Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Twice a year
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “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.”
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Geography
- In Kentucky and Clark County in Southern Indiana to shape a more thriving future
- In Kentucky and Clark County in Indiana
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://legacyfoundationky.org/grants#ourprocess)._
- 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
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Long-term debt financing
- Not eligible: Endowments
- Not eligible: Local chapters of national organizations
- Not eligible: Re-granting projects
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).
- _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._
- 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.
- 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.
What Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 50
- Total given
- $5.19M
- Median grant
- $70K
- Range
- $10K–$302K
- By dollars: Kentucky >99%, Indiana <1%, California <1%. Top recipient cities: Louisville, KY; Bardstown, KY; Versailles, KY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Health disparities
- Social justice
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