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Funding search · EIN 201341323 · Lexington, KY

Karston a& Ethelyn O Osmondson Charitable Fund

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

11
grants reported
$272,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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3 grants matching “cancerresearch” · $15,000

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

Grant history

All 11 reported grants, largest first.

  • $70,000

    Visually Impiared Preschool Serv · Louisville, KY · 2025

    Unrestricted,servicesfor visually impaired

  • $60,000

    Visually Impiared Preschool Serv · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted,servicesfor visually impaired

  • $55,000

    Visually Impiared Preschool Serv · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted,servicesfor visually impaired

  • $50,000

    Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted: services for visually impaired children

  • $7,500

    Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2025

    Unrestricted,assistance for cancer patients

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

  • $5,000

    Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted,assistance for cancer patients

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

  • $5,000

    Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted,assistance for cancer patients

  • $5,000

    UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other

  • $5,000

    Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted: general fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.