Funding search · EIN 920186097 · Pewee Valley, KY

Sam Swope Family Foundation

Name: Sam Swope Family Foundation 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.

57
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $65,000
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.

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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.

University of Louisville Foundation4 grants · $400,000
Family Scholar House4 grants · $390,000
West End School4 grants · $370,000
St Joseph Childrens Home4 grants · $345,000
Ky Humane Society2 grants · $300,000
Maryhurst4 grants · $290,000
Boys & Girls Club4 grants · $290,000
Casa4 grants · $290,000
Big Brothers4 grants · $290,000
Home of the Innocents4 grants · $275,000

Giving over time

$755,000

2022

$890,000

2023

$1.2M

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Ky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$130,000
Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$130,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2025
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$130,000
Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2024
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$110,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2024
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$100,000
Ky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$100,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$100,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$100,000
Kosair Charities · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$100,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$100,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$100,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$100,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$80,000
Big Brothers · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Boys & Girls Club · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Boys and Girls Haven · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$80,000
Big Brothers · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$80,000
Boys & Girls Club · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$80,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$80,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$80,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$80,000
Kosair Charities · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
Boys and Girls Haven · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$65,000
St Joseph Childrens Home · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$65,000
Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$65,000
Volunteers of America · Louisville, KY · 2024
Support
$65,000
Bellewood & Brooklawn · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Big Brothers · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Boys & Girls Club · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Boys and Girls Haven · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$65,000
Big Brothers · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
Boys & Girls Club · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$65,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$55,000
Kosair for Kids · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$50,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$25,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$25,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2025
Support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
Support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Support
$10,000
Team Eastern Ky Flood Relief · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Support
$5,000
Hosparus Health · Louisville, KY · 2023
Support
$5,000
Boys and Girls Haven · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$5,000
Fam Comm Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2022
Support
$5,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2022
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.