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Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust

Name: Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust 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.

178
grants reported: $876,226
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

12 grants matching “cynthiana” · $43,500

$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2025
Cynthiana campus
$3,000
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
Cynthiana theater
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2024
Cynthiana campus
$3,500
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2024
Cynthiana theater
$1,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2023
Cynthiana campus
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
General
$3,000
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
Cynthiana theater
$6,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2022
Cynthiana campus
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2022
General
$3,000
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2022
Cynthiana theater

Top recipients

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

University of Kentucky4 grants · $60,000
Ephraim McDowell Markey4 grants · $60,000
Lawrenceville School4 grants · $57,000
Family Service Center4 grants · $50,000
University of Dayton1 grant · $40,000
The Lexington School4 grants · $32,500
Marillac St Vincent Family Services3 grants · $30,000
Maysville Community4 grants · $30,000
Battle Grove4 grants · $28,500
St Edwards Catholic School4 grants · $22,000

Giving over time

$247,724

2022

$195,000

2023

$213,403

2024

$220,099

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

$40,000
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
General
$16,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024
General support
$16,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
General
$15,000
Ephraim McDowell Markey · Lexington, KY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Family Service Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
K-fund
$15,000
Ephraim McDowell Markey · Lexington, KY · 2024
General support
$15,000
Family Service Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
K-fund
$15,000
Ephraim McDowell Markey · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$15,000
Family Service Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Marillac St Vincent Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
K-fund
$15,000
Ephraim McDowell Markey · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$15,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022
General
$15,000
The Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$15,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
K-fund
$10,000
Battle Grove · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
Memorial garden
$10,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2025
General support
$10,000
Saint Andrews School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Oriental institute
$10,000
Marillac St Vincent Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Saint Andrews School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Maysville Community · Maysville, KY · 2022
General
$9,800
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
$9,000
Harrison Memorial · Cynthiana, KY · 2024
Community education
$8,000
Maysville Community · Maysville, KY · 2025
General support
$8,000
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
The Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$7,500
Battle Grove · Cynthiana, KY · 2022
Memorial garden
$7,000
Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$6,299
Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
General support
$6,000
St Edwards Catholic School · Nashville, TN · 2025
General support
$6,000
Battle Grove · Cynthiana, KY · 2024
Memorial garden
$6,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Scad research
$6,000
Maysville Community · Maysville, KY · 2024
General support
$6,000
Parkinson Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$6,000
Maysville Community · Maysville, KY · 2023
General
$6,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2022
Cynthiana campus
$6,000
Harrison Memorial · Cynthiana, KY · 2022
Community education
$6,000
St Edwards Catholic School · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$5,200
Catholic Charities · Muskegon, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2025
Cynthiana campus
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Muskegon, MI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Keeling Curve Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Marillac St Vincent Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
Scad research
$5,000
The Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2024
Cynthiana campus
$5,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Keeling Curve Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Lexington Theatre Company · Lexington, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
St Edwards Catholic School · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Oriental institute
$5,000
Battle Grove · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
Memorial garden
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2023
General
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Bluegrass Care Navigators · Lexington, KY · 2023
Cynthiana campus
$5,000
Camp Jorn Ymca · Manitowish Water, WI · 2023
General
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Muskegon, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2023
General
$5,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Scad Research · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General
$5,000
St Edwards Catholic School · Nashville, TN · 2023
General
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2022
General
$5,000
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2022
General
$5,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Family Service Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
School of music & music
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Scad Research · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General
$4,612
Catholic Charities · Muskegon, MI · 2022
General
$4,500
Garden Club of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$3,500
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2024
Cynthiana theater
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Harrison Memorial · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
Community education
$3,000
Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Humane Society of Harrison Co · Shinnston, WV · 2025
General support
$3,000
Lexington Hearing and Speech · East Elmhurst, NY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2025
Cynthiana theater
$3,000
Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Lexington Hearing and Speech · East Elmhurst, NY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
General
$3,000
Harrison Memorial · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
Community education
$3,000
Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$3,000
Humane Society of Harrison Co · Shinnston, WV · 2023
General
$3,000
Markey Cancer Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$3,000
Rohs Theater Company · Cynthiana, KY · 2023
Cynthiana theater
$3,000
Cynthiana-Harrison · Cynthiana, KY · 2022
General

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