Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust is a private foundation based in Louisville, Kentucky. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations and a scholarship program for eligible students from specified Kentucky school districts.
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance
In short: Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust gave $70K across 15 grants in 2025 (avg $5K), mostly in Kentucky. 67% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $70,000
- +19.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 15
- +114.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $4,667
- -44.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $691,203
- +14.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 67% first-time grantees (10 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Kentucky (71% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust
- How to Apply
The foundation’s 2025 filing describes a scholarship application requiring a transcript, family income information, details of student activities, two essays of no more than 650 words each on defined topics, and one…
The foundation’s 2025 filing describes a scholarship application requiring a transcript, family income information, details of student activities, two essays of no more than 650 words each on defined topics, and one letter of support. Scholarships are based on student need and overall achievement and are restricted to students from the Garrard County, Lincoln County, and Boyle County school districts and the Danville Independent School District.
- Review Cycle
- The filing states that scholarship applications must be completed and postmarked by March 15. That date has passed for the 2026 calendar year; the filing does not specify the year of the deadline.
- Deadline
- The filing states that scholarship applications must be completed and postmarked by March 15.
- Contact
Application contact: Endeavor Charitable Foundation Scho
Mailing address: C/O Baird Trust PO Box 32760, Louisville, KY 40232-2760
Phone: (502) 588-4110
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Cure Alzheimers Fund ($5K). Together the top 10 received $50K.
Grant Size Distribution
40 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 40 grants of 40 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The scholarship restrictions named in the 2025 filing cover students from the Garrard County, Lincoln County, and Boyle County school districts and the Danville Independent School District in Kentucky. In 2025, 71% of grant dollars went to recipients in Kentucky; 7% each went to recipients in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 15 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust open to new grantees?
67%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 10 of 15 grantees (67%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $5K; repeat grants $5K. How we count
Medians: $5K first-time, $5K repeat.
- 27% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+15%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 92% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). 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 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $34K (2020) to $70K (2025). In 2025 it made 15 grants totaling $70K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cure Alzheimers Fund Wellesley Hills, MA | General Support | $5,000 |
| Salvation Army Danville, KY | General Support and Hurricane Relief | $5,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse Boone, NC | Crisis & Disaster Relief | $5,000 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital Memphis, TN | General Support | $5,000 |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Endeavor Educational Scholarship for Deserving Students | $5,000 |
| Garrard County Homeless Coalition Lancaster, KY | General Support | $5,000 |
| Natalie's Sister Inc Lexington, KY | General Support | $5,000 |
| Falmouth Baseball Club Falmouth, KY | General Support | $5,000 |
| Refuge Clinic Lexington, KY | General Support | $5,000 |
| Hope Center Inc Lexington, KY | General Support | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $691,203 | $215,672 | $78,560 | $70,000 | 15 | $72,200 | $158,371 | $78,602 |
| 2024 | $605,487 | $46,534 | $65,460 | $58,500 | 7 | $60,240 | $41,314 | $69,324 |
| 2023 | $624,413 | $50,794 | $62,078 | $55,500 | 7 | $57,094 | $46,013 | $58,046 |
| 2022 | $635,697 | $78,968 | $69,221 | $61,000 | 6 | $64,930 | $74,677 | $58,948 |
| 2021 | $625,950 | $34,248 | $51,278 | $42,000 | 5 | $42,925 | $29,106 | $63,704 |
| 2020 | $642,980 | $170,020 | $41,079 | $34,000 | 5 | — | $161,943 | $42,928 |
| 2019 | $514,039 | $139,323 | $38,880 | $35,000 | 6 | — | $131,023 | $35,740 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust reported a distributable amount of $79K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its reported 2025 grants include support for charitable organizations and a student scholarship. Among its grantees, Samaritan’s Purse describes its own work as providing spiritual and physical aid to people affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Kentucky Heartwood describes its mission as protecting and restoring Kentucky’s native forests and biotic communities through research, education, advocacy, and community engagement.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 15 grants totaling $70,000. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $5,000, with a median of $5,000.
Reported 2025 grants of $5,000 included CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND for general support; SALVATION ARMY for general support and hurricane relief; SAMARITAN’S PURSE for crisis and disaster relief; ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL for general support; and UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY for the Endeavor Educational Scholarship for deserving students. Other $5,000 grants went to GARRARD COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, NATALIE’S SISTER INC, FALMOUTH BASEBALL CLUB, REFUGE CLINIC, HOPE CENTER INC, FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESCLEMSON, and KENTUCKY HEARTWOOD, each for general support.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists BAIRD TRUST COMPANY as trustee and MARY L GAFFNEY and ROBERT JASON GAFFNEY as advisors.
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; 1 of 3 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Baird Trust Company
Trustee
On filings since 2022
4 hrs/week
$5K (2022) → $7K (2025)
Mary L. Gaffney
Advisor
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Jason Gaffney
Advisor
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (1)
- Former: Thomas A. Christopher (2019–2021) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $7K, to Baird Trust Company (Trustee).
Frequently asked questions about Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust
How much does Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust give each year?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust gave $70K across 15 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $59K across 7 grants.
What is Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's typical grant size?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $4,667, across 15 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust that year got $5K on average.
Where does Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust give grants?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust gives mostly in Kentucky: 71% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (7%) and North Carolina (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Lexington, KY (5 grants).
Does Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust give general operating support?
Yes: 73% of Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (11 of 15) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's largest 2025 grantees include Cure Alzheimers Fund ($5,000), Salvation Army ($5,000) and Samaritan's Purse ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 21% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust reported $691K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $72K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $79K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its reported 2025 grants include support for charitable organizations and a student scholarship. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust?
The foundation’s 2025 filing describes a scholarship application requiring a transcript, family income information, details of student activities, two essays of no more than 650 words each on defined topics, and one… Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN?
Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-1338352. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 3, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 29, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Endeavor Charitable Foundation Trust funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/endeavor-charitable-foundation-trust-morg_725c42275a9d4c2b8bd3c78a0c0dd5bd
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