Funding search · EIN 616031406 · Louisville, KY

Gheens Foundation

Name: Gheens Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

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

$7.8M

2021

$7.0M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$6.3M

2024

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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