Grants and funding in Kentucky

4,449 foundations reported granting into Kentucky on their most recent IRS filings: 16,340 itemized grants worth $2.4B between them. On top of that, 17 live grant programs and 85 contract opportunities are specific to Kentucky, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

4,449

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$2.4B

across 16,340 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Kentucky

17

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

42

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Kentucky

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Kentucky on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 4,449 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Kentucky-specific grants are for

Of the 17 live grant programs specific to Kentucky, here is who the announcements name. 10 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, tribal organizations, cities and towns and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

42 community development lenders serve Kentucky: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.