Funding search · EIN 616265649 · Louisville, KY

The Ahrens Family Foundation

Name: The Ahrens Family 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.

178
grants reported: $790,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

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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.

Hope & Safety Alliance4 grants · $40,000
Lane County School Garden Project4 grants · $40,000
Shelter Care4 grants · $40,000
Volunteers in Medicine4 grants · $40,000
Food for Lane Co4 grants · $40,000
Willamette Family4 grants · $40,000
Cascade Raptor Center4 grants · $40,000
Looking Glass Community Service4 grants · $35,000
Nearby Nature4 grants · $32,000
McKensie River Trust4 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$196,000

2022

$192,500

2023

$200,500

2024

$201,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

$10,000
Cascade Raptor Center · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Food for Lane Co · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hope & Safety Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Lane County School Garden Project · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Looking Glass Community Service · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Louisville Nature Center · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$10,000
McKensie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nearby Nature · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Shelter Care · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Bloomington, IN · 2025
General support
$10,000
Willamette Family · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$10,000
Cascade Raptor Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Food for Lane Co · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hope & Safety Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lane County School Garden Project · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Looking Glass Community Service · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
McKensie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Nearby Nature · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Shelter Care · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Willamette Family · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Cascade Raptor Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Food for Lane Co · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hope & Safety Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$10,000
Lane County School Garden Project · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$10,000
Nature Conservatory · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Raptor Rehab of Kentuciana · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Shelter Care · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$10,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Willamette Family · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$10,000
Cascade Raptor Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Food for Lane Co · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Hope & Safety Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Lane County School Garden Project · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Looking Glass Community Service · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Nature Conservatory · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Nearby Nature · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Shelter Care · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$10,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General support
$10,000
Willamette Family · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$7,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation - Next Step · Cincinatti, OH · 2024
General support
$6,500
Ky Ornithological Society · Burlington, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
American Sign Museum · Cincinatti, OH · 2025
General support
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General support
$5,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Nature Conservatory · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2025
General support
$5,000
Raptor Rehab of Kentuciana · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation - Next Step · Cincinatti, OH · 2025
General support
$5,000
Xerces Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$5,000
American Sign Museum · Cincinatti, OH · 2024
General support
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General support
$5,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Ky Ornithological Society · Burlington, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Louisville Nature Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Nature Conservatory · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of in & Ky · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024
General support
$5,000
Raptor Rehab of Kentuciana · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Xerces Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Sign Museum · Cincinatti, OH · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General support
$5,000
Looking Glass Community Service · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$5,000
Louisville Nature Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$5,000
McKensie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2023
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of in & Ky · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General support
$5,000
Population Connection · Washington Dc, VA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Xerces Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Sign Museum · Cincinatti, OH · 2022
General support
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General support
$5,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2022
General support
$5,000
Louisville Nature Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$5,000
McKensie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$5,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation - Next Step · Cincinatti, OH · 2022
General support
$5,000
Xerces Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Yew Dell Gardens · Oldham County, KY · 2022
General support
$3,000
Ky Natural Lands Trust · Berea, KY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Ky Ornithological Society · Burlington, KY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Olmstead Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$2,000
American Battlefields Trust · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$2,000
American Birding Assn · Clorado Springs, CO · 2025
General support
$2,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Beckham Bird Club Birdathon · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Bernheim Forest · Clermont, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2025
General support
$2,000
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Crasey-Mahan Nature Preserve · Goshen, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2025
General support
$2,000
Falls of the Ohio Foundation · Clarksville, IN · 2025
General support
$2,000
Ky Natural Lands Trust · Berea, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Olmstead Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Parklands of Floyds Fork · Louisville, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Phi Gamma Delta · Lexington, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood of in & Ky · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General support
$2,000
Population Connection · Washington Dc, VA · 2025
General support
$2,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.