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Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable Foundation Inc: 22 grants to organizations, $59,030 (tax year ended December 2024)
Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Louisville, KY, paid 22 grants to organizations totaling $59,030 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $5,000 to Friends of Radnor Lake in Nashville, TN for to provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake.
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- EIN
- 611356911
- Based in
- Louisville, KY
- Assets
- $1,354,786
- Grants paid
- $59,030
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202523219349106027. It reported $59,030 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Radnor Lake | Nashville, TN | To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vanderbilt Undergraduate Scholarship | Nashville, TN | To provide undergraduate scholarships | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WPLN Nashville Public Radio | Nashville, TN | To support the programming, production and education outreach | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nashville Tree Foundation | Nashville, TN | To preserve and enhance nashville's urban forests by planting trees and providing education | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nashville Public Television Channel 8 | Nashville, TN | To support the programming, production and education outreach | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Printing House for the Blind | Louisville, KY | Creating accessible learning experiences through educational, workplace, and independent living products and services for people who are blind and low vision. | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dare To Care | Louisville, KY | To work together to provide pathways to end hunger in our community | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov |
| Honor Flights | Arlington, VA | To celebrate america's veterans by inviting them to share in a day of honor at our nation's memorials. | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Junior Achievement of Kentucky | Louisville, KY | To provide free online resources to teachers and parents | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | To protect our parks for generations to come | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salvation Army | Nashville, TN | To preach the gospel of jesus christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Joseph Children's Home | Louisville, KY | To serve children who have been removed from their homes | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waterfront Botanical Garden | Louisville, KY | To help enlighten, entertain, and educate the community abut the botanical world | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YMCA | Nashville, TN | To strengthen community | $3,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Edisto Island Open Land Trust | Edisto Island, SC | To preserve and protect edisto through education | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | To provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crisis | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,225 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Warner Park | Nashville, TN | To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of warner park | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nashville Public Library | Nashville, TN | To inspire reading, advance learning, and connect our community. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Land Trust for Tennessee | Nashville, TN | To support the conservation of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Living Lands & Waters | East Moline, IL | To support the preservation, protection and restoration of the nation's major rivers | Environment | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| M4K Richmond | Richmond, VA | To provide funds for various local charities | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Belcourt Theatre | Nashville, TN | To support the education programs at the theatre | Arts, culture and humanities | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $8,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $3,645 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $3,145 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,225 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | $32,790 |
| Kentucky | $15,725 |
| District of Columbia | $4,370 |
| Virginia | $3,645 |
| South Carolina | $2,000 |
| Illinois | $500 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.