How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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J McFerran Barr II
435 N Whittington Pkwy Suite 180
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 327-5660
- Form and materials
- Applicants will be required to submit written grant proposals setting forth the purpose for which the assistance is sought, how the applicant will use the funds (with budget) and how program evaluation will be performed.
- Deadlines
- December 1 each year for payment of grants before year end.
- Restrictions
- The organization does not limit support to certain charitable, educational, religious, or scientific groups (other than the underlying requirement that the groups be qualified 501(c)(3) exempt organizations).
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$249,055
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $1,966,463
-
Tax year 2024
$250,000
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $1,451,024
-
Tax year 2023
$250,000
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $1,410,541
-
Tax year 2022
$5,591,295
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $1,561,691
-
Tax year 2021
$600,000
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $3,373,952
-
Tax year 2020
$500,000
- Grants listed
- 27
- Assets, end of year
- $3,577,708
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Cabbage Patch Settlement HouseLouisville, KY
General supportcontributed 102 shares of microsoft corp stock on 11/19/25. Cost basis of $2,482 reported as book value; fair value of $49,686.
$49,807 -
Creasey Mahan Nature PreserveGoshen, KY
General supportcontributed 102 shares of microsoft corp stock on 11/19/25. Cost basis of $1,643 reported as book value; fair value of $49,686.
$49,807 -
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana IncLouisville, KY
General supportcontributed 102 shares of microsoft corp stock on 11/19/25. Cost basis of $272 reported as book value; fair value of $49,686.
$49,807 -
Lincoln Heritage Council of Boy Scouts of America IncLouisville, KY
General supportcontributed 9 shares of microsoft corp and 2,846 shares of kenvue inc stock on 11/19/25. Cost basis of $2,482 reported as book value; fair value of $49,604.
$49,757 -
Second Hope MinistriesLouisville, KY
General support
$25,000 -
Meredith Dunn SchoolLouisville, KY
General supportcontributed 1,539 shares of kenvue inc stock on 11/19/25. Cost basis of $2,159 reported as book value; fair value of $24,716.
$24,877
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Human services2 grants $74,807100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Kentucky6 grants $249,055
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Alexandra OrtizPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
- J McFerran Barr IICHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $0
- Matthew W CarperTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
- Panayiota G JonesSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
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