Kentucky is home to 21k nonprofit organizations. In aggregate, these organizations account for $40b in revenue and employ 271.2k individuals.
Where Do Kentucky
Nonprofits Focus?
The IRS classifies nonprofits along 25 different categories or NTEE classifications.
*Remaining NTEE categories account for 0 organizations.
| City | Organization Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | 2,323 | 31,594 | $5,170,744,693 | $766,919,817 |
| Bowling Green | 632 | 10,596 | $1,401,920,235 | $74,810,993 |
| Frankfort | 484 | 1,936 | $495,993,062 | $67,588,648 |
| Owensboro | 427 | 10,851 | $1,330,277,097 | $80,532,984 |
| Paducah | 354 | 3,440 | $490,042,669 | $513,013,620 |
| Elizabethtown | 285 | 1,438 | $255,514,942 | $3,796,471 |
| Covington | 269 | 2,645 | $236,853,089 | $141,308,550 |
| Richmond | 267 | 1,299 | $111,668,764 | $2,156,264 |
| Somerset | 240 | 896 | $298,997,527 | $20,618,362 |
| Hopkinsville | 239 | 2,359 | $407,841,052 | $10,946,953 |
| Georgetown | 239 | 1,116 | $89,469,759 | $8,055,099 |
| Ashland | 206 | 7,321 | $993,850,284 | $189,857,048 |
| Florence | 201 | 1,532 | $86,960,641 | $29,622,684 |
| Nicholasville | 192 | 410 | $194,052,284 | $14,321,265 |
| Danville | 190 | 3,716 | $502,900,651 | $287,795,249 |
| Madisonville | 180 | 2,391 | $335,609,130 | $17,505,580 |
| Winchester | 172 | 1,065 | $1,353,956,717 | $47,845,187 |
| London | 169 | 799 | $66,706,717 | $0 |
| Henderson | 163 | 1,848 | $608,745,240 | $114,311,977 |
| Murray | 158 | 181 | $30,705,606 | $6,309,596 |
Georgetown, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $77k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization are the private foundations that use a bulk of their resources to provide charitable services or run charitable programs of their own. They make few, if any, grants to outside organizations and, like private independent foundations, they generally do not raise funds from the public.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $1m
Employees: 41
MISSION:
WESLEY HOUSE IS A HOLISTIC FAMILY SERVICES ORGANIZATION THAT TAILORS PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT THOSE LIKELY TO FIRST BE EXCLUDED AND LAST TO BE INCLUDED. OUR INITIATIVES ADDRESS AND MITIGATE KEY DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC HEALTH MOST RESULTING IN POVERTY.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $1m
Employees: 16
MISSION:
KEENSTART WAS CREATED TO RUN THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR ENTREPRENEURS WHICH INCLUDES INTERRELATED HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND ALUM PROGRAMS. WE TEACH AND EMPOWER KENTUCKY'S FUTURE INNOVATORS WITH LIFELONG ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $206k
Employees: 3
MISSION:
FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVE BUSINESS AMONG THE LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS OF LOU, KY/IN SMSA.
Hazard, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $543k
MISSION:
PROVIDE EQUITABLE MORTGAGE AND CONSUMER FINANCIAL PRODUCTS HELPING CLIENTS ACHIEVE HOUSING AND OVERALL FIANNCIAL STABILITY
Shelbyville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $564k
Employees: 10
MISSION:
AWAKE MINISTRIES' MISSION IS TO HOLISTICALLY EQUIP INDIVIDUALS WITH THE HOPE AND HELP THAT THEY NEED FOR ABUNDANT LIVING. OUR AREAS OF SERVICE ARE RESIDENTIAL ADDICTION RECOVERY AND A FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER TO MEET THE FOOD NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $693k
Employees: 7
MISSION:
TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA BY PROVIDING FINANCING THROUGH THE SBA 504 LOAN PROGRAM.
Mayfield, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $3m
MISSION:
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
Ashland, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $197k
Employees: 4
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to provide services for the mutual aid and benefit of their members; that ordinarily have a lodge system whereby activities are carried out under a form of organization that comprises local branches, chartered by a parent organization and largely self-governing, and that make provision for the payment of death benefits, and for benefits in case of accident, sickness, or old age. Y40 should be used only if one of the more specific codes in the Y40 series cannot be determined.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $319k
MISSION:
THE MISSION OF THE HORTENSE B. PERRY FOUNDATION, INC. IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION, HEALTH, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, AND THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. OUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE:EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.
Paducah, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $47k
Employees: 1
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to acquire, preserve, research and exhibit collections of objects including documents, tools, implements and furnishings that have significance in helping to interpret or understand the past.
Covington, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $1m
Employees: 13
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to provide general legal aid regarding criminal and/or civil matters at little or no cost for individuals who are economically disadvantaged.
Lexington, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $87k
MISSION:
THIS IS A CHARITABLE TRUST CREATED UNDER THE WILL OF OSCAR WILSON WHOSE ONLY PURPOSE IS TO MAKE MAKE CHARITABLE GIFTS TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Owensboro, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $275k
MISSION:
TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
Elizabethtown, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $541k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to focus on influencing public policy within the Education major group area.
Coxs Creek, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $750k
MISSION:
THIS ORGAINZATION WAS FORMED TO ORGANIZE, PROMOTE, FOSTER, ASSIST AND MANAGE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION; PROVIDE FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT MECHANIC TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, PARTNERTSHIPS WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MANAGED OR OWNED FLIGHT SCHOOLS, GRANTS, GIFTS AND OTHER METHODS: BUILD, BUY OR SELL NEW OR USED AIRCRAFT TO BE USED IN AVIATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES; AND ORGANIZE, PROMOTE, FOSTER, ASSIST AND CONDUCT SUCH CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC,LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES, ACTIVITIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERTMINED, SELECTED OR DECIDED UPON BY THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE STATED ABOVE.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $492k
Employees: 11
MISSION:
TO PROMOTE & ENCOURAGE COOPERATION AMONG LOCAL UNIONS WHO BELONG TO THE COUNCIL.
Winchester, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $814k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization are the nongovernmental, nonprofit organizations with funds (usually from a single source, such as an individual, family or corporation) and programs managed by its own trustees or directors, established to maintain or aid social, educational, religious or other charitable activities serving the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking.
Fisherville, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $323k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to provide opportunities for people to satisfy their inner needs and enhance their spiritual growth through organized worship or through other devotional activities under the auspices of one of the group of religious faiths that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Use this code for Christian denominations that are not specified below as well as their ministries, missions or missionary activities; bible camps and schools. (rev. 11/04)
Lexington, KY
Assets: $1m
Revenue: $814k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization are the nongovernmental, nonprofit organizations with funds (usually from a single source, such as an individual, family or corporation) and programs managed by its own trustees or directors, established to maintain or aid social, educational, religious or other charitable activities serving the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking.