Open Foundations · Kentucky

Gheens Foundation Inc

Louisville, Kentucky · EIN 616031406. 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 $6.3M across 157 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$6.3M
paid in 2024
157
grants paid
$25K
median grant
19%
to first-time recipients
$161.4M
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
LORI H FLANERY
Address
401 WEST MAIN STREET SUITE 705, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40202
Phone
5025844650
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
AN ONLINE APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND AT GHEENSFOUNDATION.ORG.
Submission deadline
SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE QUARTERLY. SPECIFIC DATES CAN BE FOUND AT GHEENSFOUNDATION.ORG.
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS ARE ONLY AWARDED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSIONS IMPACT THE GREATER LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AND LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONE PARISHES IN LOUISIANA, THE HOME COMMUNITIES OF MR. AND MRS. EDWIN GHEENS. IN SOME INSTANCES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHICH OPERATE OUTSIDE LOUISVILLE BUT IN KENTUCKY ARE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202620709349101002. 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.

deliverylouisvillecapital

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 157 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Volunteers of America Mid-states IncKY$400,000COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS AND UNITY HOUSE
2Simmons College of Kentucky IncKY$250,000MISSION DELIVERY SUPPORT
3The Housing Partnership IncKY$250,000WEST END BLIGHT REMEDIATION
4Bayou Community FoundationLA$200,000MISSION DELIVERY SUPPORT
5Rita June Foundation IncKY$175,000RITA JUNE FOUNDATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE LOUISVILLE BEZOS ACADEMIES
6New Directions Housing CorporationKY$150,000MISSION DELIVERY SUPPORT
7Onewest CorporationKY$125,000MISSION DELIVERY AND PROJECT SUPPORT
8Uspiritus IncKY$125,000RENOVATING COTTAGES TO RESTORE TRAUMA-INFORMED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
9Americana Community Center IncKY$100,000YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING
10Home of the InnocentsKY$100,000CAMPAIGN TO RENOVATE THE CURRENT FACILITIES
11Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation IncKY$100,000JEFFERSON RISING CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
12Local Initiatives Support CorporationNY$100,000WEST END REVITALIZATION WITH LISC LOUISVILLE
13Louisville Zoo Foundation IncKY$100,000KENTUCKY TRAILS
14Molo Village Cdc CoKY$100,000THE VILLAGE TOO!
15Parks Alliance of Louisville IncKY$100,000REIMAGINING BALLARD PARK IN THE SMOKETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2019135$6.8M
2020183$8.2M
2021179$7.8M
2022176$7.0M
2023163$6.5M
2024157$6.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Kentucky90%
Indiana4%
New York2%
Louisiana1%
California1%

Who decides

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

Barry G AllenPRESIDENT/TREASURER · 2024
Carolyn W TandyTRUSTEE · 2024
James J LancasterTRUSTEE · 2024
John R Crockett IiiTRUSTEE/SECRETARY/COMP COMM CHAIR · 2024
Lori H FlaneryTRUSTEE/AUDIT COMMITEE CHAIR · 2024
Michael B MountjoyTRUSTEE/CHAIR · 2024
Phoebe a WoodTRUSTEE/CHAIR ELECT/INV COMM CHAIR · 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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