The Lewis and Gladys Bass Family

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.

• Louisville Metro Police Foundation3 grants · $102,100
• Gilda'S Club5 grants · $99,000
• Family Scholar House5 grants · $90,000
• Kentucky To the World4 grants · $70,000
• Uofl Athletics Association1 grant · $45,000
• Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates4 grants · $35,000
• The Temple Adath Israel5 grants · $32,000
• University of Louisville1 grant · $30,000
• Yew Dell Botanical Gardens1 grant · $25,000
• University of Louisville Foundation2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

• $60,000

  Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Provide support for cancer victims and their families.

• $50,000

  Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit

• $45,000

  Uofl Athletics Association · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To provide support to assist with overseeing various functions such as setting rules, managing finances, hiring staff, and managing events

• $36,100

  Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit

• $35,000

  Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2022

  End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education

• $30,000

  University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Provide financial assistance to athletic programs at the university

• $25,000

  Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Provide support for cancer victims and their families.

• $25,000

  Fairness Education Fund · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism

• $25,000

  Yew Dell Botanical Gardens · Crestwood, KY · 2022

  To spark a passion for plants and gardening through accessible science and inspiring beauty

• $21,000

  Louisville Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit

• $20,000

  Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2025

  To help feed the hungry and conquer the cyle of need

• $20,000

  Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2025

  End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education

• $20,000

  Kentucky To the World · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky.

• $20,000

  Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2023

  End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education

• $20,000

  Kentucky To the World · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky.

• $20,000

  University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Provide financial assistance to various programs at the university

• $20,000

  Kentucky To the World · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky.

• $16,000

  Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit

• $15,000

  Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Agency dedicated to preventing and eliminating further trauma to children.

• $15,000

  Louisville Pride Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To advance equity and representation for all people

• $12,500

  Up 4 Women · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Support to provide day shelter, resources, emotional support and community connections to women, children, and marginalized genders

• $10,000

  Apron · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Help provide temporary financial support to locally owned and operated restaurant workers in need due to no fault of their own

• $10,000

  Kentucky To the World · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky.

• $10,000

  Boys & Girls Club of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Provide support to inspire and enable all young people to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens

• $10,000

  Heuser Hearing Institute · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Provide support to individuals with hearing disorders

• $10,000

  Hildegard House · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Help support individuals at the end of their life who have no home or loved ones to help care for them

• $10,000

  Jewish Family and Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Assist clients from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum with career and family services.

• $10,000

  Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2023

  End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education

• $10,000

  Jewish Family and Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Assist clients from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum with career and family services.

• $10,000

  Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Agency dedicated to preventing and eliminating further trauma to children.

• $10,000

  Dare To Care Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Feed the hungry and conquer the cycle of need

• $10,000

  Jewish Family & Career Services · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Assist clients from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum with career and family services.

• $10,000

  University of Louisville Lbgtq Ctr · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Support of lbgt activities

• $10,000

  Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To provide a healthy, safe environment for women and children experiencing homelessness that offers opportunities and encouragement for achieving self-sufficiency

• $7,500

  Volunteers of America · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Provide support to change lives through a ministry of service, addressing critical needs in the community by providing a wide range of programs and services

• $7,500

  The Temple Adath Israel · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Support of religious organization.

• $7,500

  Coaching for Literacy · Memphis, TN · 2023

  Using the power of sports to impact childhood reading

• $7,500

  The Temple Adath Israel · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Support of religious organization.

• $7,500

  Make a Wish · Columbus, OH · 2022

  To create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses

• $7,000

  The Temple Adath Israel · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Support of religious organization.

• $6,000

  Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To assist the organization in providing artistic ballet experiences and community engagement programs

• $5,500

  Blue & Co Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025

  To help support the mission of impacting the lives of people in the communities that blue & co. Serves

• $5,000

  Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

  To help support the healthcare efforts of the hospital

• $5,000

  Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Agency dedicated to preventing and eliminating further trauma to children.

• $5,000

  Fairness Campaign · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism

• $5,000

  Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Provide support for cancer victims and their families.

• $5,000

  Heuser Hearing Institute · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Provide support to individuals with hearing disorders

• $5,000

  Uplift for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2025

  To provide a healthy, safe environment for women and children experiencing homelessness that offers opportunities and encouragement for achieving self-sufficiency

• $5,000

  Apple Patch Community Inc Dba Pillar Support · Crestwood, KY · 2024

  Organization that helps people with intellectual and developmenatl disabilities

• $5,000

  Boone County Deputy Association · Madison, WV · 2024

  Support for christmas fund for low income families

• $5,000

  Delta Foundation 502 · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To help support at-risk youth in louisville obtain the tools necessary to be successful academically, socially, and athletically

• $5,000

  Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2024

  End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education

• $5,000

  Francis Parker School of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To help cultivate a joyful, compassionate, intellectual community that celebrates individually and inspires independent thinking for life

• $5,000

  Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Provide support for cancer victims and their families.

• $5,000

  Huru International · New York, NY · 2024

  To help provide support to fight against period poverty - a struggle marked by the lack of menstrual products and essential resources

• $5,000

  Loxahtchee Wildlife Refuge · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

  To provide support to help preserve wildlife

• $5,000

  Volunteers of America · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Provide support to change lives through a ministry of service, addressing critical needs in the community by providing a wide range of programs and services

• $5,000

  Whitneystrong Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Help support life saving training and data-driven approach to responsible gun ownership

• $5,000

  Apple Patch Community Inc Dba Pillar Support · Crestwood, KY · 2023

  Organization that helps people with intellectual and developmenatl disabilities

• $5,000

  Ban Conversion Therapy · Berea, KY · 2023

  Agency with goal of protecting vulnerable minors from harmful attempts to change their sexual orientation, gender identiity or expression

• $5,000

  Barren Heights · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Non profit organization hosting retreats and events for families and children with disabilities

• $5,000

  Boone County Deputy Association · Madison, WV · 2023

  Support for christmas fund for low income families

• $5,000

  Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates · Eastern Parkway, KY · 2023

  Agency dedicated to preventing and eliminating further trauma to children.

• $5,000

  Heuser Hearing Institute · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Provide support to individuals with hearing disorders

• $5,000

  Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Promotes a culture of music through performances and education

• $5,000

  National STEM Cell Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Porvide support for adult stem cell research and connects children with limited resources to clinical trials for rare diseases

• $5,000

  The Dream Factory of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Organization that grants dreams to critically and chronically ill children of kentucky

• $5,000

  The Temple Adath Israel · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Support of religious organization.

• $5,000

  University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Provide financial assistance to various programs at the univeristy

• $5,000

  Uplift for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2023

  To provide a healthy, safe environment for women and children experiencing homelessness that offers opportunities and encouragement for achieving self-sufficiency

• $5,000

  Whitneystrong Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Help support life saving training and data-driven approach to responsible gun ownership

• $5,000

  Apron · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Provide temporary, limited financial relief to professional food and beverage industry workers

• $5,000

  Leukemia & Lymphoma · Rye Brook, NY · 2022

  Cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families

• $5,000

  Libros for Learning · Waxhaw, NC · 2022

  Assisting small schools in rural mexico by bringing classroom libraries and assisting the teachers with ideas and resources

• $5,000

  Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022

  Provide a voice for environmental conservation, wildlife protection, and biodiversity

• $5,000

  Payne Hollow · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To stabilize the existing structures, document the property and natural history, to celebrate the homestead's evident beauty, creativity, and innovation, and build a foundation for a safe and inspiring future for payne … read allTo stabilize the existing structures, document the property and natural history, to celebrate the homestead's evident beauty, creativity, and innovation, and build a foundation for a safe and inspiring future for payne hollow and the community it inspires less
• $5,000

  The Temple Adath Israel · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Support of religious organization.

• $5,000

  The West School · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To provide a safe and structured environment for boys in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th in which academic rigor, character development, and responsible action establish the foundation for a purposeful life

• $5,000

  Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To cultivate urban botanical gardens that educate, inspire, and enhance appreciation of the relationship between plant life and a healthy environment

• $4,000

  Gilda'S Club · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Provide support for cancer victims and their families.

• $4,000

  The West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023

  To provide a safe and structured environment for boys in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th in which academic rigor, character development, and responsible action establish the foundation for a purposeful life

• $3,000

  Boone County Deputy Association · Madison, WV · 2025

  Support for christmas fund for low income families

• $3,000

  Apron · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Help provide temporary financial support to locally owned and operated restaurant workers in need due to no fault of their own

• $2,500

  American Cancer Society · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Assist with patient services and provide cancer information

• $2,500

  Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025

  To support the greater louisville community and strengthen the city, neighborhoods, organizations, businesses, and people

• $2,500

  Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2025

  To provide for blood cancer research, support and advocacy

• $2,500

  The Virginia Chance School · Louisville, KY · 2025

  To help support the mission of lifelong learning

• $2,500

  Up 4 Women · Louisville, KY · 2025

  Support to provide day shelter, resources, emotional support and community connections to women, children, and marginalized genders

• $2,500

  Fairness Campaign · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism

• $2,500

  Kentucky Association Circuit Court Clerk · Frankfort, KY · 2024

  Provide support for exclusive public purposes

• $2,500

  Noir Lending · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To help support the fostering of financial equity and wealth building opportunities with the black community

• $2,500

  Vips · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Provide support to assist children who are blind or have low vision to learn and successfully navigate the world

• $2,500

  Waterstep · Louisville, KY · 2024

  To help support and promote safe water by evaluating and implementing solutions and teaching people to use the tools

• $2,500

  Fairness Campaign · Louisville, KY · 2023

  Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism

• $2,500

  Boone County Deputy Association · Madison, WV · 2022

  Support for christmas fund for low income families

• $2,500

  Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2022

  To transform individuals affected by addiction or homelessness through accountability and connection

• $2,500

  Kentucky Refugee Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2022

  Resettlement of refugees and welcoming immigrants

• $2,000

  Boone Memorial Hospital · Madison, WV · 2025

  To help support the healthcare efforts of the hospital

• $2,000

  Louisville Sports Commission · Louisville, KY · 2024

  Support to help promote and host sports-related events and opportunities that have a positive economic impact

• $1,000

  Bluegrass Runners · Lexington, KY · 2024

  To provide support to help promote fitness, fellowship, and fun for runners of all ages and abilities

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