Kentucky is home to 20k nonprofit organizations. In aggregate, these organizations account for $35b in revenue and employ 254.5k 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 | |||
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Lexington | 2,227 | 29,783 | $4,784,858,091 | $634,453,726 |
Bowling Green | 572 | 9,160 | $1,369,215,454 | $86,816,055 |
Frankfort | 453 | 1,832 | $401,025,189 | $65,582,978 |
Owensboro | 399 | 11,237 | $1,152,142,087 | $65,933,388 |
Paducah | 329 | 3,398 | $589,830,577 | $451,720,371 |
Covington | 268 | 2,151 | $219,551,071 | $143,018,894 |
Elizabethtown | 261 | 1,397 | $228,065,470 | $3,588,409 |
Richmond | 245 | 1,188 | $109,995,966 | $2,492,846 |
Ashland | 216 | 6,630 | $947,994,229 | $156,089,079 |
Georgetown | 214 | 1,278 | $77,788,301 | $8,099,673 |
Somerset | 208 | 706 | $238,266,631 | $15,791,448 |
Hopkinsville | 206 | 2,753 | $383,829,468 | $11,778,380 |
Florence | 195 | 1,252 | $63,203,741 | $26,891,563 |
Danville | 170 | 3,593 | $588,630,527 | $292,103,270 |
Nicholasville | 167 | 479 | $160,515,414 | $11,616,743 |
Madisonville | 163 | 254 | $21,671,091 | $14,822,300 |
Henderson | 161 | 2,447 | $706,283,742 | $102,869,408 |
Winchester | 159 | 1,050 | $1,022,832,557 | $49,257,430 |
Shelbyville | 147 | 302 | $62,116,682 | $6,727,762 |
Murray | 142 | 257 | $31,355,163 | $5,783,239 |
Lexington, KY
Assets: $502m
Revenue: $18m
Employees: 120
MISSION:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CREDIT UNION SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THRIFT AND TO PROVIDE CREDIT TO ITS MEMBERS.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $487m
Revenue: $19m
Employees: 84
MISSION:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CREDIT UNION SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THRIFT AND TO PROVIDE CREDIT TO ITS MEMBERS.
Williamsburg, KY
Assets: $474m
Revenue: $211m
Employees: 2k
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to operate postsecondary educational institutions that offer postgraduate study at masters or doctorate levels in addition to an undergraduate program for people who meet entry level requirements and are interested in an advanced education. Some institutions of university status are known as colleges or institutes.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $467m
Revenue: $10m
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.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $402m
Revenue: $33m
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.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $379m
Revenue: $19m
MISSION:
TO FINANCE AND OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF A MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE, KY. THE ARENA IS A VENUE FOR A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED EVENTS AND OPERATES YEAR-ROUND.
Lexington, KY
Assets: $378m
Revenue: $16m
Employees: 588
MISSION:
PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC USE FACILITIES INCLUDE ARENA EXHIBITION HALL HISTORIC THEATER AND PARKING LOTS
Louisville, KY
Assets: $375m
Revenue: $60m
Employees: 89
MISSION:
NORTON PROPERTIES, INC. (PROPERTIES) OWNS PROPERTIES THAT ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE HEALTH CARE PURPOSES OF NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC. (NHC), PRIMARILY OF NORTON HOSPITALS, INC. (HOSPITALS), COMMUNITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. AND NHC. PROPERTIES OWNS MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE LEASED BY PHYSICIANS ON THE MEDICAL STAFF OF HOSPITALS. IT ALSO LEASES OFFICE SPACE AND PARKING FACILITIES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF NHC EMPLOYEES, PHYSICIANS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF OF HOSPITALS, AND GUESTS.
Paducah, KY
Assets: $359m
Revenue: $129m
MISSION:
The goal of this organization is to enable students who demonstrate financial need to obtain the financial assistance they require to meet their educational and living expenses while in school.
Ashland, KY
Assets: $340m
Revenue: $16m
MISSION:
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE CREDIT UNION IS TO PROVIDE LOANS TO ITS MEMBERS.
Wilmore, KY
Assets: $334m
Revenue: $53m
Employees: 576
MISSION:
ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IS A COMMUNITY CALLED TO PREPARE THEOLOGICALLY EDUCATED, SANCTIFIED, SPIRIT-FILLED MEN AND WOMEN TO EVANGELIZE AND TO SPREAD SCRIPTURAL HOLINESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THROUGH THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST, IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
Ashland, KY
Assets: $332m
Revenue: $14m
Employees: 71
MISSION:
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CREDIT UNION MEMBERS
Louisville, KY
Assets: $327m
Revenue: $23m
Employees: 24
MISSION:
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH & WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CLINICAL SERVICES, RESEARCH, PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE, AND CHILD ADVOCACY.
Somerset, KY
Assets: $324m
Revenue: $141m
Employees: 146
MISSION:
PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO MEMBER OWNERS ON A PATRONAGE BASIS. SERVE AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 69,713 CONSUMERS MONTHLY.
Bowling Green, KY
Assets: $322m
Revenue: $227m
Employees: 173
MISSION:
AS A MEMBER-OWNED COOPERATIVE, WARREN RECC WILL STRIVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS, CUSTOMERS, AND COMMUNITIES FOR UP-TO-DATE, RELIABLE, AND COMPETITIVELY-PRICED ELECTRICITY AND OTHER UTILITY SERVICES.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $317m
Revenue: $24m
Employees: 5
MISSION:
TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH HERITAGE MITZVAH FUND AND THE MEDICAL AND GENERAL COMMUNITY (SEE SCHEDULE O) OF KENTUCKY (EXCLUDING BOONE, KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES) AND FLOYD, CLARK, HARRISON AND SCOTT COUNTIES IN INDIANA THROUGH SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL EDUCATION/RESEARCH, SUPPORTING JEWISH COMMUNITIES, AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
Danville, KY
Assets: $315m
Revenue: $243m
Employees: 1k
MISSION:
THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO BE THE LEADING PROVIDER OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
Nicholasville, KY
Assets: $301m
Revenue: $133m
Employees: 107
MISSION:
SINCE 1937, BLUE GRASS ENERGY HAS BEEN MAKING LIFE BETTER, THE COOPERATIVE WAY, FOR OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY SERVICES. ELECTRICITY IS DELIVERED ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. TODAY, BLUE GRASS ENERGY SERVES OVER 61,000 MEMBERS IN 23 KENTUCKY COUNTIES.
Louisville, KY
Assets: $287m
Revenue: $99m
Employees: 513
MISSION:
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC TEAMS COMPOSED OF STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND TO SCHEDULE AND MANAGE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONTESTS, ALL IN THE HARMONY WITH AND IN SUBJECTION TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION POLICY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
Mckee, KY
Assets: $285m
Revenue: $110m
Employees: 125
MISSION:
DISTRIBUTION SALES OF ELECTRICITY TO MEMBER OWNERS ON A PATRONAGE BASIS.