Community Development Grants in Kentucky

Top community development grants in Kentucky right now

• Rural Community Hubs for Chronic Care Innovation Grant Program

  Up to $3.5Mopen

  The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking applications from organizations to serve as Rural Community Hub Lead Organizations for the Rural Comm...

• Geospatial Technology Consortium of Community Colleges (GTC3)

  Up to $3.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is atta...

• Scholarships for STEM Success: Building Community and Advancing Transfer from a Two-Year College

  Up to $1.9MDeadline: Dec 31, 2031open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• Kentucky Women's Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network - Phase II

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Overdose deaths among women rose nearly 500% in the past two decades, a rate considerably higher than men. Yet, overdose prevention approaches that ta...

• Conference: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: FA2: Capacity and Community for Research-Emerging Institutions with Large Computing Programs

  Up to $300KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Northern Kentucky University in collaboration with the Computing Research Association, Texas State University, and Kennesaw State University will enga...

• Conference: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: FA2: Capacity and Community for Community Colleges

  Up to $294KDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  Bluegrass Community and Technical College in collaboration with the Computing Research Association, El Paso Community College, and Northeastern Univer...

• HDA Home Repair Program

  Housing Development AllianceUp to $15Kopen

  HDA Home Repair Program is a grant program from the Housing Development Alliance that provides affordable, essential home repairs for income-eligible ...

  community_developmentrural_developmenthome repairlow-incomehousing assistance

• Regular Down Payment Assistance (DAP) Program

  Kentucky Housing CorporationUp to $13Kopen

  Regular Down Payment Assistance (DAP) Program is a loan program from the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) that funds down payment and closing costs ...

  community_developmenteconomic_developmentdown payment assistancehomeownershiphousing

• The Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky

  National Trust for Historic PreservationUp to $10Kopen

  The Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Preservation Fund for Kentucky is a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation that funds the preservatio...

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• Artist Enrichment (AE) Grant

  Kentucky Foundation for WomenUp to $8KDeadline: Aug 31, 2026open

  Artist Enrichment (AE) Grant is a program from the Kentucky Foundation for Women that funds feminist artists and arts organizations in Kentucky to fur...

  visual_artsarts_educationsocial_sciencefeminist artsocial justice

• Express Grants

  South ArtsUp to $3Kopen

  Express Grants is sponsored by South Arts. These grants support rural organizations and communities in the South Arts' nine-state region with expedite...

  artsruralcommunity_developmentcultural_preservationtouring artists

• Kentucky Humanities Minigrants

  Kentucky HumanitiesUp to $3Kopen

  Kentucky Humanities Minigrants is sponsored by Kentucky Humanities. These minigrants support public humanities programming throughout Kentucky. Projec...

  cultural_preservationpublic_artarts_educationliterary_artshumanities

• Kentucky State Parks Foundation Education Fund - Inside Out Education Field Trip Program

  Kentucky State Parks Foundation at Blue Grass Community FoundationUp to $2Kopen

  Kentucky State Parks Foundation Education Fund - Inside Out Education Field Trip Program is sponsored by Kentucky State Parks Foundation at Blue Grass...

  k12_educationenvironmental_educationcommunity_developmentfield tripsstudent learning

• 2026 Well-Being Mini-Grant Program

  Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church (TWKUMC)Up to $500open

  2026 Well-Being Mini-Grant Program is sponsored by Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church (TWKUMC). This opportunity sup...

  mental_healthcommunity_developmentyouth_developmentwell-beingclergy support

• LG&E and KU Community Grants

  LG&E and KU FoundationDeadline: Oct 1, 2026open

  LG&E and KU Community Grants is sponsored by LG&E and KU Foundation. LG&E and KU Community Grants fund nonprofits and organizations improving the qual...

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• Good Works Program

  The Honorable Order of Kentucky ColonelsDeadline: Dec 1, 2026open

  Good Works Program is sponsored by The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Provides grants to Kentucky nonprofits in areas including arts, culture, ...

  arts_educationcommunity_developmenthealth_disparitieseducation_researchkentucky nonprofits

• The NiSource Charitable Foundation Community Grants

  NiSource Charitable Foundationopen

  The NiSource Charitable Foundation Community Grants is a grant from NiSource Charitable Foundation that NiSource Charitable Foundation - NiSource NiSo...

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• Old National Bank Foundation Grants (Affordable Housing, Workforce Development, Economic Development, Financial Empowerment)

  Old National Bank Foundationopen

  Old National Bank Foundation Grants (Affordable Housing, Workforce Development, Economic Development, Financial Empowerment) is sponsored by Old Natio...

  affordable_housingworkforce_developmenteconomic_developmentaffordable housingworkforce training

• Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants (2025)

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)open

  Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants (2025) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These grants help c...

  brownfieldscommunity_developmentenvironmental_justiceland_conservationbrownfield cleanup

• Arts Access Assistance (AAA)

  Kentucky Arts Councilopen

  Arts Access Assistance (AAA) is sponsored by Kentucky Arts Council. Supports arts programming for underserved populations based on a specific, timely ...

  visual_artsarts_educationcultural_preservationarts programmingunderserved populations

What counts as a community development grant in Kentucky

We surface opportunities matching community development-related keywords whose geography includes Kentucky (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving Kentucky-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in Kentucky where program names vary by region.

Where Kentucky community development grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to Kentucky-based organizations and thematically aligned with community development.
• Kentucky state portal — state-administered community development programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in Kentucky for community development work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund community development work in Kentucky.