Open Foundations · Kentucky

Irvin F and Alice S Etscorn Charitable Foundation

Louisville, Kentucky · EIN 611314419. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.6M across 47 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2024
47
grants paid
$25K
median grant
3%
to first-time recipients
$13.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Baird Trust
Address
500 W Jefferson St Suite 2600, Louisville, KY, 40202
Phone
5025888623
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Written request describing how the money will be used and who will benefit. Include a description of the organization's purpose and mission and how the proposed expenditure will further the operations.
Submission deadline
Sometime in November
Restrictions on awards
Generally for the benefit of the Jefferson Co, Kentucky area.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600309349100415. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

purchasegardenhomerenovations

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 47 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Yew Dell Bontancial GaqrdensKY$205,000funding for Castle Garden Project
2Gilda's Club KentuckianaKY$105,000investment in clubhouse and staff furniture
3Hosparus IncKY$100,000To support the construction of the Grief Counseling Center
4Cabbage Patch Settlement HouseKY$75,000administrative space flooring
5Creasey Mahan Nature PreserveKY$75,000Re odel old labriary for new offices
6Second Hope MinistriesKY$70,000Purchase home furnishings
7Heuser Hearing Language AcademyKY$66,000Boiler replacement
8Meredith-dunn SchoolKY$66,000for campus expansion
9Children's Hospital FoundationKY$50,000puruchase cardiology outreach Van
10Home of the InnocentsKY$50,000purchase of new fitness & play plaza
11Kids Center for Pediatric TherapiesKY$50,000East campus playgrounds
12Lincoln Heritage Council BsaKY$50,000Trading post redesign and renevations
13Louisville ZooKY$50,000Kentucky Trails Campaign
14New Life Directions MinistriesKY$50,000purchase appliances for Resource Room and Training Center
15Waterfront Botanical GardensKY$50,000Funding for the naming rights for the "Japanese Garden Tea HJouse Deck/Moon View Deck

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202048$1.3M
202149$1.1M
202243$1.2M
202351$1.4M
202447$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Kentucky98%
Virginia2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Baird Trust CompanyTrustee · 2024
James E Wright JrADVISORY COM · 2024
Mcferran BarrADVISORY COM · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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