Funding search · EIN 311140889 · Louisville, KY

The Community Foundation of Louisville

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,564
grants reported
$71.8M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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

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  • Community Foundation of Louisville4 grants · $10.5M
  • 21st Century Parks Endowment4 grants · $5.5M
  • University of Louisville Foundation4 grants · $1.6M
  • Louisville Orchestra Endowment1 grant · $1.6M
  • Evolve5024 grants · $1.3M
  • Louisville Orchestra4 grants · $1.2M
  • St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church4 grants · $1.1M
  • Treeslouisville4 grants · $985,778
  • Christ Church United Methodist4 grants · $872,373
  • West End Preparatory School4 grants · $810,390

Giving over time

$16.5M
2021
$16.3M
2022
$18.6M
2023
$20.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,564 grants.

  • $3.2M

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Community improvement

  • $2.9M

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    T philanthropy voluntarism and grantmaking

  • $2.5M

    21st Century Parks Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2023

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $2.3M

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

    T philanthropy voluntarism and grantmaking

  • $2.1M

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021

    T31 community foundations

  • $1.6M

    Louisville Orchestra Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2024

    A11 single organization support

  • $1.1M

    21st Century Parks Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2024

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $1.0M

    21st Century Parks Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2022

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $848,000

    21st Century Parks Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2021

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $790,700

    University of Louisville Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $700,500

    Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2021

    B99 education n.e.c.*

  • $629,870

    University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B11 single organization support

  • $448,750

    Yew Dell · Crestwood, KY · 2022

    C30 natural resource conservation and protection

  • $437,905

    West End Preparatory School · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B24 primary/elementary school

  • $417,150

    Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2024

    P26 volunteers of america

  • $406,114

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2022

    A69 symphony orchestras

  • $400,000

    The Path of the Eternal Soul · Louisville, KY · 2024

    X religion spiritual development

  • $390,940

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2024

    A69 symphony orchestras

  • $340,400

    Treeslouisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    C environmental quality protection beautification

  • $313,000

    Our Lady of Lourdes Church · Louisville, KY · 2024

    X religion spiritual development

  • $312,000

    St Theresa Church · Payneville, KY · 2021

    X22 roman catholic

  • $302,000

    Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    A54 history museums

  • $294,165

    St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2024

    X religion spiritual development

  • $289,730

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2021

    B43 university or technological

  • $289,639

    Southeast Christian Church · Louisville, KY · 2024

    X20 christian

  • $285,180

    Treeslouisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    C environmental quality protection beautification

  • $275,500

    Jefferson Community & Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B11 single organization support

  • $270,000

    Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B99 education n.e.c.*

  • $265,337

    St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2022

    X religion spiritual development

  • $265,000

    Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2023

    B99 education n.e.c.*

  • $264,000

    Christ Church United Methodist · Louisville, KY · 2021

    X religion spiritual development

  • $260,400

    Waterfront Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2021

    N recreation sports leisure athletics

  • $255,272

    St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2023

    X religion spiritual development

  • $250,000

    National Museum of Forest Service History · Missoula, MT · 2021

    A54 history museums

  • $245,200

    Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B70 libraries library science

  • $239,430

    St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2021

    X religion spiritual development

  • $237,898

    Treeslouisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

    C environmental quality protection beautification

  • $237,271

    Christ Church United Methodist · Louisville, KY · 2024

    X religion spiritual development

  • $233,804

    Christ Church United Methodist · Louisville, KY · 2023

    X religion spiritual development

  • $228,950

    University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023

    B40 higher ed institutions

  • $227,500

    Sacred Heart Schools · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B educational institutions

  • $222,300

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2021

    A69 symphony orchestras

  • $222,050

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $221,090

    Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2022

    A63 ballet

  • $218,432

    Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2021

    A34 radio

  • $216,850

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $214,150

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $212,725

    Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2023

    C40 botanical horticultural and landscape services

  • $210,000

    Bethesda House of Mercy Limited · Lexington, KY · 2024

    X21 protestant

  • $210,000

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023

    A69 symphony orchestras

  • $209,000

    Gardenia E Janssen Animal Shelter · La Grange, TX · 2023

    D animal related

  • $205,500

    Our Lady of Lourdes Church · Louisville, KY · 2023

    X religion spiritual development

  • $205,000

    Jefferson Community & Technical College Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    B11 single organization support

  • $200,000

    Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown · Provincetown, MA · 2024

    A99 other art culture humanities organizations/services n.e.c.*

  • $200,000

    Future Fund Endowment · Louisville, KY · 2024

    C30 natural resource conservation and protection

  • $200,000

    Future Fund · Louisville, KY · 2024

    T philanthropy voluntarism and grantmaking

  • $200,000

    The Ashland Museum · Ashland, VA · 2023

    A54 history museums

  • $199,752

    Boys & Girls Clubs · Louisville, KY · 2023

    O23 boys and girls clubs (combined)

  • $195,000

    Academy for Individual Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $179,700

    Yew Dell · Crestwood, KY · 2021

    C30 natural resource conservation and protection

  • $176,950

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    G98 pediatrics

  • $171,100

    The Parklands of Floyd'S Fork · Louisville, KY · 2021

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $170,400

    Louisville Collegiate School · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B20 elementary secondary ed

  • $169,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs · Louisville, KY · 2021

    O23 boys and girls clubs (combined)

  • $167,260

    Southeast Christian Church of Jefferson County Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2021

    X20 christian

  • $166,042

    Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022

    P30 children's and youth services

  • $165,880

    Camp Pasquaney · Hebron, NH · 2021

    N20 recreational and sporting camps (day overnight etc.)

  • $163,076

    Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B43 university or technological

  • $161,050

    Second Presbyterian Church · Louisville, KY · 2021

    X20 christian

  • $160,600

    Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2021

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $158,350

    University of Louisville Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    B11 single organization support

  • $155,190

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $153,683

    Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023

    P30 children's and youth services

  • $152,227

    Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository · Louisville, KY · 2021

    T31 community foundations

  • $152,100

    Kentucky Wesleyan College · Owensboro, KY · 2022

    B42 undergraduate college (4-year)

  • $151,300

    Kentucky Humanities Council · Lexington, KY · 2022

    A26 arts council/agency

  • $151,000

    Sponsor 4 Success · Louisville, KY · 2021

    P20 human service organizations

  • $150,750

    Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2021

    C36 forest conservation

  • $150,250

    Help Office of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2022

    P99 human services-multipurpose & other n.e.c.*

  • $150,200

    American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024

    A33 printing publishing

  • $150,000

    Owensboro Consolidated Catholic School System · Owensboro, KY · 2022

    B educational institutions

  • $150,000

    Sponsor 4 Success · Louisville, KY · 2022

    P20 human service organizations

  • $147,600

    West End Preparatory School · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B24 primary/elementary school

  • $146,450

    Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2021

    B43 university or technological

  • $145,100

    Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B82 scholarships student financial aid awards

  • $142,745

    The Parklands of Floyd'S Fork · Louisville, KY · 2023

    N32 parks and playgrounds

  • $140,152

    Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2024

    A34 radio

  • $139,750

    Sacred Heart Schools · Louisville, KY · 2023

    B educational institutions

  • $139,628

    Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2021

    P30 children's and youth services

  • $138,000

    City Church of Bartlesville · Bartlesville, OK · 2024

    X20 christian

  • $137,298

    Christ Church United Methodist · Louisville, KY · 2022

    X religion spiritual development

  • $136,285

    Trinity High School Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

    B11 single organization support

  • $134,550

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021

    A12 fundraising and/or fund distribution

  • $133,556

    Our Lady of the Pillar · Louisville, KY · 2021

    X22 roman catholic

  • $128,600

    The Nature Conservancy - Kentucky Chapter · Lexington, KY · 2021

    C99 environmental quality protection and beautification n.e.c.*

  • $128,185

    West End Preparatory School · Louisville, KY · 2023

    B24 primary/elementary school

  • $125,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Q30 international development relief services

  • $124,915

    Sacred Heart Schools · Louisville, KY · 2022

    B educational institutions

  • $124,695

    Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2023

    A80 historical societies and related activities

  • $124,600

    Lake Wales First Baptist Church · Lake Wales, FL · 2024

    X21 protestant

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