About Humana Foundation
Humana Foundation makes a small number of very large, strategic grants focused on civic and community investments rather than many small donations. Recent giving includes a major multi-grant commitment to a single top recipient (details in the attached statement), a large national civic project (Trust for the National Mall), substantial support for a local university community partnership in Louisville, and funding for employee matching/volunteer programs. The mix suggests priorities in place-making, community-university partnerships in its home city, and supporting employee philanthropy infrastructure.
Focus Areas
Large-scale civic space projects and national public landmarks (e.g., Trust for the National Mall)University-community partnership investments in Louisville (University of Louisville Community Partners Program)Major strategic/theme-based grants to a single flagship grantee (recipient of two large grants totaling ~$29.3M)Employee matching gift programs and volunteer award infrastructure (through American Online Giving Foundation)
Who They Fund
communities affected by natural disasters (Hurricane Ian/Fiona, Eastern Kentucky floods)local community-based nonprofits and partners
About Humana Foundation
A single recipient accounts for the largest recent commitments, with two attached-statement grants in 2024 and 2025 totaling more than $29 million. That pattern fits Humana Foundation Inc’s broader approach: a small number of strategically sized awards rather than a wide spread of minor gifts. Recent support also includes a $7 million payment to Trust for the National Mall, a $3.654 million Community Partners Program grant to University of Louisville Foundation Inc, and $1.851 million for matching gifts and volunteer awards through American Online Giving Foundation Inc. The foundation’s portfolio reaches across civic space, local partnerships, disaster relief, scholarships, and health-related community work. Louisville appears repeatedly in its recent awards, but the giving is not limited to one city; the list also includes national organizations, regional community foundations, and emergency-response intermediaries. Across the active programs, the foundation shows a mix of open grant cycles, invitation-only health equity funding, scholarship support for employees’ children, and disaster philanthropy tied to immediate relief and longer recovery. Its recent record suggests a funder that combines large strategic commitments with targeted community and disaster investments.
What Humana Foundation Funds
Humana Foundation Inc supports several distinct lines of work. In public space and civic place-making, it gave $7 million to Trust for the National Mall for the Year One Payment, linking the foundation to a national landmark project. In Louisville community partnership work, it awarded $3.654 million to University of Louisville Foundation Inc for the Community Partners Program Grant, and also gave $150,000 to Community Foundation of Louisville for the same program. Disaster response is another clear theme: it gave $300,000 to Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc for Hurricane Ian Relief Efforts and $250,000 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky Dba Fayette County Clerk for Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Efforts. Education and youth support also appear through $696,000 to Scholarship America Inc for Scholarship Awards.
How Humana Foundation Gives
The recent grants show a high-dollar distribution: p25 is $17,500, the median is $100,000, and p75 is $250,000. That spread points to a strategy built around mid- to large-size awards, with some very large outliers. The foundation also shows recurrence: Community Foundation of Louisville, Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc, and the Community Partners Program appear more than once in the recent grants list. Humana Foundation Inc is a regular funder and, in the active programs list, accepts unsolicited applications in several cycles, including the Humana Foundation Grant Cycles, Connected Healthy Lives, Disaster Philanthropy, and the scholarship program. It also runs an invitation-only Health Equity Innovation Fund.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$19.4M
Total Assets
$393.3M
Total Revenue
$16.2M
Total Expenses
$19.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $18K and $250K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$18K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
National12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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