Annual Reports

2009 Year In Review
2009 was the first year in implementing a five-year strategic plan that identified four areas on which to focus our efforts. Below is a summary of focus areas including highlights of 41 grants awarded totaling $24,136,767. Of grants awarded, $15,530,202 was distributed in calendar year 2009 with $8,606,565 to be disbursed in calendar years 2010 – 2013. Grant Data Detail

Total 2009 Grants by Program Area

  Education $4,406,570
  Culture/Humanities $5,406,296
  Health $8,789,901
  Civic Affairs $5,534,000
  Total $24,136,767

Total 2009 Grants by Strategic Plan Focus Areas

  Education $4,411,570
  Quality of Life $19,695,197
  Cancer Center $0
  Top Performance $30,000
  Total $24,136,767

Total 2009 Grants by Type of Support

  Construction Programs $14,700,296
  Program Support $2,354,493
  Land / Property $5,000,000
  Special Projects $1,081,978
  Endowment $1,000,000
  Total $24,136,767

Total 2009 Grants by Population Served

  Students $4,299,070
  Indigent / Disabled $2,966,000
  Youth / Children $1,568,000
  Adults $150,000
  All $15,153,697
  Total $24,136,767

2008 Year In Review
Louisville Waterfront The Foundation authorized twenty-six grants in the calendar year 2008 totaling $35,486,500. The Foundation paid in the 2008 calendar year $19,486,500. Approximately 92% were awarded to non-profit organizations in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Thirty-six percent of all grants awarded were for construction or renovation projects, 4% were awarded for land acquisition and approximately 60% for program support. Percentage breakout by program area by grants paid was Civic Affairs – 21%, Culture/Humanities – 10%, Health – 21%, Education – 21%, and Human Services – 27%. Reflected in the amount paid for 2008 was the first of five $4 million grant installments payable to the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Grant Data Detail | Audit Summary

Total 2008 Grants by Program Area

  Education $4,100,000
  Health $4,000,000
  Culture/Humanities $1,985,500
  Civic Affairs $4,085,000
  Human Services $5,316,000
  Total $19,486,500

Total 2008 Grants by Type of Support

  Construction / Renovation $12,745,500
  Program Support $5,375,000
  Land / Property $1,241,000
  Special Projects $125,000
  Total $19,486,500

Total 2008 Grants by Population Served

  Students $4,100,000
  Indigent / Disabled $1,516,000
  Youth / Children $1,300,000
  Women $1,500,000
  All $11,070,500
  Total $19,486,500

Total 2008 Grants by Initiative

  Competitive Capital $3,750,000
  Core Institutions $11,301,500
  Best Practices/Convening/Coll. $85,000
  Broad Education $350,000
  Cancer Center $4,000,000
  Total $19,486,500

Total 2008 Grants by Strategic Plan Focus Areas

  Education Programs $4,100,000
  Quality of Life $11,301,500
  Health/Cancer Center $4,000,000
  Top Performance $85,000
  Total $19,486,500

2007 Year In Review
The Foundation awarded 31 grants in the calendar year 2007 totaling $20,482,428. Approximately 58% were awarded to non-profit organizations in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Thirty-four percent of all grants awarded were for construction or renovation projects, 21% were awarded for land acquisition and approximately 11% for program support. Percentage breakout by program area was Civic Affairs – 21%, Health – 25%, Education – 35%, and Human Services – 19%. Reflected in the amount paid for 2007 was the last of three $5 million grants installments payable to the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center which was approved in 2004. Grant Data Detail | Audit Summary

Total 2007 Grants by Program Area

  Education $7,152,228
  Health $5,100,000
  Civic Affairs $4,300,200
  Human Services $3,930,000
  Total $20,482,428

Total 2007 Grants by Type of Support

  Construction / Renovation $6,975,000
  Program Support $2,307,428
  Land / Property $4,200,000
  Endowed Chairs $5,000,000
  Endowment $2,000,000
  Total $20,482,428

Total 2007 Grants by Population Served

  Indigent / Disabled $300,000
  Students $6,147,228
  Youth / Children $2,950,000
  All $11,085,200
  Total $20,482,428

2006 Year In Review
The Foundation paid 48 grants in the calendar year 2006 totaling $20,002,324. Forty percent of all grants were awarded to non-profit organizations in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Thirty-six percent of all grants awarded were for construction or renovation projects and 27% were awarded for college scholarship endowment. Percentage break out by program area was Civic Affairs – 7%, Health - 25%, Education - 54%, Human Services - 9%, and Culture & Humanities - 5%. Reflected in the 2006 figure was the second of three $5 million grants payable to the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center which was approved in 2004. Grant Data Detail | Audit Summary

Total 2006 Grants by Program Area

  Education $10,736,624
  Health $5,010,000
  Civic Affairs / Public Benefit $1,310,500
  Culture / Humanities $1,009,988
  Human Services $1,830,200
  Total $20,002,324

Total 2006 Grants by Type of Support

  Operating Support $52,500
  Bricks and Mortar / Construction $2,589,988
  Special Projects $750,000
  Endowment $5,350,000
  Endowed Chairs and Professorships $5,500,000
  Program Support $1,030,000
  Renovation $4,464,824
  Technology $160,000
  Total $20,002,324

Total 2006 Grants by Population Served

  Indigent / Economically Disadvantaged $1,428,700
  All $7,015,988
  Other $872,000
  Students $10,573,124
  Generally Disabled $7,500
  Total $20,002,324

2005 Year In Review
The Grants Payout in 2005 was $18,737,169.  This payout reflects forty-eight grants totaling $13,738,169 plus the first of three $5 million grants to the University of Louisville for the James Graham Brown Cancer Center.  The JGBCC grant was committed in 2004, but payable over three years beginning in 2005. Grant Data Detail

2005 Form 990 (PDF, 4M)

Total 2005 Grants by Program Area

  Education $5,644,669
  Health $5,865,000
  Civic Affairs / Public Benefit $4,446,500
  Culture / Humanities $600,000
  Human Services $2,181,000
  Total $18,737,169

Total 2005 Grants by Type of Support

  Operating Support $51,500
  Bricks and Mortar / Construction $1,330,000
  Land/Property $3,000,000
  Equipment/Vehicles/Furnishings $625,000
  Special Project $1,100,000
  Endowment $3,966,700
  Endowed Chairs and Professorships $5,000,000
  Program Support $1,987,969
  Renovation $1,531,000
  Technology $145,000
  Total $18,737,169

Total 2005 Grants by Population Served

  Indigent / Economically Disadvantage $1,330,500
  Physically Impaired / Disabled $500
  Homeless $1,000,000
  Mentally Ill / Disabled $330,000
  All $10,390,500
  Children / Youth $513,000
  Students $5,641,669
  Vision Impaired $27,000
  Generally Disabled / Ill $505,000
  Total $18,737,169