Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 31-0992627Community development

Who funds Downtown Development Corporation?

12 private foundations gave Downtown Development Corporation in Louisville, KY $327,300 across 20 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

20 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Republic Bank Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2025

    State of the Downtown Luncheon

    $19,000
  2. LG&E and KU Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2025

    General operating support fy25

    $10,000
  3. LG&E and KU Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2025

    Downtown development corp

    $6,050
  4. The Gheens Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2024

    String light pilot project

    $50,000
  5. Republic Bank Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2024

    2024 State of the Downtown event

    $19,250
  6. LG&E and KU Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2024

    General operating support

    $10,000
  7. Kindred Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2024

    General operating support

    $6,500
  8. Yum Brands Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2024

    Unrestricted Contributions to 501(c)3

    $5,000
  9. James Graham Brown Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2023

    Development of 10-year downtown strategy

    $75,000
  10. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $1,000
  11. The Gheens Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2022

    General operations

    $75,000
  12. Ford PhilanthropyDearborn, MI 2022

    Community development

    $5,000
  13. Kirchdorfer Opportunities Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2022

    General fund

    $2,000
  14. Auerbach Family Foundation IncBoulder, CO 2022

    General fund

    $1,000
  15. Sociable Weaver Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2021

    Operating support

    $10,000
  16. Sociable Weaver Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2021

    Program support

    $2,500
  17. The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2021

    Program support

    $2,500
  18. Ford PhilanthropyDearborn, MI 2020

    Better world

    $7,500
  19. Sociable Weaver Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2019

    Annual fund

    $10,000
  20. Sociable Weaver Foundation IncLouisville, KY 2018

    Staff support

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Louisville, KY and are not among Downtown Development Corporation’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 78 grants Preselected only $7,562 to similar organizations
  2. Access Ventures IncLouisville, KY 6 grants Preselected only $248,778 to similar organizations
  3. Baird Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI 10 grants Preselected only $116,100 to similar organizations
  4. Snowy Owl Foundation IncLouisville, KY 4 grants Preselected only $19,000 to similar organizations
  5. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 4 grants Accepts applications $7,000 to similar organizations
  6. Churchill Downs Incorporated FoundationLouisville, KY 3 grants Accepts applications $5,500 to similar organizations
  7. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 11 grants Accepts applications $4,646 to similar organizations
  8. Owsley Brown II Family Foundation IncLouisville, KY 3 grants Preselected only $262,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 31-0992627 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.