Funding search · EIN 616273524 · Bowling Green, KY

The John M & Linda J Kelly Family Charitable Foundation

Name: The John M & Linda J Kelly Family Charitable Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

67
grants reported: $489,281
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $4,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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.

Top recipients

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

Wku Lifeworks7 grants · $138,537
Bridge To Independence Fund1 grant · $40,000
Kentucky Kids On the Block3 grants · $29,500
Wku Foundation2 grants · $26,000
Kids On the Block3 grants · $22,200
Wku Clinical Education Complex2 grants · $17,720
The Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky2 grants · $17,474
The Hive2 grants · $16,500
Holy Spirit Catholic Church3 grants · $14,000
St Vincent De Paul2 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

$88,750

2021

$100,974

2022

$99,878

2023

$104,679

2024

$95,000

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$41,500
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$40,000
Bridge To Independence Fund · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$29,858
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$25,179
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Bridge to independence
$25,000
Wku Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Bridge to independence
$24,500
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$15,000
The Hive · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
Operations
$15,000
Kentucky Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Operations
$15,000
Wku Clinical Education Complex · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$12,500
Kentucky Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
Operations
$12,474
The Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$11,200
Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Operation Pride · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
Operation pride-beautifi-i65
$10,000
Perspective Skills for Life Incentives · Florence, KY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Ket/pbs project
$10,000
Live the Dream Development · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Save a Warrior · Newark, OH · 2021
General support
$10,000
Wku Public Broadcasting · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$9,500
St Gianna Crisis Center · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$8,500
Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$8,000
Holy Spirit Catholic Church · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$7,500
St Vincent De Paul · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
Food bank
$7,000
Junior Achievment of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$5,000
St Joesph Catholic Church · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Med Center Health Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Community of champions
$5,000
St Joseph School · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Wrote Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Abraham williams roast
$5,000
Holy Spirit Catholic Church · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Salvation Army of Bowling Green · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$5,000
St Vincent De Paul · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$5,000
The Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$5,000
United Way · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$4,600
Junior Achievement of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$4,500
St Joseph School · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Center for Courageous Kids · Scottsville, KY · 2024
Stars and strings event
$3,000
Center for Courageous Kids · Scottsville, KY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Junior Achievment of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$3,000
The Center for Corageous Kids · Scottsville, KY · 2022
General support
$3,000
Wku Kelly Autism Program · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$2,720
Wku Clinical Education Complex · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Junior Achievement of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
Operations
$2,500
The Community Foundation of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$2,500
Wku Lifeworks · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Bridge to independence
$2,500
South Central Kentuckian of the Year · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Wku Foundation for Rotc · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$2,500
Saint Joseph School · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$2,000
Hadley Jo Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$2,000
Junior Achievement of South Central Ky · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Kentucky Kids On the Block · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Hilltopper excellence award dinner
$2,000
Med Center Health Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Summer internships
$2,000
St Joseph School Scholarship Fund · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Arts of Southern Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Med Center Health Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Wrote Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
General support
$1,500
St Joseph School Library Fund · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$1,500
Saint Joseph School · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$1,500
The Hive · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Med Center Health Adult Day Center · Bowling Green, KY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Hilltopper Athletic Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Softball program
$1,000
Holy Spirit Catholic Church · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
St gianna crisis center
$1,000
Wku Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Lifeworks summer internships
$1,000
Med Center Summer Internship · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Wku Public Media · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$500
Barren River Adult Day Center Concert · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
General support
$250
Kentucky Sheriff'S Boys and Girls Ranch · Gilbertsville, KY · 2021
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.