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Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Lexington, Kentucky · EIN 311532433

Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Lexington, Kentucky. In tax year 2025 it gave $254,500 in 29 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $55,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $257,500 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$170,50024$5.2 million
2024$257,50031$5.4 million
2025$254,50029$6.0 million

How to apply

ContactMary B Venezie
831 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40503
Phone or email(859) 268-2701
What to submitThe application may be in the form of a letter, including detailed information about the organization and the purpose of the requested grant.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky26$230,500
New York2$20,000
Virginia1$4,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Harrodsburg, KY
Subsidy$55,000
Transylvania University
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$50,000
Kentucky Educational Television
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$17,500
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc
Saratoga Springs, NY
Subsidy$15,000
Triangle Foundation Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$15,000
Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farms
Georgetown, KY
Subsidy$10,000
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$10,000
Worldwide Hearts & Hands
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$7,500
Ashland Terraceold Ladies Home
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$7,000
God's Pantry
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$6,000
Christ Church Cathedral
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$5,000
Grayson Jockey Club
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$5,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$5,000
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$5,000
Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$5,000
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Saratoga Springs, NY
Subsidy$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Inc
Louisville, KY
Subsidy$4,000
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$4,000
Elk Hill
Goochland, VA
Subsidy$4,000
Meals on Wheels of Lexington Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$4,000
Boy Scouts of America
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$3,000
Radio Eye
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$3,000
Fayette Alliance Foundation
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$2,500
Bluegrass Trust
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$2,000
Carnegie Center for Literacy
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$1,000
Muhammad Ali Center
Louisville, KY
Subsidy$1,000
Race Track Chaplaincy of America
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$1,000
Secretariat Center Inc
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$1,000
Visually Impaired Preschool
Lexington, KY
Subsidy$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc give?

$254,500 in tax year 2025, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Edward S Barr (Director/President/Treasurer), Rodes Campbell (Director/Vice-President), Mary B Venezie (Director/Secretary) and Alex G Campbell III (Director).

What does Alex G Campbell Jr Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and food and hunger.

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