Funding search · palliative and hospice care · Kentucky
Who funds palliative and hospice care work in Kentucky
15 funders have a record of paying for palliative and hospice care work by Kentucky recipients: 58 grants totaling $10.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Blue Grass Community Foundation ($78,127), Owensboro Health ($63,280) and Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation ($834,810).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Kentucky recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Blue Grass Community FoundationLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $78,127 · through 2024Largest: $9,168 to ST CLAIRE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Owensboro HealthOwensboro, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $63,280 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY — community support
Largest: $234,810 to MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION-LOURDES — christian ministry - chaplain for palliative care
United Way of the Ohio ValleyOwensboro, KYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $95,771 · through 2024Largest: $23,443 to HOSPICE OF WESTERN KY — community benefit allocations & donor designations
Largest: $152,721 to PENNYROYAL HOSPICE INC — general operating
Hospice of the BluegrassLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.4M to PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER OF THE BLUEGRASS INC — financial support to related organization
Berea CollegeBerea, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $70,800 · through 2024Largest: $22,500 to Hospice of the Bluegrass — support of organization working to improve general welfare within the appalachian region
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23,500 · through 2023Largest: $9,000 to HOSPICE OF THE BLUEGRASS INC - BLUEGRASS CARE NAVIGATORS — $9,000.00 for palliative care home visits
Largest: $7,500 to Hospice of Western Kentucky — general charitable purposes
Largest: $141,044 to HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN KY — general operating
Largest: $3,000 to Hospice of Lake Cumberland — donee's general purpose
The Foundation at Murray Calloway CountyMurray, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL CORPORATION — to support the hospital and related treatment centers of the hospital, employee assistance program, and to fund a new hospice facility.
This is one topic and one state. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperBroader: palliative and hospice care funders nationally · all Kentucky-based grantmakers