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William T Young Foundation

Name: William T Young 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.

58
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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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Top recipients

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Greens Farms Academy3 grants · $250,000
Ohio State University Foundation2 grants · $250,000
University of Kentucky Arboretum1 grant · $250,000
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre1 grant · $250,000
Town Branch Park2 grants · $235,000
Transylvania University1 grant · $225,276
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation4 grants · $165,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco4 grants · $156,825
Duke University2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$655,776

2022

$693,500

2023

$758,825

2024

$791,000

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$250,000
University of Kentucky Arboretum · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$225,276
Transylvania University · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$180,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$175,000
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$150,000
Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$125,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2025
Subsidy
$125,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Subsidy
$100,000
Common Good · New York, NY · 2025
Subsidy
$100,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2025
Subsidy
$100,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2024
Subsidy
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Subsidy
$75,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$64,825
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Subsidy
$55,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$50,000
Garden Club of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$50,000
Greens Farms Academy · Westport, CT · 2023
Subsidy
$50,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Subsidy
$50,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$40,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Subsidy
$35,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Subsidy
$30,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Subsidy
$27,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
Chatham Orpheum Theater · Chatham, MA · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
Uniting Voices Lexington · Chicago, IL · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
Uniting Voices Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$25,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Subsidy
$25,000
Henry Clay Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$25,000
Uniting Voices · Chicago, IL · 2023
Subsidy
$25,000
Henry Clay Center · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$25,000
The Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$25,000
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$20,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$20,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Subsidy
$20,000
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$20,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Subsidy
$15,000
The Nest Center for Women Children and Families · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$12,500
Common Good Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Subsidy
$12,000
Governor'S School for the Arts Kentucky Performing Arts · Louisville, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$12,000
Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
The Nest Center for Women Children and Families · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Subsidy
$10,000
The Nest Center for Women Children and Families · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$10,000
Horizons at Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Subsidy
$8,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Subsidy
$7,500
Common Good Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Subsidy
$7,500
Common Good Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Subsidy
$5,000
The Nation Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Subsidy
$5,000
The American Agora Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Subsidy
$5,000
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Inc Locust Trace Grant Project · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$3,000
Entitlements How · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$3,000
Entitlements How · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$2,500
Entitlements How · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$2,000
The Lexington Theatre Company · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$2,000
Triangle Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy

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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.