Funding search · EIN 610514710 · Paducah, KY
United Way of Western Kentucky
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 49
- grants reported
- $2.0M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $35,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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
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- Family Services Society4 grants · $513,408
- Paducah Day Nursery4 grants · $260,700
- Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club4 grants · $187,312
- Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center4 grants · $185,856
- Paducah Lifeline Ministries4 grants · $180,800
- Child Watch Children'S Advocacy Center4 grants · $141,632
- Salvation Army4 grants · $131,000
- Kentucky Legal Aid4 grants · $110,000
- Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center4 grants · $76,600
- Hope Unlimited Crisis Pregnancy Center4 grants · $69,800
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $134,408
Family Services Society · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $130,500
Family Services Society · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $127,500
Family Services Society · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $121,000
Family Services Society · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $69,700
Paducah Day Nursery · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $64,500
Paducah Day Nursery · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $64,500
Paducah Day Nursery · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $62,000
Paducah Day Nursery · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $54,600
Paducah Lifeline Ministries · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $53,000
Paducah Lifeline Ministries · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $51,556
Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $51,100
Paducah Lifeline Ministries · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $50,000
Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $49,000
Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $47,700
Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $46,400
Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $45,000
Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $43,312
Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $40,200
Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $39,040
Child Watch Children'S Advocacy Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $35,000
Child Watch Children'S Advocacy Center · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $35,000
Salvation Army · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $35,000
Child Watch Children'S Advocacy Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $35,000
Salvation Army · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $35,000
Salvation Army · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $32,592
Child Watch Children'S Advocacy Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $28,000
Kentucky Legal Aid · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $28,000
Kentucky Legal Aid · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $27,000
Kentucky Legal Aid · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $27,000
Kentucky Legal Aid · Bowling Green, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $26,000
Salvation Army · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $26,000
Ladies Living Free · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $22,100
Paducah Lifeline Ministries · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $21,200
Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $21,200
Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $20,000
Hope Unlimited Crisis Pregnancy Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $20,000
Hope Unlimited Crisis Pregnancy Center · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $18,000
Paducah Coooperative Ministry · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $17,700
Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $16,500
Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $16,000
Hope Unlimited Crisis Pregnancy Center · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $15,960
Paducah Coooperative Ministry · Paducah, KY · 2023
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $15,000
Paducah Coooperative Ministry · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $14,000
Paducah Coooperative Ministry · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $13,800
Hope Unlimited Crisis Pregnancy Center · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $6,500
American Red Cross · Paducah, KY · 2022
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $6,500
American Red Cross · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $6,000
American Red Cross · Paducah, KY · 2024
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
- $5,500
Made To Stay · Paducah, KY · 2021
To provide assistance for education, income and health to the community.
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