Funding search · EIN 611189700 · Louisville, KY

The W Bruce Lunsford Foundation

Name: The W Bruce Lunsford 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.

119
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Top recipients

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Northern Ky University Foundation4 grants · $1.0M
University of Kentucky16 grants · $513,600
Bellarmine University8 grants · $208,700
The Lexington Theatre Company4 grants · $200,000
Catholic Education Foundation10 grants · $165,000
West End School3 grants · $150,000
University of Louisville8 grants · $85,040
Francis Parker School of Louisville2 grants · $80,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Fund for the Arts4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$482,730

2022

$695,950

2023

$700,150

2024

$733,490

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

$300,000
Northern Ky University Foundation · Highland Heights, KY · 2025
General
$300,000
Northern Ky University Foundation · Highland Heights, KY · 2024
General
$300,000
Northern Ky University Foundation · Highland Heights, KY · 2023
General
$100,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$100,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$100,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$100,000
Northern Ky University Foundation · Highland Heights, KY · 2022
General
$100,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$50,000
The Lexington Theatre Company · Georgetown, KY · 2025
General
$50,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$50,000
The Lexington Theatre Company · Georgetown, KY · 2024
General
$50,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$50,000
The Lexington Theatre Company · Georgetown, KY · 2023
General
$50,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$50,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$50,000
The Lexington Theatre Company · Georgetown, KY · 2022
General
$40,000
Francis Parker School of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$40,000
Francis Parker School of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$33,400
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$33,400
Bellarmine University · Louisville, NY · 2024
General
$33,400
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$33,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$25,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, NY · 2025
General
$25,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$25,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$25,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$25,000
Bellarmine University · Louisville, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$20,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$20,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,600
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$15,500
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$15,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$15,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$15,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$15,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$13,600
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$12,500
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$12,500
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$12,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$11,600
The Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$10,000
St James Catholic School · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$10,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$10,000
National STEM Cell Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$10,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$10,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$9,600
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$9,600
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$9,600
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$7,500
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$7,500
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$7,500
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$6,640
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$6,400
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$6,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$6,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$5,380
American Friends of Tiff · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$5,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$5,000
Trinity High School Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
General
$5,000
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
General
$5,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$5,000
The Point Arc of Northern Kentucky · Covington, KY · 2023
General
$5,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$5,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$5,000
Kris Landers Foundation · Lagrange, KY · 2022
General
$5,000
New York Fdn for the Arts (One Night Stand) · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
St Francis School · Goshen, KY · 2022
General
$3,750
Saratoga Performing Arts Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
General
$3,750
Saratoga Performing Arts Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Cathedral of the Assumption · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$2,500
Catholic Education Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$2,500
Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$2,500
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$2,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$2,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$2,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$2,000
National Museum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
General
$2,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$2,000
Feeding Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2023
General
$2,000
National Museum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$2,000
Second Stride · Prospect, KY · 2022
General
$1,750
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$1,500
National Museum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
General
$1,300
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
General
$1,050
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$1,000
Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy · Peewee Valley, KY · 2024
General
$1,000
Second Stride · Prospect, KY · 2024
General
$1,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$1,000
Barren Heights Christian Retreat Ctr · Louisville, KY · 2023
General
$1,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$1,000
Baptist Health Foundation of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General
$1,000
Belmont Child Care Association · Elmont, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Children'S Hospital of Pittsburgh Fdn · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General
$1,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$1,000
Kentucky Children'S Hospital Fund · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$1,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2022
General

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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.