Funding search · EIN 616232654 · Owensboro, KY

Public Life Foundation of Owensboro

Name: Public Life Foundation of Owensboro grants, 2022–2025
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.

98
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

year campaign capital book brilliance childhood early education

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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.

Daf Giving 360 - the John and Marjorie Hager Fund1 grant · $3.5M
The Center3 grants · $680,000
Goodfellows Club of Owensboro4 grants · $621,200
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence4 grants · $420,000
Owensboro Family Ymca4 grants · $301,404
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce3 grants · $151,000
Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute2 grants · $106,000
The Center of Owensboro1 grant · $70,000
Owensboro Public Schools5 grants · $21,900
Daviess County Public Schools4 grants · $16,102

Giving over time

$452,289

2022

$441,789

2023

$754,961

2024

$4.4M

2025

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

$3.5M
Daf Giving 360 - the John and Marjorie Hager Fund · Omaha, NE · 2025
Grant
$500,300
Goodfellows Club of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Tennis tournament sponsorship; endowment
$320,000
The Center · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Capital campaign
$180,000
The Center · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Capital campaign
$180,000
The Center · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Capital campaign
$149,444
Owensboro Family Ymca · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$149,194
Owensboro Family Ymca · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$110,000
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence · Lexington, KY · 2023
Early childhood education specialist position
$110,000
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence · Lexington, KY · 2022
Early childhood education specialist position
$100,000
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence · Lexington, KY · 2025
Early childhood education specialist position
$100,000
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence · Lexington, KY · 2024
Early childhood education specialist position
$75,000
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Leadership center
$75,000
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Leadership center
$70,000
The Center of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$56,000
Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$50,000
Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$40,300
Goodfellows Club of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Tennis tournament sponsorship; year end grant
$40,300
Goodfellows Club of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Tennis tournament sponsorship; year end grant
$40,300
Goodfellows Club of Owensboro · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Tennis tournament sponsorship; year end grant
$10,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Smyrna, GA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Green River Asset Building Coalition · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Support building stronger families
$10,000
Savage Hart Wildlife · Forston, GA · 2024
Grant
$10,000
Wylde Center · Decatur, GA · 2024
Grant
$8,000
Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Footsteps 2 brilliance
$8,000
Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Footsteps 2 brilliance
$6,650
Daviess County Public Library · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$6,268
Daviess County Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant; gap grant
$6,000
Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Footsteps 2 brilliance
$5,000
Miracle of Ky and Tn Fbo H L Neblett Center · Leitchfield, KY · 2025
Playground equipment
$5,000
Daniel Pitino Shelter · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$5,000
Green River Asset Building Coalition · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Support building stronger families
$4,649
Scholastic Inc Fbo Owensboro Health Pediatrics · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Reach out and read book orders
$4,409
Green River District Health Department · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grants; hands and first steps
$4,409
Green River District Health Department · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grants
$3,834
Daviess County Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$3,000
Cathedral Preschool · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Gap grant
$3,000
Green River District Health Department · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Gap grants; hands and first steps
$3,000
H L Neblett Community Center · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$3,000
Imagination Library of Daviess Co · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Gap grant
$3,000
United Way of Ohio Valley · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$3,000
Cathedral Preschool · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$3,000
Green River District Health Department · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grants; hands and first steps
$3,000
Imagination Library of Daviess Co · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$3,000
Settle Memorial Preschool · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$3,000
United Way of Ohio Valley · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Year end grant
$3,000
Building Stronger Families · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grant
$3,000
Daviess County Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grant
$3,000
Imagination Library of Daviess Co · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grant
$3,000
United Way of Ohio Valley · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Year end grant
$3,000
Building Stronger Families · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grant
$3,000
Daviess County Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Footsteps to brilliance; back on track grant
$3,000
Imagination Library of Daviess Co · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grant
$3,000
United Way of Ohio Valley · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Covid-19 response fund; year end grant
$2,900
Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Gap grant; hager preschool
$2,678
Seven Hills Head Start · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$2,659
Audubon Area Head Start Area 1 · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Gap grant
$2,500
The Foundation for Excellence Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$2,500
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grantmakers of kentucky
$2,500
Cathedral Preschool · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grant
$2,500
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grantmakers of kentucky
$1,836
Scholastic Inc Fbo Owensboro Health Pediatrics · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Reach out and read book orders
$1,710
Riverpark Center · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$1,383
Owensboro Family Ymca · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grant
$1,383
Owensboro Family Ymca · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grant
$1,283
Riverpark Center · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$1,197
Scholastic Inc Fbo Owensboro Health Pediatrics · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Reach out and read book orders
$1,197
Scholastic Inc Fbo Owensboro Health Pediatrics · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Reach out and read book orders
$1,000
Cliff Hagan Boys and Girls Club · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Daniel Pitino Shelter · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Girls Inc Owensboro Dav Co · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Leadership Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2025
Grant
$1,000
Brescia University · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Year-end grant
$1,000
Cliff Hagan Boys and Girls Club · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Girls Inc Owensboro Dav Co · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Leadership center
$1,000
H L Neblett Community Center · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Year-end grant
$1,000
Kentucky Wesleyan College · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Year-end grant
$1,000
Leadership Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Grant
$1,000
Owensboro Community & Technical College · Owensboro, KY · 2024
Year end grant
$1,000
Brescia University · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Year-end grant
$1,000
Daviess County Public Library · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Gap grant
$1,000
H L Neblett Community Center · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Year-end grant
$1,000
Kentucky Wesleyan College · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Year-end grant
$1,000
Leadership Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Grant
$1,000
Owensboro Community & Technical College · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Year end grant
$1,000
Owensboro Regional Farmers Market · Owensboro, KY · 2023
Capital campaign
$1,000
Brescia University · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
Daniel Pitino Shelter · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
Daviess County Public Library · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Gap grant
$1,000
Girls · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
H L Neblett Community Center · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
Kentucky Wesleyan College · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year-end grant
$1,000
Leadership Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Grant
$1,000
Owensboro Community & Technical College · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Year end grant
$1,000
Owensboro Regional Farmers Market · Owensboro, KY · 2022
Capital campaign
$627
Wendell H Ford Government Education Center · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Books for students
$-3,000
Owensboro Public Schools · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Return of duplicate 2024 grant

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