Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky

About Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky

Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Inc has made some of its largest recent commitments to military-connected and scholarship-related organizations, including a $465,000 grant in 2024 and a $400,000 grant in 2025 to Special Forces Association Chapter 38 in Fort Campbell. That pattern sits alongside other large awards to Special Forces Scholarship in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Special Ops Xcursions in Nashville, Tennessee, showing a funder that supports both local community priorities and programs serving wider groups connected to the region. In South Central Kentucky, the foundation also funded organizations such as The Foundry Christian Community Center, College Heights Foundation, House on the Hill Inc, and Boys & Girls Club of Bowling Green Ky-war Memorial Unit Inc. Its grantmaking includes general support, annual impact grants, competitive grants, and donor-established fund activity. The active programs show recurring attention to community needs, women and children, education, health, human services, the arts, public recreation, beautification, and scholarships. The foundation operates as a public charity and community foundation, with grants that frequently support nonprofit capacity, lasting value, and measurable community benefit.

What Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Funds

Education appears across both school-related and student-support grants. Examples include $157,703 to College Heights Foundation in Bowling Green and $53,939 to Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. The foundation also awarded $51,889 to Wku College Heights Foundation Inc and $47,340 to Lifeworks at Wku, both in Bowling Green, indicating continued support for higher-education-related organizations. Health and human services are another visible theme. The Foundry Christian Community Center received $203,500 for general support, and United Way of Southern Kentucky received $95,200. In women and children’s programming, the Women’s Fund of South Central Kentucky’s annual grants are tied to Allen, Barren, and Butler counties and focus on projects serving women and girls or women and children. Arts and public recreation also appear through awards such as $83,333 to Aviation Heritage Park and $65,661 to Arts of Southern Kentucky.

How Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky Gives