Funding search · EIN 616033714 · Louisville, KY
V V Cooke Foundation Corporation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 278
- grants reported
- $1.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,500
- 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.
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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.
- Baptist Health Foundation2 grants · $125,000
- Sunrise Children'S Services3 grants · $60,000
- Home of the Innocents3 grants · $45,000
- Dare To Care3 grants · $36,500
- St John Center for Homeless Men3 grants · $36,500
- Lighthouse Academy at Newburg3 grants · $33,300
- Down Syndrome of Louisville3 grants · $33,000
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens3 grants · $33,000
- The Library Foundation2 grants · $30,000
- The Morton Center3 grants · $27,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 278 grants.
- $100,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sunrise Children'S Services · Mount Washington, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
The Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Parklands of Floyds Fork · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Down Syndrome of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $18,000
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $16,500
St John Center for Homeless Men · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Sunrise Children'S Services · Mount Washington, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Sunrise Children'S Services · Mount Washington, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $13,250
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $13,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $12,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $11,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $11,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,250
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Beacon House · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Family Community Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
St John Center for Homeless Men · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Ymca · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Down Syndrome of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Family Community Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Georgetown College · Georgetown, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Waterfront Botanical Gardens · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Ymca · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Home of the Innocents · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
St John Center for Homeless Men · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $9,000
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $8,000
Gilda'S Club of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Family & Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Family Community Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $7,500
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $7,500
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $7,200
University Christian Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
- $7,000
Americana World Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,860
Heuser Hearing and Language Academy · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $6,500
Hope Rescued · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,500
Beacon House · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $6,300
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Heuser Hearing Institute · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Louisville Zoo · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Ronald McDonald House · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,500
St Francis Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,500
I Would Rather Be Reading · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,500
I Would Rather Be Reading · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Change Today Change Tomorrow · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Family & Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
First Hour Grief Response · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
House of Ruth · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Neighborhood House · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Teach Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Americana World Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
First Hour Grief Response · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Heuser Hearing Institute · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
House of Ruth · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Louisville Zoo · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Pillar · Crestwood, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Teach Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Campbellsville University · Campbellsville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Family & Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Global Game Changers · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Louisville Zoo · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
The Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Up for Women and Children · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Volunteers of America · Louisville, KY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $4,500
St Francis Episcopal Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Broadway Arts Academy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
University Christian Church · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Vips · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Wellspring · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Casa · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Gilda'S Club of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $4,000
Vips · Louisville, KY · 2023
Unrestricted
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