The Josephine Ardery Foundation

What they fund

historicpreservationpreservebuildingslocalbuildinghistoricalcreate

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.

• University of Kentucky4 grants · $40,000
• Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation3 grants · $28,570
• The Berry Center3 grants · $24,000
• First Presbyterian Church4 grants · $22,000
• Ludlow Historic Society1 grant · $15,000
• Dry Stone Conservancy3 grants · $15,000
• Art Center of the Bluegrass1 grant · $12,000
• Locust Grove1 grant · $10,000
• Appalshop1 grant · $10,000
• Bluegrass Community Foundation1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

• $15,000

  Ludlow Historic Society · Ludlow, KY · 2024

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $12,000

  Art Center of the Bluegrass · Danville, KY · 2023

  Preserve historic building

• $11,020

  Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation · Lexington, KY · 2022

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $10,000

  South Union Shaker Village · Auburn, KY · 2025

  Support historical site

• $10,000

  University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025

  To create scholarship for historic preservation

• $10,000

  University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024

  To create scholarship for historic preservation

• $10,000

  Bluegrass Community Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

  Preservation of historic books

• $10,000

  The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2023

  Preserve agrarian way of life

• $10,000

  University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023

  To create scholarship for historic preservation

• $10,000

  Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2022

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $10,000

  Hindman Settlement School · Hindman, KY · 2022

  Restoration of historic building

• $10,000

  Locust Grove · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $10,000

  University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022

  To create scholarship for historic preservation

• $9,550

  Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation · Lexington, KY · 2024

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $9,000

  The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2025

  Preserve agrarian way of life

• $8,000

  Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation · Lexington, KY · 2023

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $8,000

  Kentucky Gateway Museum Center · Maysville, KY · 2022

  Preservation of historic books

• $8,000

  Ward Hall Foundation · Georgetown, KY · 2022

  To preserve historic building

• $6,000

  First Presbyterian Church · Lexington, KY · 2025

  To support historical music

• $6,000

  March Madness · Lexington, KY · 2025

  Support local musicians

• $6,000

  First Presbyterian Church · Lexington, KY · 2024

  To support historical music

• $5,550

  Josephine Sculpture Park · Frankfort, KY · 2022

  To preserve sculpture park

• $5,000

  Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2025

  Restore historic building

• $5,000

  Dry Stone Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2025

  Preserve historic walls in ky

• $5,000

  Farmington · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Restore historic building

• $5,000

  First Christian Church · Paris, KY · 2025

  Support local charities

• $5,000

  Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Preservation of historic farm

• $5,000

  Ky Educational Tv · Lexington, KY · 2025

  Support public broadcasting

• $5,000

  Lexington Philharmonic · Lexington, KY · 2025

  Support local musicians

• $5,000

  Mary Todd Lincoln House-Ky Mansions Preseration Fdn · Lexington, KY · 2025

  Preserve historic landmark

• $5,000

  Dry Stone Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2024

  Preserve historic walls in ky

• $5,000

  Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Preservation of historic farm

• $5,000

  Green River Academy · Elkton, KY · 2024

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $5,000

  The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2024

  Preserve agrarian way of life

• $5,000

  Woodford Theatre · Versailles, KY · 2024

  Support local theater

• $5,000

  Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2023

  Preservation of historic buildings

• $5,000

  Dry Stone Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2023

  Preserve historic walls in ky

• $5,000

  First Presbyterian Church · Lexington, KY · 2023

  To support historical music

• $5,000

  Henry Clay Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023

  Preserve historic home

• $5,000

  Oxmoor Farm Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Preserve historic landmark

• $5,000

  First Presbyterian Church · Lexington, KY · 2022

  To support historical music

• $5,000

  Kentucky Society of Car · Paris, KY · 2022

  Symposium on historic preservation

• $5,000

  National Society of the Colonial Dames of America · Frankfort, KY · 2022

  Symposium on historic preservation

• $4,800

  Duncan Tavern · Paris, KY · 2024

  Preserve historic home

• $4,525

  National Society Colonial Dames-Ky · Frankfort, KY · 2025

  Support liberty hall programs

• $4,000

  National Society of the Colonial Dames of America · Frankfort, KY · 2023

  Symposium on historic preservation

• $3,000

  Ky Gateway Museum · Maysville, KY · 2025

  Support reading in schools

• $3,000

  Woodford Theatre · Versailles, KY · 2025

  Support local theater

• $2,500

  Team Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2025

  Help with local storm damage releif

• $2,500

  Cave Hill Heritage Fdn · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Preserve historic building

• $2,500

  Mary Todd Lincoln House-Ky Mansions Preseration Fdn · Lexington, KY · 2024

  Preserve historic landmark

• $2,000

  Triple Crown Theater · Paris, KY · 2025

  Support local theater group

• $1,000

  Carnegie Center for Literacy · Lexington, KY · 2023

  Preservation of historic buildings

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