About University of Louisville Foundation
Advance academics at the University by providing financial support.
Focus Areas
Higher educationScholarshipsAcademic researchUniversity facilitiesHealth (UofL Health philanthropic support)
Funding Style
general operating supportcapacity buildingorganizational developmentfundraising/development support
Topics
operational supportadministrative expensesprogram developmentdevelopment/fundraising capacity
About University of Louisville Foundation
A defining feature of University of Louisville Foundation Inc is the scale of its support to the University of Louisville itself: three recent awards of $58,510,954 in 2025, $57,301,226 in 2024, and $45,549,057 in 2023 were all tagged for operational and development support. That pattern points to a funder built around advancing the university’s core academic and institutional capacity rather than dispersing many small grants. The foundation also supports U of L Health – Louisville Inc, with recent general support grants of $10,655,652 in 2023, $10,593,560 in 2024, and $7,315,150 in 2025. Across the record provided, the giving is concentrated in Louisville and tied to higher education, scholarships, academic research, university facilities, and health-related philanthropic support. Its stated purpose is to advance academics at the university by providing financial support, and the grant record shows that purpose translated into repeated, large-scale institutional awards.
What University of Louisville Foundation Funds
Higher education is the clearest thread in the recent grant record. University of Louisville received $58,510,954 in 2025 for operational and development support, following a $57,301,226 award in 2024 with the same purpose. The foundation also backs health-related institutional support through U of L Health – Louisville Inc, which received $10,655,652 in 2023 for general support. Academic research and university facilities appear in the stated focus areas, alongside scholarships, showing that the foundation’s priorities extend beyond a single line of programming. The available taxonomy also points to operational support, administrative expenses, program development, development and fundraising capacity, and infrastructure and systems strengthening as the kinds of support it provides.
How University of Louisville Foundation Gives
The grant-size distribution is very large: the p25 grant is $10,609,083, the median is $28,102,354, and the p75 is $54,363,184. Recent awards cluster around major institutional support rather than many small grants, and the same recipients appear across multiple years, indicating recurring support. The foundation’s structure reads as an institutional or university foundation, with general operating support, capacity building, organizational development, and fundraising/development support as its main modes. No application process is described in the data provided.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$65.8M
Total Assets
$1.2B
Total Revenue
$65.9M
Total Expenses
$75.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10.6M and $54.4M, with a median of $28.1M.
25th Percentile
$10.6M
Median
$28.1M
75th Percentile
$54.4M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in KY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KEITH SHERMAN
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