Funding search · EIN 611359337 · Mayfield Heights, OH

Lift a Life Foundation

Name: Lift a Life Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

135
grants reported: $27.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education early childhood leadership diabetes juvenile hunger religious

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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.

Norton Children'S Hospital3 grants · $8.2M
University of Missouri1 grant · $4.0M
David Novak Leadership1 grant · $2.1M
Metro United Way3 grants · $1.7M
Rita June Foundation1 grant · $1.5M
Global Game Changers3 grants · $911,668
Foundation for Impact On Literacy and Learning1 grant · $883,250
Dare To Care Food Bank2 grants · $740,000
National Christian Foundation2 grants · $500,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$11.0M

2022

$6.1M

2023

$10.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 135 grants.

$4.0M
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2022
Leadership
$3.0M
Norton Children'S Hospital · Louisville, KY · 2022
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$3.0M
Norton Children'S Hospital · Louisville, KY · 2023
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$2.2M
Norton Children'S Hospital · Louisville, KY · 2024
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$2.1M
David Novak Leadership · Mayfield Heights, OH · 2024
Leadership
$1.5M
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$883,250
Foundation for Impact On Literacy and Learning · Broadlands, VA · 2022
Leadership development (ld)
$812,500
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$500,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Families - military
$500,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022
Early childhood education
$470,000
Community Coordinated Child Care Aka 4-C · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$425,000
Global Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2024
Leadership
$407,500
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$390,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2023
Hunger
$350,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2022
Hunger
$300,000
Global Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2023
Leadership
$250,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024
Responsive
$250,000
National Christian Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Religious
$250,000
National Christian Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Religious
$215,000
Sonia Nabeta Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$205,000
Community Coordinated Child Care · Louisville, KY · 2022
Early child
$200,000
West Palm Golf Community Trust · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General - sports
$200,000
West Palm Golf Community Trust · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General - sports
$186,668
Global Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2022
Leadership
$154,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Leadership development/juvenile diabetes
$150,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General
$122,400
Kentucky Chamber Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$114,250
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$100,000
Camp Hendon · Louisville, KY · 2024
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$100,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$100,000
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General
$100,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023
Military families
$100,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General
$100,000
Keystone Learning Academy · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$100,000
Camp Hendon · Louisville, KY · 2022
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$100,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2022
Military families
$100,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Leadership/juvenile diabetes
$100,000
Proem Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2022
Responsive
$75,000
Delta Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$60,000
Recenter Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Hunger
$60,000
Community Coordinated Child Care · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$55,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$50,000
A Cure for Robert · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$50,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Juvenile diabetes
$50,000
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
Leadership
$50,000
Iron Bell Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Religious
$50,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$50,000
Nantz Friends · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$50,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education / general
$50,000
Pritchard Committee · Lexington, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$50,000
R 15-20 Ministries · Bedford, MA · 2024
Religious - general
$50,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education / general
$50,000
St Vincent De Paul Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Hunger
$50,000
Waterstep · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$50,000
West End Preparatory School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Education
$50,000
A Cure for Robert · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$50,000
Duke Health Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
Education/medical
$50,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
Juvenile diabetes
$50,000
Gilda'S Club Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$50,000
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
Leadership
$50,000
Pritchard Committee · Lexington, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$50,000
R 15-20 Ministries · Bedford, MA · 2023
Religious - general
$50,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2023
Early childhood education / general
$50,000
Waterstep · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$50,000
West End Preparatory School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Education
$50,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
Leadership
$50,000
Gilda'S Club Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$50,000
Iron Bell Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2022
Religious
$50,000
Lifesong for Orphans · Gridley, IL · 2022
General
$50,000
Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General
$50,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$50,000
Mrelief · Chicago, IL · 2022
Hunger
$50,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2022
Early childhood education / general
$50,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2022
Early childhood education / general
$50,000
Whitney Strong · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$49,000
Ace Project · Westmont, IL · 2022
Leadership
$48,197
Skilz 4 Life · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$47,900
Water With Blessings · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$45,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education
$40,500
The Lee Initiative · Louisville, KY · 2022
Hunger
$40,000
Feed Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Hunger
$40,000
A Cure for Robert · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$35,000
Advance Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Career development assistance
$35,000
Stage One Family Theatre · Louisville, KY · 2024
Early childhood education / general
$35,000
Love Thy Neighbor · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Religious
$35,000
Orphan Care Alliance · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$35,000
Sonia Nabeta Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Juvenile diabetes (jd)
$35,000
Stage One Family Theatre · Louisville, KY · 2022
Early childhood education / general
$32,700
Hope Academy for Kids · Elizabethtown, KY · 2023
Early childhood education
$30,000
Kentucky Harvest · Louisville, KY · 2024
Hunger
$30,000
Kentucky Harvest · Louisville, KY · 2023
Hunger
$25,000
Charity Water · Hagertown, MD · 2024
Clean water
$25,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee - Chief Cares · Nashville, TN · 2024
Tn flooding
$25,000
Pitt Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Education
$25,000
Delta Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$25,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2023
Juvenile diabetes
$25,000
St Patricks Day Foundation · Larchmont, NY · 2023
Benefiting city harvest
$25,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2022
Leadership
$25,000
Nantz Friends · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$25,000
Peyback Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General

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