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The Lewis and Gladys Bass Family Charitable Foundation: 21 grants to organizations, $163,600 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Lewis and Gladys Bass Family Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Louisville, KY, paid 21 grants to organizations totaling $163,600 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 27, 2026. The largest was $36,100 to Louisville Metro Police Foundation in Louisville, KY for improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit.
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- EIN
- 822641868
- Based in
- Louisville, KY
- Assets
- $736,041
- Grants paid
- $163,600
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed February 27, 2026, IRS object ID 202630589349100213. It reported $163,600 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation | Louisville, KY | Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit | Crime and legal-related | $36,100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dare To Care | Louisville, KY | To help feed the hungry and conquer the cyle of need | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Scholar House | Louisville, KY | End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education | Housing and shelter | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Apron Inc | Louisville, KY | Help provide temporary financial support to locally owned and operated restaurant workers in need due to no fault of their own | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kentucky To the World | Louisville, KY | Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volunteers of America | Louisville, KY | Provide support to change lives through a ministry of service, addressing critical needs in the community by providing a wide range of programs and services | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Temple Adath Israel | Louisville, KY | Support of religious organization. | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blue & Co Foundation | Louisville, KY | To help support the mission of impacting the lives of people in the communities that blue & co. serves | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | Boca Raton, FL | To help support the healthcare efforts of the hospital | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates | Louisville, KY | Agency dedicated to preventing and eliminating further trauma to children. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fairness Campaign | Louisville, KY | Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gilda's Club | Louisville, KY | Provide support for cancer victims and their families. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Heuser Hearing Institute | Louisville, KY | Provide support to individuals with hearing disorders | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uplift for Women and Children | Louisville, KY | To provide a healthy, safe environment for women and children experiencing homelessness that offers opportunities and encouragement for achieving self-sufficiency | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boone County Deputy Association | Madison, WV | Support for christmas fund for low income families | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Cancer Society | Louisville, KY | Assist with patient services and provide cancer information | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation of Louisville | Louisville, KY | To support the greater louisville community and strengthen the city, neighborhoods, organizations, businesses, and people | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | To provide for blood cancer research, support and advocacy | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Virginia Chance School | Louisville, KY | To help support the mission of lifelong learning | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Up 4 Women | Louisville, KY | Support to provide day shelter, resources, emotional support and community connections to women, children, and marginalized genders | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boone Memorial Hospital | Madison, WV | To help support the healthcare efforts of the hospital | Health care | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 20, 2025, IRS object ID 202511409349100111. It reported $216,500 in grants paid; 29 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uofl Athletics Association | Louisville, KY | To provide support to assist with overseeing various functions such as setting rules, managing finances, hiring staff, and managing events | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kentucky To the World | Louisville, KY | Change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky. | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation | Louisville, KY | Improving the community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit | Crime and legal-related | $16,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Up 4 Women | Louisville, KY | Support to provide day shelter, resources, emotional support and community connections to women, children, and marginalized genders | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | Provide support to inspire and enable all young people to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Heuser Hearing Institute | Louisville, KY | Provide support to individuals with hearing disorders | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | Help support individuals at the end of their life who have no home or loved ones to help care for them | Housing and shelter | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Louisville, KY | Assist clients from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum with career and family services. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Temple Adath Israel | Louisville, KY | Support of religious organization. | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisville Ballet | Louisville, KY | To assist the organization in providing artistic ballet experiences and community engagement programs | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Apple Patch Community Inc Dba Pillar Support | Crestwood, KY | Organization that helps people with intellectual and developmenatl disabilities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boone County Deputy Association | Madison, WV | Support for christmas fund for low income families | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Foundation 502 | Louisville, KY | To help support at-risk youth in louisville obtain the tools necessary to be successful academically, socially, and athletically | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Scholar House | Louisville, KY | End cycle of poverty by empowering youth to succeed in education | Housing and shelter | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Francis Parker School of Louisville | Louisville, KY | To help cultivate a joyful, compassionate, intellectual community that celebrates individually and inspires independent thinking for life | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gilda's Club | Louisville, KY | Provide support for cancer victims and their families. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Huru International | New York, NY | To help provide support to fight against period poverty - a struggle marked by the lack of menstrual products and essential resources | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Loxahtchee Wildlife Refuge | Boynton Beach, FL | To provide support to help preserve wildlife | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Volunteers of America | Louisville, KY | Provide support to change lives through a ministry of service, addressing critical needs in the community by providing a wide range of programs and services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whitneystrong Foundation | Louisville, KY | Help support life saving training and data-driven approach to responsible gun ownership | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Apron Inc | Louisville, KY | Help provide temporary financial support to locally owned and operated restaurant workers in need due to no fault of their own | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fairness Campaign | Louisville, KY | Comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and to dismantle systemic racism | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kentucky Association Circuit Court Clerk | Frankfort, KY | Provide support for exclusive public purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Noir Lending | Louisville, KY | To help support the fostering of financial equity and wealth building opportunities with the black community | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vips | Louisville, KY | Provide support to assist children who are blind or have low vision to learn and successfully navigate the world | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waterstep | Louisville, KY | To help support and promote safe water by evaluating and implementing solutions and teaching people to use the tools | Youth development | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Louisville Sports Commission | Louisville, KY | Support to help promote and host sports-related events and opportunities that have a positive economic impact | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bluegrass Runners | Lexington, KY | To provide support to help promote fitness, fellowship, and fun for runners of all ages and abilities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Louisville Women's Heart Health | Louisville, KY | To provide support towards promoting women's heart health | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Crime and legal-related | $52,100 |
| Housing and shelter | $35,000 |
| Education | $30,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $20,000 |
| Human services | $13,000 |
| Health care | $7,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | $352,600 |
| Florida | $10,000 |
| West Virginia | $10,000 |
| New York | $7,500 |
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Updated February 27, 2026. 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.