Community Action Kentucky Inc
Community Action Kentucky Inc is a public charity based in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is the statewide association representing and supporting 23 Community Action agencies, whose network reaches all 120 Kentucky counties. Its reported grantmaking supports Community Action agencies providing assistance to people in low-income environments.
Community Action Kentucky Inc at a glance
In short: Community Action Kentucky Inc gave $68.0M across 24 grants in 2025 (avg $2.8M). 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $68,010,210
- -1.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 24
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,833,759
- -1.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,763,637
- Total assets
- $7,391,940
- -22.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 23, 2025; small sample)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Community Action Kentucky Inc
- Next open deadline
- December 11, 2026 (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - Subsidy Component)
- Contact
Mailing address: 101 Burch Court, Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 875-5863
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Community Action Kentucky Inc
Who Community Action Kentucky Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Louisville Metro ($6.7M). Together the top 10 received $43.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
119 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 78 grants of 119 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Community Action Kentucky’s agency network serves all 120 Kentucky counties. Its website describes the organization as representing and supporting 23 Community Action agencies across the Commonwealth.
Is Community Action Kentucky Inc open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 23 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 23 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. How we count
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $50.9M (2020) to $122.4M (2022). In 2025 it made 24 grants totaling $68.0M.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville Metro | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $6,689,965 |
| Lake Cumberland CAA | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $6,358,330 |
| Northeast KY CAA | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $4,581,542 |
| CAA of Southern KY | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $4,254,014 |
| Big Sandy Area Cap | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,809,259 |
| Northern KY CAC | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,612,205 |
| Pennyrile Allied | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,593,935 |
| Daniel Boone CAA | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,528,473 |
| Blue Grass CAA | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,420,435 |
| Audubon Area | To assist community action agency's providing assistance to persons in low income environments. | $3,243,338 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,391,940 | $70,482,947 | $70,922,091 | $68,010,210 | 24 | $23,815 |
| 2024 | $9,537,999 | $71,439,611 | $71,958,955 | $69,156,903 | 24 | $25,012 |
| 2023 | $11,490,102 | $69,790,562 | $69,583,964 | $66,454,040 | 24 | $24,671 |
| 2022 | $8,532,805 | $125,258,849 | $125,244,111 | $122,380,659 | 23 | $22,951 |
| 2021 | $7,852,481 | $101,246,522 | $101,103,639 | $98,399,760 | 24 | $33,039 |
| 2020 | $8,122,076 | $53,411,699 | $53,439,757 | $50,864,225 | Total only | $18,029 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Community Action Kentucky’s stated mission is to build and strengthen Kentucky’s Community Action agency network to improve the lives of the people it serves. Its website says the organization works to advocate on behalf of people in poverty, promote strategies to fight poverty, mobilize resources, support self-sufficiency, help meet basic human needs, and build partnerships.
The 2025 filing lists grants to Community Action agencies and describes their purpose as assisting those agencies in providing help to people in low-income environments. Separately, the organization’s 2023 filing describes programs for home energy assistance, water and sewer cost assistance, and help applying for health insurance coverage through the Kentucky exchange.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Community Action Kentucky reported 24 grants totaling $68,010,210. Grant amounts ranged from $335,146 to $6,689,965, with a median of $2,763,636. The filing’s stated grant purpose was to assist Community Action agencies in providing assistance to people in low-income environments.
The largest reported grants were $6,689,965 to Louisville Metro, $6,358,330 to Lake Cumberland CAA, $4,581,542 to Northeast KY CAA, $4,254,014 to CAA of Southern KY, and $3,809,259 to Big Sandy Area CAP. Other large grants included $3,612,205 to Northern KY CAC, $3,593,935 to Pennyrile Allied, and $3,528,473 to Daniel Boone CAA.
The organization’s LIHEAP programs provide assistance to eligible households for home heating or cooling costs. These are participant assistance programs, not grant programs for outside applicants. The available information does not specify an application process for the grants reported in the filing.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Craig Brock, Wanda Thacker, Bryan Conover, Sharon Price, Carla Brown, Donna Pace, David Estepp, Nick Shearer, Kenneth Walters, and Tawny Acker as directors.
Community Action Kentucky Inc is led by Brandon Harley, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 23 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Brandon Harley
Chair
Director → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Brock
Director
Board Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Pace
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harold Monroe
Director
Board Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Walters
Director
Board Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Price
Director
Board Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wanda Thacker
Director
Board Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carla Brown
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Estepp
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Shearer
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Anderson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Spencer
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Williams
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tawny Acker
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Uppinder Mehan
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Victoria Greene
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bryan Conover
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joyce Armes
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Dole
At Large
Treasurer → Director, 2022
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Troy Roberts
Secretary
Board Member → Director, 2021
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robin Whitaker
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catrena Bowman
At Large
Chair → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martina Roe
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Hal B. Goode (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Kim Embrey - Hill (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Brenda Fox (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Darrell Shouse (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: David Carroll (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Rick Baker (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Robert S. Jones (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jeannie Puckett (2023) — Director
- Former: Laura Grabowski (2023) — Director
- Former: Charlene Engle (2020–2022) — Board Chair
- Former: Janna York (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Tameka Laird (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Caterna Bowman - Thomas (2021–2022) — Vice Chair
- Former: Alicia Polston (2020–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Brian Mullins (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Mike Buckles (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Donna Price (2021) — Director
- Former: Catrena Bowman - Thomas (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Don Butler (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Roger McCann (2020) — Executive Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Community Action Kentucky Inc
How much does Community Action Kentucky Inc give each year?
Community Action Kentucky Inc gave $68.0M across 24 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $69.2M across 24 grants.
What is Community Action Kentucky Inc's typical grant size?
Community Action Kentucky Inc's median grant in 2025 was $2,763,637, and its average grant was $2,833,759, across 24 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Does Community Action Kentucky Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 24 grants with a stated purpose on Community Action Kentucky Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Community Action Kentucky Inc's largest grantees?
Community Action Kentucky Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Louisville Metro ($6,689,965), Lake Cumberland CAA ($6,358,330) and Northeast KY CAA ($4,581,542), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 26% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Community Action Kentucky Inc?
Community Action Kentucky Inc reported $7.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $70.5M.
What does Community Action Kentucky Inc fund?
Community Action Kentucky’s stated mission is to build and strengthen Kentucky’s Community Action agency network to improve the lives of the people it serves. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Community Action Kentucky Inc?
Community Action Kentucky Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
Where does Community Action Kentucky Inc make grants?
Community Action Kentucky’s agency network serves all 120 Kentucky counties. Its website describes the organization as representing and supporting 23 Community Action agencies across the Commonwealth.
What is Community Action Kentucky Inc's EIN?
Community Action Kentucky Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-0865554. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 23, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 29, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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