2023 WHAS Crusade for Children Grants

The WHAS Crusade for Children announces its grants for 2023 – 2024. 220 grants have been awarded totaling $6,232,176.70. That matches the tote board at the conclusion of the 70th annual WHAS Crusade for Children which took place on June 3 – 4, 2023.

Grant funds become available as the Crusade for Children begins a new fiscal year on September 1, 2023.

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2023-2024 GRANTS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

4 Leaf Friends $55,000.00

Adair County Board of Education $40,000.00
Allegro Dance Project $6,350.00
American National Red Cross $7,000.00
American Printing House for the Blind $5,000.00
Americana Community Center – Capital Request $30,000.00
Americana Community Center – Program Request $8,600.00
Anchorage Independent School District $28,000.00
Appalachian Regional Healthcare $14,000.00
Archdiocese of Louisville $40,000.00
Art Center of the Bluegrass $1,200.00
Arts for All Kentucky $8,600.00
Asbury University – Scholarships $22,000.00

Baptist Health Foundation – Greater Louisville $250,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation – Hardin $183,477.94
Baptist Health Foundation – Madisonville $10,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation – Paducah $25,500.00
Bardstown Independent Schools $27,000.00
Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center $7,000.00
Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center $15,000.00
Bellarmine University – Scholarships $22,000.00
Bellarmine University – Kids on the Move $70,000.00
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest $16,000.00
Best Buddies International $5,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana $16,000.00
Bluegrass Center for Autism $30,000.00
Borden-Henryville Schools $16,000.00
Boy Scouts of America – Lincoln Heritage Council $13,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana $8,600.00
Breckinridge County Board of Education $35,000.00
Bullitt County Public Schools $45,000.00

Camp Tessa $9,000.00
Campbellsville Independent Schools $15,000.00
Carriage House Educational Services $60,000.00
CASA at Woodlawn (of the Bluegrass) $5,500.00
CASA of Calloway and Marshall Counties $6,000.00
CASA of Lexington $15,000.00
CASA of Nelson County – NELCASA $10,000.00
CASA of South Central Kentucky $8,000.00
CASA of the Heartland $10,000.00
CASA of the River Region $25,000.00
Cerebral Palsy KIDS Center Pediatric Therapies $16,000.00
Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass $2,000.00
Childrens Hospital Foundation – Nortons Neurosurgery $686,500.00
Christian Academy: Providence School $21,000.00
Clark County Youth Shelter And Family Services $12,000.00
Cloverport Independent School District $35,000.00
Commonwealth Health Foundation – Med Center $5,000.00
Commonwealth Theatre Center $8,000.00
Community Action of Southern Indiana $20,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group – Autism $30,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group – Hosp Neonatal POCUS $55,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group-Pediatric Nutrition Services $60,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group – Child Development Ctr. $35,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group – Pediatric Cardiology $23,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Medical Group – Urology $50,000.00
Council on Developmental Disabilities $7,000.00
Critically Loved $7,500.00

Deaf Youth Sports Festival $15,000.00
Decode Project $15,000.00
DELTA Foundation $3,000.00
Dorman Preschool Center $21,000.00
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky $8,000.00
Down Syndrome of Louisville $25,000.00
Down Syndrome of South Central Kentucky – The Buddy House $14,500.00
Dreams With Wings, Inc. $8,000.00
Dyslexia Association of The Pennyrile $3,600.00

Easter Seals Cardinal Hill $4,000.00
Easter Seals West Kentucky $3,000.00
Eastern Kentucky University – Assistive Technology $15,350.00
Eastern Kentucky University – Developmental Disabilities Clinic $3,000.00
Eastern Kentucky University – Special Ed Scholarships $23,000.00
Eminence Independent School $22,000.00
Englishton Park Children’s Summer Camp Program $5,500.00
Exploited Children’s Help Organization $8,500.00

Family & Children’s Place $31,000.00
Family Ark $20,000.00
Family Enrichment Center $7,000.00
Family Scholar House $15,000.00
Father Maloney’s Boys & Girls Haven $74,000.00
FEAT of Louisville $14,000.00
Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation $38,000.00
Floyd Memorial Foundation $50,000.00
Francis Parker School of Louisville $11,000.00
Franklin County Schools $20,000.00
Friends of Open Door Youth Services $13,000.00
Friends School $35,000.00
Fund for The Arts $8,000.00

Gateway Children’s Services $5,000.00
Gateway Community Action $2,000.00
Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana $12,000.00
Grayson County Schools $18,000.00
Greater Clark County Schools $23,000.00
Greater Louisville Rowing Foundation $2,500.00
Green County Board of Education $17,500.00
Green Hill Therapy $23,000.00
Green River Area Down Syndrome Association $3,000.00
Green River Regional Education Cooperative $6,000.00

Hancock County Public Schools $15,000.00
Harbor House of Louisville $100,000.00
Hardin County Schools Special Education Department $27,473.36
Harrison County Exceptional Learners Cooperative $17,000.00
Hart County Board of Education $16,450.00
Henry County Public Schools $45,000.00
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy $27,000.00
Hindman Settlement School $12,000.00
Home of the Innocents $112,000.00
Hosparus Health – Capital Grant $45,000.00
Hosparus Health – Program Grant $40,000.00
Hospice – Bluegrass Care Navigators $9,000.00

I Would Rather Be Reading $9,500.00

Jefferson County Public Schools – Early Childhood $5,500.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Occupational and Physical Therapy $80,000.00
Jeffersonville Township Public Library $1,200.00
Jessamine County Schools $5,000.00
Jewish Community of Louisville – Capital Grant $35,000.00
Jewish Community of Louisville – Program Grant $15,000.00
Johnson County Schools $20,000.00
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana $4,000.00

Kendyl And Friends Foundation $12,000.00
Kentuckiana Children’s Center $9,000.00
Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation $6,200.00
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation $16,000.00
Kentucky School for The Deaf $7,000.00
Kentucky Shakespeare $2,500.00
Kids Cancer Alliance – Indian Summer Camp $10,000.00

Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency $3,689.30
LaRue County Public Schools $4,000.00
Lexington Hearing And Speech Center $10,000.00
LifeSpring Health Systems $2,750.00
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg $8,250.00

Madison Area Educational Special Services Unit $7,000.00
Madison Consolidated Schools $35,000.00
Make-A-Wish $5,000.00
Marty’s Orchid House $20,000.00
Maryhurst $30,000.00
McCracken County Public Schools $17,889.95
Meade County Public Schools $30,000.00
Mercer County Schools $15,000.00
Meredith-Dunn School $17,000.00
Miracle Dancer Scholarship Foundation $10,500.00
Miracle League of Louisville $7,000.00
Mission Hope for Kids $4,500.00
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center $15,000.00

Nativity Academy at St Boniface $25,000.00
Nelson County Schools $35,000.00
New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding $10,000.00
Northern Kentucky Childrens Law Center $13,000.00
Northern Kentucky Cooperation for Special Education $5,723.93

Oldham County Board of Education $43,000.00
Olmsted Parks Conservancy $14,000.00
Options Unlimited $20,000.00
Owensboro Dance Theatre $12,000.00
Owensboro Health Foundation $28,800.00

Paoli Community School – Throop Elementary School $17,500.00
Paws With Purpose $20,000.00
Personal Counseling Service $23,000.00
Pikeville Medical Center $50,000.00
Pitt Academy $10,000.00
Project Camp – The Center for Courageous Kids $50,000.00
Project L.E.A.R.N $9,720.00
Pulaski County Board of Education $12,000.00
Puzzle Pieces $41,000.00

Rauch, Inc. $14,000.00
Reach Services $5,000.00
Riley Children’s Foundation $7,000.00
Rockcastle County Hospital $19,683.00

Saint Joseph Berea Hospital Foundation $35,000.00
Saint Joseph London Foundation $40,000.00
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation $8,000.00
Seven Counties Services $150,000.00
Shelby County Public Schools $80,000.00
Silver Creek School $18,000.00
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville $15,000.00
South Central Area Special Education Cooperative $22,000.00
South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block $9,000.00
Spalding University – Enabling Technologies $8,000.00
Special Olympics Kentucky $11,000.00
Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth of Kentucky $3,000.00
Spencer County Public Schools $40,000.00
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky – Kosair Charities $15,000.00
Springs Valley School $12,000.00
Sproutlings Pediatric Day Care & Preschool $12,000.00
St. Joseph Children’s Home – Capital $80,000.00
St. Joseph Children’s Home – Program $25,000.00
Stage One The Louisville Childrens Theatre $8,500.00
Summit Academy of Greater Louisville $7,500.00
Sunrise Children’s Services $20,000.00

T. J. Samson Community Hospital – Discovery Academy $120,000.00
Taylor County Board of Education $35,000.00
The Academy at River Ridge $15,000.00
The de Paul School $25,000.00
The Morton Center $21,000.00
The Point Arc of Northern Kentucky $14,000.00
The REATH Center $6,000.00
Todd County Schools $12,000.00
Trustees of Indiana University – Scholarships $9,000.00

University of Kentucky – Story Templates $7,000.00
University of Louisville – Special Education Scholarships $24,000.00
University of Louisville – Center for Women & Infants $311,500.00
University of Louisville – Dental Health $15,000.00
University of Louisville – Music Therapy Clinic $25,750.00
University of Louisville – Peace Hospital $40,000.00

Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Indiana $42,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Lexington $50,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Louisville $90,000.00
Volunteers of America Mid-States $30,000.00

Washington County Schools $8,000.00
Wendell Fosters Campus for Developmental Disabilities $20,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Camp Collab $4,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Kelly Autism Program $40,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Renshaw Early Childhood Center $29,500.00
Western Kentucky University – Special Education Scholarships $24,600.00
Whitley County Board of Education $3,362.45
Wilderness Trace Child Development Center $10,000.00
Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East $125,000.00
Woodford County Public Schools $9,000.00

YMCA Childcare Services/Safe Place Services $52,356.77
Youth Ethics And Skills Center $10,000.00
Youth Link Southern Indiana $11,000.00

TOTAL $6,232,176.70