How much funding does Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant provide?

Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant provides US $5,000 - US $25,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who is eligible for Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant?

Geography: Based in Kentucky, ensuring their projects align with the foundation's core values; Located in Kentucky. Required: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Not funded: Ward capital campaigns; Periodic funds appeals; For ongoing operational expenses; Agency/project salaries.

How often is Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant offered?

Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant runs on a twice a year cycle.

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Funding Amount

US $5,000 - US $25,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Twice a year
Tracked since: April 2026

From the program guidelines: “The KSFW has two grant cycles per calendar year.”

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Eligible organizations

Eligible applicants must be IRS-approved charitable organizations based in Kentucky, ensuring their projects align with the foundation's core values.

Geography

Based in Kentucky, ensuring their projects align with the foundation's core values
Located in Kentucky

Required status

501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

Your application must be for expansion of existing programs or for new programming.
We will want to see a description of how you plan to sustain your program expansion or new programming after you have invested KSWF funds in starting it.
You must wait a minimum of two (2) grant cycles from when you received the last KSWF grant to apply for a new grant.
The KSFW has two grant cycles per calendar year.

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Ward capital campaigns
Not eligible: Periodic funds appeals
Not eligible: For ongoing operational expenses
Not eligible: Agency/project salaries

Overview

The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation Grant supports non-profit organizations serving Kentucky residents, focusing on enhancing social welfare for those facing economic hardships. Grants are awarded for program expansion or new initiatives that promote self-help and training. Eligible applicants must be IRS-approved charitable organizations based in Kentucky, ensuring their projects align with the foundation's core values.

The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation is an independent charitable foundation that provides grants to non-profit organizations serving Kentucky residents.
Purpose
The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation (KSWF) was established in 1948 to improve the quality of life and opportunity among Kentuckians who experience diminished economic opportunities, whether due to poverty, poor health, disability, or inequality. The Board of Trustees is dedicated to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). Further, KSWF will continue to achieve a future that is more diverse, equitable, and inclusive for all. The expectation of the KSWF grant recipients is to share our core values in their agency and work.
Targeting our grants to rural areas, small towns, and geographic areas of special need, KSWF seeks to promote efficient and effective social welfare organizations and methods for providing “self-help and training.”
KSWF fulfills this purpose through monetary grants to established non-profit organizations that will:
“enlarge and broaden their scope of operation” and/ordevelop and implement “new projects to provide services which no agency, already in operation, is planned or equipped to extend.”

Eligibility

KSWF ONLY funds applications from agencies located in Kentucky.Your agency must be approved by the IRS as a tax-exempt charitable organization and you must supply us with a copy of your 501(c)(3) determination letter.Your application must be for expansion of existing programs or for new programming.We will want to see a description of how you plan to sustain your program expansion or new programming after you have invested KSWF funds in starting it.You must wait a minimum of two (2) grant cycles from when you received the last KSWF grant to apply for a new grant. The KSFW has two grant cycles per calendar year. One in the Spring and one in the Fall.

Ineligibility

The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation will not provide grants toward capital campaigns, periodic funds appeals or for ongoing operational expenses.We do not fund agency/project salaries.