Kentucky · Nonprofit
THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC
THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $214,000 to it, the largest being LG&E AND KU FOUNDATION INC ($214,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $503k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $214k
- Net assets
- $505k
What The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc does
Mission
The wintercare energy fund, inc.'s purposes are to aid the underprivileged residents of the commonwealth of kentucky to meet their need for energy and fuel for purposes of heating, cooking and lighting; to assist local community action agencies and others to identify and aid the residents of the commonwealth of kentucky who have fuel and energy problems and deficiencies; to aid, support and assist by gifts, contributions, or otherwise, other non-profit corporations, community chests, funds and foundations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational or scientific purposes; to do any and all lawful activities which may be necessary, useful or desirable for the furtherance, accomplishment, fostering, or attaining of the foregoing purposes, either directly or indirectly, and either alone or in conjunction or cooperation with others, whether such others be persons or organizations of any kind or nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The wintercare energy fund provides utility payment assistance to households that are in crisis situations and need to have utility service connected, re-connected or are in danger of being disconnected. In fiscal year 2024, the organization provided low-income energy assistance to 1,898 households and 4,631 individuals through 22 community action agencies.
$338,067 spentof which $338,067 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $338,067.
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 2020 to 2021, from $305k to $472k (+55%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Sharon Price
Executive director
Board chair
Daniel Murphy
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
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 THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
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
THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 3 related entities
- Community Act Council for Lex-Fay Bour Harr and Nich Counties Inc · exempt
- Shepherd Place Inc · exempt
- Community Action Council Development Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC: 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 THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC?
- THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $214,000 to it, the largest being LG&E AND KU FOUNDATION INC ($214,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $214,000 in grants to THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND INC?
- LG&E AND KU FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $214,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WINTERCARE ENERGY FUND 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing