largest being BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($520,164). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $930k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $572k
- Net assets
- $964k
What The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation does
Mission
The Fayette Education Foundation's mission is to support the educational needs of Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) through community collaboration and fundraising.The foundation's goals include promoting equity, fulfilling unmet needs, investing in the community, developing educators, and enhancing the educational experience.The foundation also offers a program that provides free, age-appropriate books to every child from birth to age five each month. The goal of this program is to help children develop language and literacy skills to prepare them for kindergarten.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
DP-N.America - Through Toyotas Driving Possibilities initiative and additional Foundation support, FEF helps expand STEM learning, career exploration, leadership development, and innovative educational opportunities in targeted FCPS schools.
$351,322 spent$307,142 earned by the program43% of program spendingPROP DEV - FEF works with landowners, community partners, and FCPS to support the strategic development of school-related property projects that enhance educational opportunities and benefit students and the broader community.
$205,497 spent25% of program spendingSP - FEF supports special projects that address emerging needs, pilot innovative ideas, and provide flexible funding for unique opportunities that directly benefit FCPS students, schools, and educators.
$107,633 spent$164,077 earned by the program13% of program spendingBIG - The Fayette Education Foundations Bright Ideas Grants provide direct funding to Fayette County Public Schools educators for innovative classroom projects, student enrichment opportunities, and resources that go beyond traditional school budgets.
$80,226 spent$108,453 earned by the program10% of program spendingDP-KY - Through Toyotas Driving Possibilities initiative and additional Foundation support, FEF helps expand STEM learning, career exploration, leadership development, and innovative educational opportunities in targeted FCPS schools.
$41,081 spent$90,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingTOY - FEF proudly supports FCPS Global Awards and Teacher of the Year recognition programs that celebrate outstanding educators, support professionals, and school leaders making an extraordinary impact on students.
$10,608 spent$28,000 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther Programs - Unrestricted funds used to support other eductional programs.
$7,503 spent1% of program spendingDPIL - FEF manages the local Dolly Partons Imagination Library program, mailing free, high-quality books each month to young children across Fayette County to build early literacy skills and a love of reading.
$5,006 spent$22,871 earned by the program1% of program spendingLIT - Through the Lexington Industrial Trust, FEF helps provide resources and opportunities that strengthen workforce readiness, career and technical education, and student pathways to future employment and economic success.
$4,632 spent$5,744 earned by the program1% of program spendingSAP - The Success Academy Project connects private donor support with innovative programming and student-centered opportunities designed to help alternative education students succeed academically, personally, and professionally.
$3,943 spent$43,062 earned by the program0% of program spendingSTONER TRUST - Through the Stoner Trust, FEF helps support educational opportunities and student-focused initiatives that align with the donors vision for strengthening public education in Fayette County.
$3,651 spent$4,721 earned by the program0% of program spendingMCM - The Emmanuel Manny Caulk Jr. Memorial Scholarship honors graduating FCPS students pursuing careers in education and encourages the next generation of passionate teachers and school leaders.
$2,658 spent$2,577 earned by the program0% of program spendingSAEI - FEF invests in school arts programs that expand student access to visual arts, music, theater, dance, and creative learning experiences across Fayette County Public Schools.
$6 spent0% of program spendingTFT - Teachers for Tomorrow supports efforts to inspire, prepare, and encourage FCPS students to pursue careers in education and become future teachers in their own community.
$5,000 earned by the program
The 14 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $823,766.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $5k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
98% 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 The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — 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
98% of The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $560k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation
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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
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation?
- The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation (Kentucky) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,164 to it, the largest being BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($520,164). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $572,164 in grants to The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation.
- Who is the largest funder of The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation?
- BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $520,164 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Fayette County Public Schools Education Foundation Corporation 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 7 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