Funding search · EIN 611380215 · Louisville, KY

Churchill Downs Incorporated Foundation

Name: Churchill Downs Incorporated 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.

95
grants reported: $828,377
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Kentucky Derby Festival2 grants · $250,000
Backside Learning Center4 grants · $122,000
Kentucky Racetrack Chaplaincy3 grants · $60,000
Retired Racehorse Project3 grants · $60,000
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program4 grants · $30,452
Rerun1 grant · $25,150
Kentucky Equine Adoption Center2 grants · $20,232
Thoroughbred Charities of America3 grants · $20,067
Amplify Horseracing2 grants · $20,000
Second Stride3 grants · $15,402

Giving over time

$267,000

2022

$205,000

2023

$293,595

2024

$62,782

2025

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Kentucky Derby Festival · Louisville, KY · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Kentucky Derby Festival · Louisville, KY · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Kentucky Racetrack Chaplaincy · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$25,150
Rerun · East Greenbush, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,050
Kentucky Equine Adoption Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Retired Racehorse Project · Edgewater, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Kentucky Racetrack Chaplaincy · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Retired Racehorse Project · Edgewater, MD · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Retired Racehorse Project · Edgewater, MD · 2022
Charitable
$15,100
Secretariat Center · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,100
Thoroughbred Retirement Network of Louisiana · Covington, LA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Amplify Horseracing · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Kentucky Humane Society Equine · Simpsonville, KY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Thoroughbred Charities of America · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Amplify Horseracing · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Second Stride · Crestwood, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Kentucky Humane Society Animal Rescue · Louisville, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Thoroughbred Charities of America · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Kentucky Racetrack Chaplaincy · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$6,045
James River Horse Foundation · Oilville, VA · 2024
Charitable
$5,490
Old Friends · Georgetown, KY · 2024
Charitable
$5,265
After the Races · Elkton, MD · 2024
Charitable
$5,230
Thoroughbred Retirement Rehabilitation and Career · West Chester, PA · 2024
Charitable
$5,200
Friends of Ferdinand · Mooresville, IN · 2024
Charitable
$5,180
Remember Me Rescue · Burleson, TX · 2024
Charitable
$5,150
Second Stride · Crestwood, KY · 2024
Charitable
$5,100
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,100
Win Place Home · Canyon Country, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,090
Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation · Guthrie, OK · 2024
Charitable
$5,075
Virginia Thoroughbred Project · Montpelier Station, VA · 2024
Charitable
$5,070
Galloping Out · North Riverside, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,050
Midatlantic Horse Rescue · Chespaeake City, MD · 2024
Charitable
$5,050
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$5,050
Racing for Home · Hamden, CT · 2024
Charitable
$5,050
United Pegasus Foundation · Tehachapi, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
The Kentucky Humane Society Animal Rescue · Louisville, KY · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Day Spring · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Dress for Success Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Elevate Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Feat of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of Nicole 5050 Marketing Collaborative · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Have a Heart Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Imagination Library of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Junior League of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Kids Cancer Alliance · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Luce · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Mental Health Lou & You · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Pandora Productions · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
St Elizabeth Catholic Charities · New Albany, IN · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
St Vincent De Paul Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Treeslouisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Whitneystrong · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Critically Loved · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
The Center for Women & Families · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Travel To Hope · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Kentucky Derby Museum Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Charitable
$500
Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Americana Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Arts Association of Oldham County · La Grange, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Evolve 502 · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Feed Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
For Lady'S Sake · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Hope Scarves · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Jewish Family and Career Services of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Kentuckiana Health Collaborative · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Louisville Grows · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
National Parkinson Institute · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Portland Museum · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Queer Kentucky · Covington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
The Boys & Girls Club · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
USA Cares · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Wesley House Community Services · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$500
World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana · Louisville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$447
Old Friends · Georgetown, KY · 2025
Charitable
$402
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program · Lexington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$252
Second Stride · Crestwood, KY · 2025
Charitable
$212
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · Lexington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$182
Kentucky Equine Adoption Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2025
Charitable
$102
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Charitable
$77
Secretariat Center · Lexington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$67
Thoroughbred Charities of America · Lexington, KY · 2025
Charitable
$41
Friends of Ferdinand · Mooresville, IN · 2025
Charitable

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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.