Organization · EIN 61-6055628 · Bowling Green, KY

Who funds Western Kentucky University?

33 private foundations reported paying Western Kentucky University $450,652 on returns for tax year 2023.

33 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 33

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Jessie Ball duPont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund
Jacksonville, FL · Preselected only
$135,000
3 grant lines
Equity Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
New York, NY
$64,000 JAP Scholarship Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Woldenberg Foundation
Metairie, LA
$30,000
10 grant lines
SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
James Graham Brown Foundation
Louisville, KY
$30,000 SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED CONTENT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation
Union, KY
$25,000 BUILDING A BRIDGE TO INDEPENDENCE: SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AUTISTIC YOUNG ADULTS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Goldring Family Foundation
Metairie, LA
$24,000
8 grant lines
SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Charles Eades Scholarship Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx
Evansville, IN
$17,600 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Morris & Dorothy Haskins Foundation
Bowling Green, KY · Preselected only
$16,323 FINANCIAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tch Baulch Family Foundation
Orlando, FL · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jamie Parsley Family Foundation
Prospect, KY
$10,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation
Boonville, IN
$10,000 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Bader Family Charitable Trust
Louisville, KY · Preselected only
$10,000 SCHOLARSHIP Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John T & Ada M Diederich Educational Trust
Lexington, KY · Preselected only
$9,496 SCHOLARSHIP/EDUCATIONAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Flora Hornbeck Scholarship Tr
Louisville, KY · Preselected only
$6,250
4 grant lines
SCHOLARSHIP Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edwin E and Janet L Bryant Foundation
Stoughton, WI
$6,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bill Mohler Scholar Foundation
Boonville, IN
$6,000 SCHOLARSHIPS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Saint Louis, MO
$5,000 Program Support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Stupp Bros Bridge & Iron Foundation
St Louis, MO · Preselected only
$5,000 NOT RESTRICTED Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Fj Foundation
Georgetown, IN · Preselected only
$5,000 Artisan Scholarship Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mackin Foundation
Louisville, KY · Preselected only
$5,000 Education Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Western Kentucky University

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Western Kentucky University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $21K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  2. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Austin, TX
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $114K to them
  3. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $1.58M to them
  4. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $46.3K to them
  5. The Simons Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $1.25M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $1,941 to them
  7. M V Haggin in Memory of J B a Haggin Pittsburgh, PA
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $100K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Fidelity Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 4 of the 25 closest peers · $41.8K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Bellarmine University Louisville, KY
    7 shared funders · 35 funders in all
  2. Midway University Inc Fka Midway College Midway, KY
    5 shared funders · 13 funders in all
  3. Transylvania University Lexington, KY
    5 shared funders · 31 funders in all
  4. Mississippi State University MS State, MS
    5 shared funders · 37 funders in all
  5. Centre College Danville, KY
    6 shared funders · 38 funders in all
  6. The University of Mississippi University, MS
    5 shared funders · 44 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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