Funding search · EIN 901024077 · Louisville, KY
Shirley'S Way
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 66
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2023–2024
- filing years
- $15,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Valley Sports Little League1 grant · $150,000
- Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky1 grant · $133,950
- I Would Rather Be Reading2 grants · $118,900
- St Paul Catholic Church2 grants · $84,280
- Holy Cross High School1 grant · $80,400
- Addie and Baylor Kirchgessner Foundation1 grant · $77,000
- Exodus Family Ministries2 grants · $75,000
- Prp Soccer Booster Club1 grant · $75,000
- Bill and Vicki Miller Foundation1 grant · $63,500
- Louisville Metro Police Foundation2 grants · $61,478
Giving over time
Grant history
All 66 reported grants, largest first.
- $150,000
Valley Sports Little League · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $133,950
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $110,500
I Would Rather Be Reading · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $80,400
Holy Cross High School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $78,280
St Paul Catholic Church · Lousville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $77,000
Addie and Baylor Kirchgessner Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $75,000
Prp Soccer Booster Club · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $65,000
Exodus Family Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $63,500
Bill and Vicki Miller Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $60,000
The Prisoners Hope · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $55,000
Kosair Charities Committee · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $50,000
Elevate Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $50,000
Jacob'S Ladder Outreach · Mt Washington, KY · 2024
Donation
- $48,878
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $45,000
Fairdale Youth Baseball · Fairdale, KY · 2024
Donation
- $40,000
Beechland Youth Sports · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $40,000
Whas Crusade for Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $37,050
Jefferson County Public Schools · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $30,000
Southwest Community Iministries · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $26,000
Notre Dame Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $25,000
Community Connections Group · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $25,000
Norton Healthcare Foundation · Lousville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $25,000
Sycamore Farm Ky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $25,000
Childhood Cancer Family Fund · Middletown, KY · 2023
- $21,500
Louisville Titans Yout Mentor Program · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $20,300
Lesley & Rhyan Prather Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $20,000
Colon Cancer Prevention Project · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $20,000
Dupont Manual High School Alumni Association · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $20,000
Life Church of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $20,000
Southend Street Angels · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $17,000
Prarie Village Baseball Softball · Lousville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $17,000
St Nicholas Academy · Lousville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $16,000
St Andrews Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $15,000
Bernheim Middle School Cheer Boosters · Shepherdsville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $15,000
Camp Quality Kentuckiana · Akron, OH · 2024
Donation
- $15,000
The Maestros · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $13,000
Feeding America Kentucky'S Heartland · Elizabethtown, KY · 2024
Donation
- $12,600
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $11,000
Southwest Community Festival & Parade Committee · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Bullitt County Public Schools · Shepherdsville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Charley'S Rainbow · Mt Washington, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Ciara'S House · Brandenburg, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Coleman Preparatory Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Meade Association for Remarkable Citizens · Brandenburg, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Operation Santa and Community Events · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Peace Education Program · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Prp Panther Athletic Fun · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Second Chances Wildlife Center · Mt Washington, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Shamrock Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
The Arthur S Kling Senior Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
The Hope Buss · Lousville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Waverly Hills Histrorical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $10,000
Exodus Family Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $10,000
Peace Education Program · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $8,400
I Would Rather Be Reading · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $8,000
Friends School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $7,500
Seth'S Squad · Mt Washington, KY · 2024
Donation
- $7,000
Dupont Manual High School Baseball Boosters · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $6,000
Options Unlimited · Shepherdsville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $6,000
Southwest Center for the Developmentally Disabled · Louisville, KY · 2024
Donation
- $6,000
St Paul Catholic Church · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $5,500
Highland Commerce Guild · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $5,000
Coleman Preparatory Academy · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $5,000
Ethan Almighty'S Blessings · Jeffersonville, IN · 2023
- $5,000
Prarie Village Baseball-Softball · Louisville, KY · 2023
- $5,000
The Louisville Dream Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
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