Funding search · EIN 616031406 · Louisville, KY
Gheens Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 674
- grants reported
- $27.6M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- New Directions Housing Corporation4 grants · $900,000
- Volunteers of America Mid-States2 grants · $800,000
- Bayou Community Foundation4 grants · $800,000
- Simmons College of Kentucky3 grants · $750,000
- Home of the Innocents4 grants · $640,000
- University of Louisville Foundation2 grants · $600,000
- Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation3 grants · $600,000
- The Housing Partnership4 grants · $550,000
- Russell Development Company1 grant · $500,000
- Fund for the Arts4 grants · $415,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 674 grants.
- $500,000
Russell Development Company · Lexington, KY · 2021
Chef space
- $400,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2024
Community care campus and unity house
- $400,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2023
Community care campus and unity house
- $300,000
New Directions Housing Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Homeownership preservation - repair affair
- $300,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
The gheens institute: supporting student success in stem-h
- $300,000
New Directions Housing Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2021
Homeownership preservation - repair affair
- $300,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
The gheens institute: supporting student success in stem-h
- $250,000
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $250,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2024
West end blight remediation
- $250,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023
Campaign to renovate the current facilities
- $250,000
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $250,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2022
Equipment for kosair charities pediatric convalescent center
- $250,000
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations
- $201,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2022
Education - general operations
- $200,000
Bayou Community Foundation · Hourna, LA · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $200,000
Bayou Community Foundation · Hourna, LA · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $200,000
Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Playworks at waterfront park
- $200,000
Bayou Community Foundation · Houma, LA · 2022
General support - 3 year grant
- $200,000
Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations of the waterfront park area
- $200,000
Bayou Community Foundation · Houma, LA · 2021
General support - 3 year grant
- $200,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2021
Education - general operations
- $200,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021
Sports and learning complex
- $200,000
Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations of the waterfront park area
- $200,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations - park projects
- $175,000
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Rita june foundation and the construction of three louisville bezos academies
- $175,000
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
The construction of three louisville bezos academies
- $175,000
Community Foundation of West Kentucky · Paducah, KY · 2021
Community grantmaking in education, health, human services, arts, public recreation, and religious activities
- $175,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2021
Support appalachia funders network, collaborative of public and private funders building community capacity and promote equitable economic transition in coal industry
- $150,000
New Directions Housing Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $150,000
New Directions Housing Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $150,000
River Heritage Consesrvancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2023
Origin park
- $150,000
River Heritage Conservancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2022
General operations
- $150,000
Onewest · Louisville, KY · 2021
Invest west capital campaign
- $150,000
St John Center · Louisville, KY · 2021
Permanent supportive housing program
- $135,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Coordinated community investment specialists; onelouisville emergency fund; greater louisville project's deep drivers of change: 21st century jobs, education, quality of place, and health; give for good louisville
- $125,000
Onewest Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery and project support
- $125,000
Uspiritus · Louisville, KY · 2024
Renovating cottages to restore trauma-informed residential treatment
- $125,000
Louisville Housing Opportunities and Microenterprise Comm Dev Loan · Louisville, KY · 2022
Financial coaching in low to moderate income areas of louisville
- $125,000
Kentucky Refugee Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2021
Provides resettlement services
- $123,623
Louisville Free Public Library · Louisville, KY · 2023
One library, one louisville
- $120,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operating support; cultural lou recovery fund
- $120,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operating support; cultural lou recovery fund
- $100,000
Americana Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Youth & family programming
- $100,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024
Campaign to renovate the current facilities
- $100,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Jefferson rising capital campaign
- $100,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
West end revitalization with lisc louisville
- $100,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Kentucky trails
- $100,000
Molo Village Cdc Co · Louisville, KY · 2024
The village too!
- $100,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Reimagining ballard park in the smoketown neighborhood
- $100,000
River Heritage Consesrvancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2024
Origin park event center
- $100,000
Americana Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Americana youth and family education program
- $100,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $100,000
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
West louisville opportunity campus capital campaign
- $100,000
Greater Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Live in lou
- $100,000
Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Jefferson rising capital campaign
- $100,000
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2023
Kids arts academy & completion of grand lyric theater
- $100,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2023
Beyond 9th: revitalizing west louisville through strategic homeownership
- $100,000
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2022
Retail program, specialized workforce development programs, senior community employment service program and janitorial and custodial services
- $100,000
Greater Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support export development activities of small and medium size companies and support programs that contribute to the prosperity of the community
- $100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
The jane & jewell education and community outreach center
- $100,000
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2022
Educational programs for at-risk & economically disadvantaged children
- $100,000
Molo Village Cdc Co · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
- $100,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations - park projects
- $100,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2022
Hpi has successfully renovated or began renovation of 22 single-family homes for sale to households with incomes of 50% ami or lower, 60% ami or lower, and 80% ami or lower.
- $100,000
Americana Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2021
Youth and family education
- $100,000
Educational Justice · Louisville, KY · 2021
Educational justice activists
- $100,000
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2021
Retail program, specialized workforce development programs, senior community employment service program and janitorial and custodial services
- $100,000
Greater Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
Support export development activities of small and medium size companies and support programs that contribute to the prosperity of the community
- $100,000
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2021
Educational programs for at-risk & economically disadvantaged children
- $100,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2021
Improving developmental, educational, and life outcomes in louisville
- $100,000
Rotary Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations
- $100,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2021
Hpi has successfully renovated or began renovation of 22 single-family homes for sale to households with incomes of 50% ami or lower, 60% ami or lower, and 80% ami or lower.
- $91,918
Elderserve · Louisville, KY · 2022
Senior center redevelopment project
- $85,000
Kentucky College of Art and Design · Louisville, KY · 2022
Education program
- $82,500
House of Ruth · Louisville, KY · 2022
House of ruth challenge grant
- $80,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $80,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $80,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2022
Neighborhood house family services
- $80,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2021
Neighborhood house family services
- $75,000
Boys and Girls Haven · Louisville, KY · 2024
Capital improvements, facilities renovations and general operational support
- $75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Building foundation, amplifying futures: a capital campaign
- $75,000
Kentuckianaworks Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Greater louisville alignment network
- $75,000
La Casita Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
South Louisville Community Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
Wellspring · Louisville, KY · 2024
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mission delivery support
- $75,000
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
Girl scout leadership experience
- $75,000
Kentuckianaworks Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Greater louisville alignment network
- $75,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Wellness center for metro louisville first responders
- $75,000
St John Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Trauma-informed design & supportive services for sheehan landing
- $75,000
Downtown Development Corp · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
- $75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations for family & children's place: on the front lines of unacceptable child abuse rates in kentucky for a second year
- $75,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General operations
- $75,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2022
Advancing volunteers of america mid-states technology status to improve community health
- $75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations for family & children's place: on the front lines of unacceptable child abuse rates in kentucky for a second year
- $75,000
Louisville Association for Community Economics · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations
- $75,000
Reckoning · Louisville, KY · 2021
General operations
- $75,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2021
Advancing volunteers of america mid-states technology status to improve community health
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