The foundation concentrates its modest giving on local recreational infrastructure, making outright donations to parks and facilities rather than broad program grants. Grants are few and focused—two grants to a golf course and one to a park—suggesting a preference for supporting community green spaces and recreational amenities. Their giving appears transactionary (donations) and place-based rather than funding social services or long-term programmatic partnerships.
Concentrated, small-scale philanthropy: very few grants, repeat support to a single grantee, one-off donations for facility/park support rather than multi-year operating grants
Raymond and Irene Wilborn Charitable Foundation C/o John Wilborn Trustee gives in a tightly local pattern centered on parks, recreation, and community facilities, with its largest recent grant going to Eagle Creek Golf Course for $26,710 in 2025. The foundation’s recent record shows repeated support for recreational spaces rather than broad operating support, including another grant to the same golf course in 2023 and a separate grant to Alquina Blue Arrows Park in Connersville, Indiana. Most of the giving stays in Kentucky, especially around LaGrange and nearby towns, and the grants are generally small to mid-sized rather than large institutional awards. That makes the foundation readable as a place-based donor for local amenities, with donations flowing to golf courses, parks, and public-facing facilities. Alongside recreation, the recent grants also reach community organizations and civic institutions in Oldham County and nearby Kentucky communities, including the Oldham County Schools Arts Center, the City of LaGrange, and the Oldham County Public Library. The overall pattern is straightforward: direct donations, local recipients, and a narrow set of community-serving uses.
The foundation’s clearest theme is recreational infrastructure. It gave $26,710 to Eagle Creek Golf Course in LaGrange and $18,000 to Alquina Blue Arrows Park in Connersville, showing support for both golf and park facilities. A related grant of $5,500 to the City of LaGrange points to municipal involvement in local amenities. Community resource groups also appear in the record. High Point Charitable Services received multiple grants, including $12,000, $11,000, $10,000, and $9,500 across 2024 and 2025, indicating repeated support rather than a one-time award. The foundation also funded Hope Health Clinic with $9,000 and Good News Shelter Corporation with $7,000. Education and youth-related awards form another strand. Examples include $13,000 to Oldham County Schools Arts Center, $9,000 to Project Graduation in Buckner, and $6,000 to Oldham County Preschool.
Grant sizes cluster in the low thousands, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $1,500, and a p75 of $4,250. The foundation’s giving is small-scale overall, but the recent record includes a few larger donations such as the $26,710 grant in 2025. Recipients often appear across multiple years: Eagle Creek Golf Course, High Point Charitable Services, Adult & Teen Challenge of Kentucky, and Oldham County-area organizations recur in the data. The grants are listed as donations, which points to outright gifts rather than program-specific awards. No individual-application or unsolicited-application process is shown in the data.
$133K
$867K
$110K
$153K
Most grants fall between $1K and $4K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$4K
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Notable grantees: Eagle Creek Golf Course, Alquina Blue Arrows Park, Local parks & recreation entities
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly in the United States, and 80% of grants go to recipients in Kentucky. LaGrange appears most often, with repeated awards to organizations there, while other Kentucky recipients include Crestwood, Louisville, Buckner, Bowling Green, Middlesboro, Campbellsburg, and Orchard Grass Hills. Outside Kentucky, the recent list includes Alquina Blue Arrows Park in Connersville, Indiana. The geography is regional rather than national.
The recent grants point to local recreational infrastructure, parks, and community facilities. Examples in the data include golf-course support, park donations, and grants to public-facing community organizations in Kentucky towns such as LaGrange, Crestwood, and Louisville.
The grant-size distribution is small: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,500, and p75 is $4,250. Most awards in the recent list fall in the low-thousands, though a few are larger, including a $26,710 grant in 2025.
It gives regionally, with 80% of grants going to recipients in Kentucky. The recent grants also include one recipient in Indiana, so the pattern is concentrated but not exclusive to the headquarters state.
Yes. Several recipients appear more than once in the recent record, including Eagle Creek Golf Course, High Point Charitable Services, and Adult & Teen Challenge of Kentucky. That indicates recurring support for some organizations rather than only one-time gifts.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAGLE CREEK GOLF COURSE | LAGRANGE, KY | $26,710 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES | LAGRANGE, KY | $11,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| PROJECT GRADUATION | BUCKNER, KY | $9,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| PLANO ELEMENTARY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | BOWLING GREEN, KY | $8,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | LAGRANGE, KY | $7,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | LAGRANGE, KY | $5,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | ORCHARD GRASS HILLS, KY | $5,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| YEW DELL GARDENS | CRESTWOOD, KY | $5,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HOPE HEALTH CLINIC | LAGRANGE, KY | $4,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| KY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY | BEREA, KY | $3,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| THE HEALING PLACE | LOUISVILLE, KY | $3,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION | LOUISVILLE, KY | $3,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| SURJ EDUCATIONAL FUND | BUFFALO, NY | $3,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HOPE HOUSE | BOWLING GREEN, KY | $3,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| ARTS ASSOCIATION OF OLDHAM CO | LAGRANGE, KY | $3,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| BLESSING IN A BACKPACK | LOUISVILLE, KY | $3,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| FAIR INC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| KRIS LANDERS FOUNDATION | LAGRANGE, KY | $2,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| LAGRANGE KY MAIN STREET PROGRAM | LAGRANGE, KY | $2,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| WFMP-LP FORWARD RADIO | LOUISVILLE, KY | $2,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| MT TABOR METHODIST CHURCH | CRESTWOOD, KY | $2,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY PRESCHOOL | LAGRANGE, KY | $2,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HOTEL INC | BOWLING GREEN, KY | $2,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL | LAGRANGE, KY | $1,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| KENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL | FRANKFORT, KY | $1,500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| THE BACKBONE CAMPAIGN | VASHON, WA | $1,250 | 2025 | DONATION |
| HOME OF THE INNOCENTS | LOUISVILLE, KY | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA | LOUISVILLE, KY | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| NORTH OLDHAM LITTLE LEAGUE | LAGRANGE, KY | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| MADRE | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| BUCKNER ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL | LAGRANGE, KY | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY | BOSTON, MA | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE | BERKLEY, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | DONATION |
| FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE | LOUISVILLE, KY | $750 | 2025 | DONATION |
| APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY FUND | KNOXVILLE, TN | $750 | 2025 | DONATION |
| NORTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL | GOSHEN, KY | $500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| KET | LEXINGTON, KY | $500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| SOUTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL | CRESTWOOD, KY | $500 | 2025 | DONATION |
| ALQUINA BLUE ARROWS PARK | CONNERSVILLE, IN | $18,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS ARTS CENTER | CRESTWOOD, KY | $13,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES | LAGRANGE, KY | $12,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES | LAGRANGE, KY | $9,500 | 2024 | DONATION |
| HOPE HEALTH CLINIC | LAGRANGE, KY | $9,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORY CENTER | LAGRANGE, KY | $6,500 | 2024 | DONATION |
| LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | LAGRANGE, KY | $6,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| OLDHAM COUNTY PRESCHOOL | LAGRANGE, KY | $6,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| CITY OF LAGRANGE | LAGRANGE, KY | $5,500 | 2024 | DONATION |
| BLESSING IN A BACKPACK | LOUISVILLE, KY | $5,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE | LOUISVILLE, KY | $5,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
| LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | LAGRANGE, KY | $5,000 | 2024 | DONATION |
EAGLE CREEK GOLF COURSE
$26,710DONATION
HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES
$11,000DONATION
PROJECT GRADUATION
$9,000DONATION
PLANO ELEMENTARY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
$8,000DONATION
LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
$7,500DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
$5,000DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
DONATION
YEW DELL GARDENS
$5,000DONATION
KY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
$3,500DONATION
SURJ EDUCATIONAL FUND
$3,500DONATION
HOPE HOUSE
$3,000DONATION
ARTS ASSOCIATION OF OLDHAM CO
$3,000DONATION
FAIR INC
$2,500DONATION
KRIS LANDERS FOUNDATION
$2,500DONATION
LAGRANGE KY MAIN STREET PROGRAM
$2,000DONATION
WFMP-LP FORWARD RADIO
$2,000DONATION
MT TABOR METHODIST CHURCH
$2,000DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY PRESCHOOL
$2,000DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
$1,500DONATION
THE BACKBONE CAMPAIGN
$1,250DONATION
HOME OF THE INNOCENTS
$1,000DONATION
LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA
$1,000DONATION
NORTH OLDHAM LITTLE LEAGUE
$1,000DONATION
MADRE
$1,000DONATION
BUCKNER ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL
$1,000DONATION
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
$1,000DONATION
FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE
$750DONATION
NORTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL
$500DONATION
KET
$500DONATION
SOUTH OLDHAM HIGH SCHOOL
$500DONATION
ALQUINA BLUE ARROWS PARK
$18,000DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS ARTS CENTER
$13,000DONATION
HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES
$12,000DONATION
HIGH POINT CHARITABLE SERVICES
$9,500DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY HISTORY CENTER
$6,500DONATION
LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
$6,000DONATION
OLDHAM COUNTY PRESCHOOL
$6,000DONATION
CITY OF LAGRANGE
$5,500DONATION
LAGRANGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
$5,000DONATION