C E and S Foundation
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About C E and S Foundation
C E AND S FOUNDATION INC concentrates its giving through very large, strategic transfers to other foundations and a small set of mission partners, with a clear focus on local Louisville community initiatives and scholarships. The foundation funds intermediary entities (other family foundations and the community foundation) as well as direct support for scholarship programs and community safety/healing work, suggesting it acts as a principal funder and fiscal hub rather than a broad grantmaker.
Focus Areas
Transfers to affiliated family foundations (estate planning / sub‑foundation funding)K‑12 and college scholarship programs in Louisville (Evolve502 Scholars, scholarship endowments)Community safety and healing initiatives administered via Community Foundation of LouisvilleSelective support for higher‑education projects (scholarships and field projects at liberal arts colleges)
Who They Fund
children and youth (early childhood through adolescents)families experiencing instability or in need of self-sufficiency supportsfirst-generation and low-income postsecondary students
About C E and S Foundation
C E and S Foundation Inc often shows up as a principal backer rather than a broad scattershot grantmaker: its largest recent transfers went to Crescent Hill Family Foundation and Fultum Foundation, both in Louisville. That pattern sits alongside a recurring commitment to Evolve502 Scholars, which received $1,000,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation’s giving also reaches beyond Louisville through selective higher-education support, including grants to Bates College and Middlebury College for scholarships and field or language-school projects. Across the recent grant list, the organization combines sizable intermediary transfers with direct support for scholarships, early learning, family stability, and community safety and healing. It funds mission partners that work at different points along the education pathway, from early childhood and out-of-school time to postsecondary access and completion. Recent support for Jewish Family and Career Services, the Community Foundation of Louisville, and Louisville-based youth and family organizations suggests a relationship-driven approach built around a small set of trusted institutions and program priorities.
What C E and S Foundation Funds
In family stability work, C E and S Foundation Inc awarded $280,000 in 2024 and $260,000 in 2025 to Jewish Family and Career Services for the Family & Household Stability Collaborative and career services for refugees and immigrants, following a $232,000 grant in 2023 for the same work. In early learning, the foundation gave $203,000 in 2024 to YMCA of Greater Louisville for the Early Learning Readiness Program and the Chestnut Street Family YMCA Black Achievers program, then $185,000 in 2025 for YMCA early learning readiness and Black Achievers. Social-emotional and youth-development work appears in grants such as $125,000 to Maryhurst for an out-of-school time behavioral health pilot and $128,000 to Kentucky Youth Advocates for Building Resilient Families and Bloom Kentucky. It also supported capacity-building efforts, including $129,500 to Play Cousins Collective for strengthening foundations and consulting with Sagebird.
How C E and S Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster around a $10,000 p25, $30,000 median, and $71,325 p75, but the recent grants list also includes several seven-figure scholarships and very large transfers to affiliated foundations. The pattern is more relationship-based than one-off: Evolve502 Scholars appears in three straight years, Jewish Family and Career Services appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Neighborhood House received multiple grants across 2023-2025. The foundation appears to operate as a family foundation with affiliated entities and a small circle of trusted partners, and it accepts unsolicited proposals only in one general grantmaking stream while most program-specific efforts do not accept them.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.7M
Total Assets
$77.3M
Total Revenue
$3.7M
Total Expenses
$4.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $71K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$71K
Geographic Reach
Regional16 states funded
About 65% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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