The foundation concentrates on state-level civic participation and progressive voter engagement in Kentucky, funding grassroots organizations that run canvassing, direct voter contact, registration drives, training, and civic education. Grants include both capacity-building (notably a large general support grant) and program-specific support for turnout, issue canvassing, and research, with a clear emphasis on building electoral infrastructure and community organizing. Recipients are predominantly Kentucky-focused groups and coalitions, including both established statewide tables and smaller grassroots campaigns.
Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement centers its giving on Kentucky civic participation, with the largest recent grant going to Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc for general capacity support. That grant sits alongside program funding for direct voter contact, showing a pattern of backing both the infrastructure and the field work behind turnout efforts. The foundation’s recent grants also point to a mix of statewide coalition work and smaller grassroots efforts, including support for Kentucky Future Project Action Fund and Hood to the Holler in Louisville, as well as Revolution Ky in Pleasureville. Beyond turnout operations, the foundation has funded political education, voter registration, issue canvassing, and research tied to campaign strategy and messaging. Its grantees include organizations working on canvassing, training, and civic education, with Kentucky groups appearing repeatedly and Washington, DC-based research and training recipients also present in the record. The result is a grantmaking profile focused on building electoral capacity, not isolated event support, and on sustaining organizations that mobilize voters through organized, recurring civic engagement work.
A central theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is statewide civic engagement infrastructure. It gave $75,000 to Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc for general capacity support, and smaller awards to Kentucky Future Project Action Fund and The People’s Campaign Community Network for voter contact and voter registration. Direct voter outreach is another clear thread: Hood to the Holler received $17,500 for direct voter contact program support, while Revolution Ky received $10,000 for the same purpose. The foundation also backs civic training and political education. Louisville Political Education for Liberation received $10,000 for People’s University, and Arena received $9,400 for training camp. Research and issue-based organizing appear as well, including a $15,000 grant to Preserve Protect Defend for research and an $8,000 grant to Ky Conservation Committee for issue canvassing.
Typical awards are in the low five figures: the grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $7,500, a median of $9,400, and a p75 of $11,250. The recent record includes both a large capacity grant and a set of program awards clustered around voter contact, training, and research. Kentucky-based recipients appear across multiple years, with grants in 2023 and 2025 pointing to recurring support rather than a single isolated cycle. Commonwealth Alliance Voter Engagement is a public charity, not a fund that gives to individuals, and the data shows program-related investments are not part of its structure.
$131K
$744K
$1M
$867K
Most grants fall between $8K and $11K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$11K
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Relatively concentrated modest-to-mid sized grants focused on program support and capacity building within one state; a mix of one larger core support award and multiple smaller operational/program grants, with some repeat grantees but mostly distributed across many grassroots and state-level groups.
Notable grantees: Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc, Kentucky Future Project Action Fund, Hood to the Holler, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, Louisville Political Education for Liberation (LPEL)
Grantmaking is concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 57% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Louisville appears repeatedly, including Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc, Kentucky Future Project Action Fund, Hood to the Holler, and Louisville Political Education for Liberation. Frankfort also shows up several times through Operation Turnout the People’s Campaign, Ky Conservation Committee, and The People’s Campaign Community Network. Outside Kentucky, the foundation granted to organizations in Washington, DC, Seattle, and Indianapolis. All recent grants in the dataset went to US recipients.
It supports Kentucky civic engagement groups, voter contact efforts, voter registration work, political education, issue canvassing, and research. Recent grants include funding for general capacity, direct voter contact programs, People’s University, training camp, and an economic study.
The grant-size distribution centers on modest awards: p25 is $7,500, the median is $9,400, and p75 is $11,250. Recent grants range from $6,000 to $75,000, with most awards clustered around program support and capacity building.
Kentucky is the top state by grant count, with 57% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Louisville and Frankfort appear repeatedly among recipient cities, showing a strong in-state emphasis.
The pattern suggests ongoing support for recurring civic engagement work. Kentucky recipients appear in both 2023 and 2025, and the mix of capacity grants, voter contact support, training, and research points to continued organizational funding rather than isolated one-off projects.
The record includes direct voter contact, canvassing, voter registration, training, political education, and research. Specific examples include support for direct voter contact programs, issue canvassing for conservation work, a voter registration grant, and funding for a training camp and People’s University.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TABLE INC | LOUISVILLE, KY | $75,000 | 2025 | GENERAL CAPACITY GRANT |
| KENTUCKY FUTURE PROJECT ACTION FUND | LOUISVILLE, KY | $21,675 | 2025 | SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT |
| HOOD TO THE HOLLER | LOUISVILLE, KY | $17,500 | 2025 | SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT PROGRAM |
| REVOLUTION KY | PLEASUREVILLE, KY | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT PROGRAM |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE ADVOCATES | SEATTLE, WA | $7,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT PROGRAM |
| KENTUCY FUTURE PROJECT ACTION FUND | LOUISVILLE, KY | $23,000 | 2024 | ELECTION PROGRAM |
| SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE | BUFFALO, NY | $19,000 | 2024 | LISTENING PROJECTS |
| HOOD TO THE HOLLER | LOUISVILLE, KY | $12,500 | 2024 | CAPACITY BUILDING |
| THE REVOLUTION KY | CAMPBELLSBURG, KY | $10,000 | 2024 | CAPACITY BUILDING |
| PRESERVE PROTECT DEFEND | WASHINGTON, DC | $15,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH |
| OPERATION TURNOUT THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN | FRANKFORT, KY | $12,500 | 2023 | ECONOMIC STUDY |
| LOUISVILLE POLITICAL EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION (LPEL) | LOUISVILLE, KY | $10,000 | 2023 | PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY |
| ARENA | WASHINGTON, DC | $9,400 | 2023 | TRAINING CAMP |
| KY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE | FRANKFORT, KY | $8,000 | 2023 | ISSUE CANVASSING |
| THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY NETWORK | FRANKFORT, KY | $7,000 | 2023 | VOTER REGISTRATION |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE ADVOCATES | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $6,000 | 2023 | CANVASSING |
KENTUCKY FUTURE PROJECT ACTION FUND
$21,675SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT
HOOD TO THE HOLLER
$17,500SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT PROGRAM
REVOLUTION KY
$10,000SUPPORT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT PROGRAM
KENTUCY FUTURE PROJECT ACTION FUND
ELECTION PROGRAM
SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
$19,000LISTENING PROJECTS
HOOD TO THE HOLLER
$12,500CAPACITY BUILDING
THE REVOLUTION KY
$10,000CAPACITY BUILDING
PRESERVE PROTECT DEFEND
$15,000RESEARCH
OPERATION TURNOUT THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$12,500ECONOMIC STUDY
ARENA
$9,400TRAINING CAMP
KY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
$8,000ISSUE CANVASSING
THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY NETWORK
$7,000VOTER REGISTRATION