2022 WHAS Crusade for Children Grants

The WHAS Crusade for Children announces its grants for 2022 – 2023. 216 grants have been awarded totaling $5,133,684.69. That matches the tote board at the conclusion of the 69th annual WHAS Crusade for Children which took place on June 4 – 5, 2022.

Grant funds become available as the Crusade for Children begins a new fiscal year on September 1, 2022.


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2022-2023 GRANTS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

4 Leaf Friends $30,000.00

Adair County Board of Education $33,807.00
Allegro Dance Project $5,500.00
American Printing House for the Blind $5,000.00
Americana Community Center $8,000.00
Anchorage Independent School District $20,000.00
Appalachian Regional Healthcare $7,000.00
Arc of the Greater Louisville Area $7,500.00
Archdiocese of Louisville $40,000.00
Art Center of the Bluegrass $2,000.00
Arts for All Kentucky $7,500.00
Asbury University $21,100.00

Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville $125,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Hardin $85,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Madisonville $9,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Paducah $17,000.00
Bardstown Independent Schools $25,000.00
Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center $3,000.00
Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center $11,500.00
Bellarmine University – Kids on the Move $70,000.00
Bellarmine University – Scholarships $15,700.00
Berea Independent School District $8,500.00
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest $20,000.00
Best Buddies International $6,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana $16,000.00
Bluegrass Center For Autism $29,000.00
Boy Scouts of America – Lincoln Heritage Council $5,825.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana $6,300.00
Breckinridge County Board of Education $30,040.00
Bullitt County Public Schools $41,831.00
Burgin Board of Education $17,500.00

Camp Tessa $6,000.00
Campbellsville Independent Schools $14,000.00
CASA at Woodlawn (of the Bluegrass) $6,000.00
CASA of Calloway and Marshall Counties (by the Lakes) $6,000.00
CASA of Lexington $15,000.00
CASA of the Heartland $10,500.00
CASA of the River Region $15,000.00
CASA Program for Bullitt County $16,000.00
Cerebral Palsy KIDS Center $15,000.00
Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass $3,000.00
Childplace $16,000.00
Childrens Hospital Foundation – Norton Children’s Hospital $550,000.00
Clark County Youth Shelter and Family Services $12,000.00
Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club $3,000.00
Cloverport Independent School District $63,000.00
Commonwealth Health – Med Center Health Foundation $7,800.00
Commonwealth Theatre Center $7,500.00
Community Action of Southern Indiana $19,000.00
Community Medical Associates
Norton’s Children – Learning & Attention Disorders Clinic $21,000.00
Community Medical Associates
Norton Children’s – Autism Program $45,000.00
Community Medical Associates
Norton Children’s – Pediatric Emergency Medicine $3,500.00
Community Medical Associates
Norton Children’s – Pediatric Nutrition Program $45,000.00
Community Medical Associates
Norton Children’s – Transnasal Endoscopy $90,000.00
Council on Developmental Disabilities $4,000.00
Critically Loved $7,000.00
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $4,000.00

Deaf Youth Sports Festival $15,000.00
Dorman Preschool Center $20,000.00
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky $7,000.00
Down Syndrome of Louisville $21,000.00
Down Syndrome of South Central Kentucky $7,500.00
Dreams With Wings $7,000.00
Dyslexia Association of The Pennyrile $3,500.00

Easter Seals Cardinal Hill – Capital Grant $50,000.00
Easter Seals Cardinal Hill – Program $3,110.64
Eastern Kentucky University – Assistive Technology Project $12,000.00
Eastern Kentucky University – Scholarships $19,600.00
Eastern Kentucky University – Social Skills Groups $4,000.00
Eminence Indpendent School $24,000.00
Englishton Park Children’s Summer Camp Program $5,500.00
Exploited Childrens Help Organization of Greater Louisville $7,500.00

Family & Children’s Place $27,000.00
Family Ark $15,000.00
Family Enrichment Center $6,875.00
Family Scholar House $15,000.00
Father Maloneys Boys & Girls Haven $70,000.00
Feat of Louisville $13,500.00
Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation $35,000.00
Floyd Memorial Foundation $42,000.00
Franklin County Schools $21,000.00
Friends School $20,000.00
Fund For the Arts $8,000.00

Gateway Children’s Services $1,965.04
Gateway Community Action $2,000.00
Gildas Club Louisville $5,000.00
Grayson County Schools $10,000.00
Greater Clark County Schools $20,000.00
Green County Board of Education $7,056.96
Green Hill Therapy $23,000.00
Green River Area Down Syndrome Association $10,000.00
Green River Regional Education Cooperative $6,000.00

Hancock County Public Schools $5,000.00
Harbor House of Louisville $25,000.00
Hardin County Schools Special Education Department $50,000.00
Harrison County Exceptional Learners Cooperative $12,000.00
Henry County Public Schools $30,000.00
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy $25,000.00
Home of The Innocents $103,000.00
Hosparus Health $40,000.00
Hospice of The Bluegrass -Bluegrass Care Navigators $8,000.00

I Would Rather Be Reading $6,500.00

Jefferson County Public Schools – Assistive Technology $64,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Autism Program $7,500.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Communication Disorders $15,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Deaf and Hard of Hearing $40,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Moderate to Severe Disabilities $65,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Psychological Services $4,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Visually Impaired $27,500.00
Jeffersonville Township Public Library $2,500.00
Jennings County School Corporation $7,000.00
Jessamine County Schools $5,000.00
Jewish Community of Louisville – Capital Request $55,000.00
Jewish Community of Louisville – Programmatic Support $9,000.00
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana $2,650.00
Justin King Foundation $3,000.00

Kendyl and Friends Foundation $12,000.00
Kentuckiana Children’s Center $10,000.00
Kentucky Center For Special Childrens Services – Carriage House $50,000.00
Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation $6,124.00
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation $16,000.00
Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation $10,000.00
Kids Cancer Alliance – Indian Summer Camp $10,000.00
Kore Academy $5,000.00

Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency $6,500.00
LaRue County Public Schools $3,000.00
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center $6,000.00
LifeSpring Health Systems $2,691.15
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg $3,500.00
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary $6,000.00

Madison Area Educational Special Services Unit $5,796.66
Madison Consolidated Schools $37,500.00
Marion County Board of Education $30,000.00
Maryhurst $27,378.00
Meade County Public Schools $25,000.00
Meredith-Dunn Learning Center $20,000.00
Miracle Dancer Scholarship Foundation $10,500.00
Miracle League of Louisville $25,000.00
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center $10,000.00

Nativity Academy At St Boniface $25,000.00
NELCASA – CASA of Nelson County $13,080.00
Nelson County Schools $20,000.00
New Albany Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation $14,500.00
New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding $10,000.00
Northern Kentucky Cooperative For Educational Services $4,956.20

Oldham County Board of Education $65,000.00
Orange County Rehab and Dev. Services – First Chance Center $20,500.00
Outside The Box Therapy $2,000.00
Owen County School District $2,600.00
Owensboro Dance Theater $11,000.00
Owensboro Health Foundation $15,000.00

Paoli Community School Corporation-Throop Elementary School $60,000.00
Paws With Purpose $18,000.00
Personal Counseling Service $21,000.00
Pitt Academy $10,000.00
Project Camp – The Center for Courageous Kids $37,500.00
Project L.E.A.R.N. $5,000.00
Providence House Family Preservation Program $10,000.00
Puzzle Pieces $21,000.00

Rachels Fun For Everyone Project $15,000.00
Rauch $13,500.00
Riley Children’s Foundation $6,000.00
Rockcastle County Hospital $18,500.00

SAFY of Kentucky $3,000.00
Saint Joseph – The Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East $100,000.00
Saint Joseph Berea Hospital Foundation $12,000.00
Saint Joseph London Foundation $21,000.00
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation $40,000.00
Seven Counties Services – Capital Grant $25,000.00
Seven Counties Services – Program $126,000.00
Shelby County Public Schools $74,000.00
Silver Creek School Corporation $17,000.00
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville $15,000.00
South Central Area Special Education Cooperative $15,500.00
South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block $3,950.00
Spalding University $7,184.00
Special Olympics Kentucky $15,000.00
Spencer County Public Schools $30,000.00
Springs Valley School Corporation $12,200.00
Sproutlings Pediatric Day Care & Preschool $4,189.50
St Francis High School $8,473.00
St Joseph Childrens Home – Annual Fund $30,000.00
St Joseph Childrens Home – Capital Campaign $80,000.00
Stage One The Louisville Childrens Theatre $7,000.00
Summit Academy of Greater Louisville . $10,000.00
Sunrise Childrens Services $12,000.00

T J Samson Community Hospital $50,000.00
Taylor County Board of Education $35,000.00
The de Paul School $11,000.00
The Morton Center $21,000.00
The Point Arc of Northern Kentucky $11,000.00
The REATH Center $8,000.00
Trustees of Indiana University $8,974.00

University of Kentucky – Adapted Toy Lending Library $5,300.00
University of Kentucky – Children’s Hospital Canine Program $4,800.00
University of Louisville – Hospital Ctr for Women & Infants $130,000.00
University of Louisville – Music Therapy Clinic $18,000.00
University of Louisville – Psychological Services (ADHD) $28,000.00
University of Louisville – Special Education Scholarships $17,700.00
University of Louisville – UofL Peace Hospital $30,000.00

Vincennes Community School Corporation $8,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschoolers – Indiana $42,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschoolers – Lexington $46,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschoolers – Louisville $85,000.00
Volunteers of America Mid-States $35,000.00

Wendell Fosters Campus For Developmental Disabilities $15,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Camp COLLAB $4,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Kelly Autism Program (KAP) $22,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Renshaw Early Childhood Center $35,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Scholarships $19,600.00
Whitley County Board of Education $5,000.00
Wilderness Trace Child Development Center Corporation $8,500.00
Woodford County Public Schools $5,000.00

YMCA Childcare Services/Safe Place Services /Camp Piomingo $50,000.00
Youth Ethics and Skills Center $7,500.00
Youth Link Southern Indiana $11,027.54

TOTAL GRANT AWARDS: $5,133,684.69