Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Grant

Overview

_NOTE:_

* _Letter of Inquiry - This is represented by the Letter of Interest Form. To explore potential mission alignment and discuss your organization or project, we require all interested parties to complete our Letter of Interest Form (LOI). This initial step will allow us to learn more about your work and determine if a preliminary conversation would be beneficial._

* _Fall Funding Cycle-_ Letter of Interest Form (LOI) due: May (early)
* Spring Funding Cycle - Letter of Interest Form (LOI) due: December

* _Full Proposal - Invite Only - Our team will carefully review all submitted LOIs. Following this review, a select group of organizations will be invited to submit a comprehensive grant proposal._

Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Grant

About Us

* Our Purpose: Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana cultivates healthy communities for all, especially those who are vulnerable, through impact-driven philanthropy.
* Our Vision: Thriving communities where all people live healthier and more enriched lives.
* We partner with nonprofits in Jefferson, Shelby, Bullitt, Nelson, and Hardin counties in Kentucky and Clark County in Southern Indiana to shape a more thriving future.
* Our Mission: To make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
* We offer two grant cycles a year and engage in deeply relational philanthropy, making multiple in-person visits and developing personal relationships with the nonprofits we fund.
* We believe it takes more than grant money to make the kind of positive changes in our communities that will last.

Funding

We primarily make grants in the range of $25,000 to $500,000. The majority of our grants are above $50,000.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* We fund 501c3 nonprofit organizations that are led and operate in the following six counties: Jefferson, Shelby, Bullitt, Nelson, & Hardin counties in Kentucky and Clark County in Indiana.
* We fund all types of grant proposals except support for long-term debt financing and endowments.
* We have no restrictions against support for capital campaigns, general operating expenses, staff salaries, or consultant fees.
* Our partners serve people in our community who are vulnerable, and are locally led.
* Examples of persons who are vulnerable include: the economically challenged, historically marginalized, the young and the old, medically fragile or challenged, foreign-born, the isolated, those who lack resources, and survivors of violence.

Ineligibility

* We do not fund long-term debt financing, endowments, local chapters of national organizations, or re-granting projects.