Funding search · EIN 611257368 · Louisville, KY

Lg&E and Ku Foundation

Name: Lg&E and Ku Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

979
grants reported: $18.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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5 grants matching “STEM education” · $49,500

$40,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Stem education support 2025
$4,500
Bluegrass Greensource · Frankfort, KY · 2025
Stem education
$1,500
National Inventors Hall of Fame · North Canton, OH · 2025
Camp invention stem education
$2,500
Bluegrass Greensource · Lexington, KY · 2024
Stem education
$1,000
Ohio Valley Educational Foundation · Shelbyville, KY · 2024
Ilead academy stem lab update

Top recipients

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

2022 Grants1 grant · $5.7M
2023 Grants1 grant · $4.5M
Association of Community Ministries3 grants · $1.6M
Metro United Way9 grants · $1.3M
Whas Crusade for Children5 grants · $385,691
Youthbuild Louisville16 grants · $273,355
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation2 grants · $238,000
Wintercare Energy Fund24 grants · $214,000
Fund for the Arts3 grants · $188,270
University of Kentucky8 grants · $141,989

Giving over time

$5.7M

2022

$4.5M

2023

$4.1M

2024

$4.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 979 grants.

$5.7M
2022 Grants · See Attached, KY · 2022
See attached
$4.5M
2023 Grants · See Attached, KY · 2023
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$749,000
Association of Community Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2025
Acm/utility grant
$749,000
Association of Community Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Acm utility grant
$395,044
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Metro united way
$336,295
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2025
Metro united way- po1 match
$211,455
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2025
Metro united way- ppl match
$198,783
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
Whas crusade for children
$183,308
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2025
Whas crusade for children po1
$178,000
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Kentucky derby festival
$146,114
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Metro united way
$120,000
Youthbuild Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Youthbuild/project warm
$120,000
Energy Conservation Associates · Louisville, KY · 2024
Project warm 2024
$100,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2025
Beyond buzzwords 2025
$100,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Beyond buzzwords 2024
$98,270
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Fund for the arts
$83,898
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2025
Fund for the arts po1
$75,000
Association of Community Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Acm- addt'l low income support
$65,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Party for the planet 2025
$65,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Student & community success
$65,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Louisville zoo foundation
$60,000
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Kentucky derby festival found
$56,683
United Way of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2025
United way bluegrass po1 match
$52,878
Ohio Valley United Charities · Carrollton, KY · 2025
Ohio valley united charities
$50,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2025
American red cross
$50,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
University of kentucky
$49,758
United Way of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2024
United way of the bluegrass
$49,553
Ohio Valley United Charities · Carrollton, KY · 2024
Ohio valley united charities
$40,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Stem education support 2025
$40,000
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Wysp stem support 2024
$39,600
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Scholarship america awards
$32,400
Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2025
Scholarship america awards
$30,000
Herrington Lake Conservation League · Burgin, KY · 2025
Herrington lake conservation
$30,000
Leadership Kentucky Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2025
Leadership kentucky 2025
$30,000
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Cap. Campaign & summer reading
$25,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2025
American red cross
$25,000
Blue Grass Community Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Blue grass community found
$25,000
God'S Pantry Food Bank · Lexington, KY · 2025
God's pantry food bank
$25,000
Leadership Louisville Foundation Incorporated · Louisville, KY · 2025
2025 annual luncheon
$25,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2025
Metro united way
$25,000
United Way of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2025
Waypoint initiative
$25,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
Piek
$25,000
Blue Grass Community Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
250 lex
$25,000
Herrington Lake Conservation League · Burgin, KY · 2024
2024 hlcl clean-up
$24,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2025
Louisville habitat for hu- q4
$21,630
Urban League of Lexington - Fayette County · Lexington, KY · 2025
2025 affordable housing
$21,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2025
Habitat for humanity lou
$21,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
Uk arboretum arbor day
$21,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2024
Habitat for humanity- q4 2023
$21,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
The arboretum- uk
$20,000
Dollar Energy Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Wintershare annual donation
$20,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Parking garage/lineman program
$20,000
Kentucky Industrial Development Council · Frankfort, KY · 2025
Kaed/sponsor
$20,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
23-24 school to work
$20,000
Dollar Energy Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Wintershare/annual donation
$20,000
Kentucky Industrial Development Council · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Kidc/kaed membership
$20,000
Kentucky Industrial Development Council · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Kaed/product development
$20,000
Kentucky Science Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Celebration of science 2024
$20,000
Leadership Kentucky Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Leadership kentucky 2024
$20,000
Leadership Louisville Foundation Incorporated · Louisville, KY · 2024
2024 annual luncheon
$18,991
Heart of Kentucky United Way · Danville, KY · 2025
Heart of ky uw po1
$18,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2025
Habitat for humanity lou
$18,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2024
Habitat for humanity- q2 2024
$18,000
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2024
Habitat for humanity q124
$17,331
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2025
Wintercare dec 24 donation
$17,331
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2024
Wintercare dec 23 donation
$17,136
Heart of Kentucky United Way · Danville, KY · 2024
Heart of ky united way
$16,000
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2025
Wintercare oct 25 donation
$16,000
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2024
Wintercare oct 2024 donation
$15,500
Junior Achievement · Louisville, KY · 2025
Junior achievement
$15,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2025
Evidence-based mentorship
$15,000
Kentucky Industrial Development Council · Frankfort, KY · 2025
Kidc/kaed kpid sponsor
$15,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2025
Journey of hope luncheon 2025
$15,000
Riverside the Farnsley-Moremen Landing · Louisville, KY · 2025
Riverside the farnsley-moremen
$15,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2025
First floor build-out
$15,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Community conv. + new voices
$15,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Utility technician program
$15,000
Junior Achievement · Louisville, KY · 2024
Junior achievement
$15,000
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Summer reading 2024
$15,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2024
General operation support
$15,000
Riverside the Farnsley-Moremen Landing · Louisville, KY · 2024
Riverside farnsley moremen
$15,000
The Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Give for good louisville 2024
$15,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
Piek
$15,000
Urban League of Lexington - Fayette County · Lexington, KY · 2024
2024 affordable housing
$14,510
Jefferson County United Way · Madison, IN · 2025
Jefferson county uw po1
$14,102
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2025
Wintercare nov 25 donation
$13,380
Youthbuild Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Winterhelp dec 24 donation
$12,607
United Way of Central Kentucky · Elizabethtown, KY · 2025
Uw of central kentucky po1
$12,594
United Way of Central Kentucky · Elizabethtown, KY · 2024
United way of central kentucky
$12,500
Kentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education · Prospect, KY · 2025
Kyfree strategic partnership
$12,500
Metro Louisville Habitat for Humanity of · Louisville, KY · 2025
Habitat for humanity
$12,500
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2024
Sc /bmnd/tailgate (24) ff(25)
$12,500
Kentucky Forum for Rights Economics and Education · Prospect, KY · 2024
Kyfree strategic partnership
$12,368
Community Winterhelp · Louisville, KY · 2024
Winterhelp jan 2024 donation
$11,616
Community Winterhelp · Louisville, KY · 2024
Winterhelp dec 23 donation
$11,434
Wintercare Energy Fund · Lexington, KY · 2024
Wintercare nov 24 donation
$11,401
Youthbuild Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Winterhelp jan 2025 donation
$11,288
Youthbuild Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Winterhelp nov 24 donation
$11,204
Youthbuild Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Winterhelp nov 25 donation

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