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Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Louisville, Kentucky · EIN 474241732

Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Louisville, Kentucky. In tax year 2025 it gave $46,193 in 29 grants; the typical grant was $1,300 and the largest $6,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $36,375 the year before.

35% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$68,70037$1.3 million
2024$36,37524$1.5 million
2025$46,19329$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactRobert J Thieneman Family Foundatio
12488 Lagrange Road, Louisville, KY 40245
Phone or email(502) 491-4645
What to submitSee online grant application at https://rjthieneman.com/rj-thieneman-family-foundation/

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky24$39,093
Virginia1$3,000
North Carolina2$1,600
Georgia1$1,500
District of Columbia1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Kid's Cancer Alliance
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$6,000
ALS Association Kentucky Chapter
Arlington, VA
Grant - operations$3,000
Boys & Girls Haven
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$3,000
Ronald McDonald House
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$3,000
Family Scholar House
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,500
St Xavier High School
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,018
Habitat for Humanity Metro Louisviile
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,000
Healing Place
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,000
Home of the Innocents
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,000
Wayside Christian Mission
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,000
Wellspring
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$2,000
American Junior Golf Association
Braselton, GA
Grant - operations$1,500
Catholic Education Foundation
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,500
Cedar Lake Foundation
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,500
Lexington Catholic High School
Lexington, KY
Grant - operations$1,300
Virginia Chance School
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,025
Business Wisdom Leadership From Louisville Leaders
Charlotte, NC
Grant - operations$1,000
Family & Children's Place
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,000
J Graham Brown School PTSA
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Washington, DC
Grant - operations$1,000
St Vincent de Paul
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,000
Uk College of Medicine
Lexington, KY
Grant - operations$1,000
Youthbuild Louisville (Blueprint 502)
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$1,000
Building Industry Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
Grant - operations$600
Coalition for the Homeless
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$500
Harbor House of Louisville Inc
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$500
Operation Parent
Buckner, KY
Grant - operations$500
Twisted Pink
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$500
Persimmon Ridge Ladies Golf Association
Louisville, KY
Grant - operations$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc give?

$46,193 in tax year 2025, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $1,300.

Who runs Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Brian A Thieneman (Director/President), Robert J Thieneman Jr (Director/Vice President), Patricia Thieneman-Seitz (Director/Vice President) and Pamela J Davis (Director/Secretary) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Robert and Faye Thieneman Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and health.

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