Grants for Nonprofits in Kentucky
Kentucky's Department for Local Government now handles state grant applications, draw requests and reports through its DLG Portal, and its grant pages cover programs for cities and counties, including coal severance funds. Those pages feed GrantCue, along with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services grant opportunities, the Department of Agriculture's grants and the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund.
The Kentucky Arts Council funds artists, arts organizations and schools. Its Arts Miles grant, for example, reimburses schools for field-trip transportation to arts programs and takes applications on a rolling basis from October to March while funds last.
- Open opportunities
- 7
- Ongoing programs
- 20
- Sources read
- 5
- Foundations headquartered here
- 92
Sources last read Oct 24, 2026.
Open opportunities in Kentucky (7)
Ongoing programs (20)
Programs that keep funding going or take applications on a schedule the funder sets. They are counted apart from the dated opportunities above.
Foundations headquartered in Kentucky
The largest private foundations whose IRS Form 990-PF gives an address in Kentucky, by total giving. Headquarters is not where they give: a foundation's profile shows the states that received the most of its grant money.
Foundations that fund in KentuckyBrowse the foundation directory
What GrantCue reads for Kentucky
- City of Lexington, KY Funding Programs
- Kentucky CHFS Grant Opportunities
- Kentucky Department for Local Government Grants
- Kentucky Department of Agriculture Grants and Funding
- Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund
Federal grants are open to applicants in every state, so they are not listed here. Search the full federal grants catalog.