Welcome!






Since 1984, The Community Foundation of Louisville, through its donors, has built a charitable endowment to support the nonprofits that make our region a vital and secure place in which to live and work.

With more than 1,100 charitable funds set up by individuals, families, businesses and other organizations, we made grants in 2007 totaling $28 million.

We help donors with their giving today and enable their generosity to continue after their lifetimes, supporting the causes they cared about and solving problems we can’t imagine today.

The Community Foundation makes it easy for anyone to become a philanthropist. We invite you to learn about us, our grantmaking, and how to join our family of donors.


Click here for a calendar of events hosted by local organizations to introduce the community to their programs and services.

Professional Advisors click here to access our Planned Giving Design CenterSM.

Click here to access our online knowledge base for family philanthropy, FPOnline.

Our Programs at Work

Arts and Preservation Grants Available
The Community Foundation of Louisville is now accepting competitive applications for grants from two ...

Brian Jennemann Memorial Scholarship for Paramedic Training
The Community Foundation of Louisville is currently accepting applications to the Brian Jennemann ...

Cave Hill Project to Memorialize Louisville’s “Forgotten” Children
Recently, the Home of the Innocents discovered that the remains of over 200 of its children were ...

Donor Connections Calendar Event Registration
The Donor Connections Calendar is a quarterly publication that lists dates when local nonprofits ...

Giving Gazette

Does Giving to your Alma Mater Make a Difference? You Be the Judge
A donor with spare dollars and a sense of loyalty will probably give back to her alma mater. Maybe ...

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