Research and Reports
At the Community Foundation of Louisville, we use research and reporting to bridge knowledge and action. By identifying community needs and opportunities, we connect resources where they can have the greatest impact. Our commitment to transparency and collaboration ensures that data drives meaningful change, building a more vibrant and equitable Louisville for all.
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Featured Reports
Greater Louisville Project
The Greater Louisville Project benchmarked Louisville’s performance against its peer cities. This analysis helped to keep our community focused on a shared agenda for long-term progress.
Over the years, their data supported collective action to ensure more young people can earn college degrees, collaboration to reduce health disparities across the city, conversations to make philanthropic investments more equitable and impactful, and advocacy to ensure all young people enter kindergarten ready to learn.
Disabling Infrastructures: Louisville’s (In)accessible Housing Gap
There is only one wheelchair-friendly home for every six households with a wheelchair user in Louisville. This report describes the landscape of disabilities and accessible housing in Louisville, created in collaboration with Gathering Strength and supported by the Local Data for Equitable Communities program.
Louisville Afforable Housing Trust Fund Dashboard
The Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund (LAHTF) supports the creation and preservation of affordable housing throughout Louisville and is an important co-investor to our Invest Louisville program. By providing funding to housing developers and community partners, the Trust Fund helps expand housing opportunities.
This LAHTF dashboard and report provides an overview of Trust Fund investments and the affordable units supported through LAHTF resources. Explore project locations and funding amounts to better understand how public investment is expanding housing opportunities throughout the community.
View the LAHTF Dashboard or View the LAHTF Report.
The Racial Justice Cohort Report
The inception of the Racial Justice Cohort began with the Community Foundation of Louisville shifting its grantmaking process for the very first time to a trust-based philanthropy model. Reflecting upon the policies that created barriers for Black- and Brown-led organizations receiving grant funds, the Foundation enlisted community members who came together to design the intent, approach, and selection process for the cohort.
2025 Give For Good Louisville Report
Since 2014, Give for Good Louisville has mobilized more than 198,000 donors and raised over $80 million for hundreds of organizations. Read some of the 2025 analytics and learn how we are creating sustainable resources for our community.
Past Reports
Annual Giving Reports
Check out the Community Foundation of Louisville’s past annual giving reports below:
Give for Good Louisville Reports
See the good done by community members in the reports below:
Response Funds
When times of crisis arise and affect our community, the Community Foundation of Louisville serves as a vehicle for change. View reports of our past response funds:
Historical Publications
The Community Foundation of Louisville has served the Louisville metro area for over 40 years. View some of our historical publications to learn more about our work:
- Prospectus (2024)
- Historical Narrative: Community Foundation of Louisville (2022)
- Inspiring for the Future (2021)
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