Grant Ready Kentucky

Grant Ready Kentucky is a charitable program fiscally sponsored by Blue Grass Community Foundation. We serve the entire state of Kentucky, with a headquarters in Lexington, KY. We are a collective of grant and nonprofit professionals, accountants, designers, policy advocates, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs helping Kentucky’s nonprofits get "Grant Ready".

Our organization was created in response to a crisis of opportunity: over the next five years, billions of dollars in federal stimulus and competitive grant funding will be made available for communities around the country. Kentucky could be transformed by this once-in-a-generation investment. Yet, studies consistently show that economically distressed communities are the least likely to apply for and receive funding. Why? Grants are complex. Opportunities are fragmented and confusing, applications can involve hundreds of pages of technical writing, and cost-share requirements leave small nonprofits struggling to raise the match dollars necessary to compete.