Funding search · EIN 611176559 · Louisville, KY

Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc

Name: Louisville Downtown Lions Charitiesinc grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

41
grants reported: $871,482
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

preschool camera genereal vision access alcon argos athletes

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “alcon” · $50,000

$50,000
U of L Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Alcon argos biometry unit

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Visually Impaired Preschool Services4 grants · $294,300
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation6 grants · $138,121
U of L Health Foundation2 grants · $75,000
Water Step3 grants · $65,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation3 grants · $60,000
The Salvation Army2 grants · $43,000
Whas Crusade for Children3 grants · $30,000
Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis2 grants · $30,000
Project Friendship2 grants · $20,000
University of Louisville Foundation1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$114,547

2022

$222,183

2023

$534,752

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$122,800
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2024
Establish permanent endowment to support preschool program
$80,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2024
Preschool program
$50,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2023
Preschool program
$50,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Ksb greenhouse project
$50,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2024
Lilly pad project
$50,000
U of L Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Alcon argos biometry unit
$40,500
Visually Impaired Preschool Services · Louisville, KY · 2022
Preschool program
$34,482
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Low vision center
$30,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2024
Genereal operations
$29,592
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$28,000
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis · Prospect, KY · 2024
General operations
$25,000
U of L Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Topcan oct
$20,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Slit lamp camera for eye institute
$13,591
Open Door Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$13,000
The Salvation Army · Louisville, KY · 2023
Genereal operations
$10,970
American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024
Prison industries braille transcription program
$10,000
Project Friendship · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
The Dream Foundation of Ky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Playground handicap access
$10,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2024
Huricane relief efforts
$10,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Ky Historical Society of the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Project Friendship · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
$8,470
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Fdt machine for vision van
$7,577
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Kid sight spot camera
$6,000
Envision Blind Sports · Mercer, PA · 2024
Sponsor 10 athletes
$5,500
Ky Council of the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Ky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Summer work program
$5,000
Lighthouse Academy of Newburg · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Lifehouse Maternity Home · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Prodigal Ministies · Crestwood, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Todd Crawford Fd To Cure Paralysis · Prospect, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
United Crescent Hill Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Water Step · Louisville, KY · 2023
General operations

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