2024 WHAS Crusade for Children Grants

The WHAS Crusade for Children announced its grants for 2024 – 2025. Agencies, schools and hospitals dedicated to serving children with special needs in Kentucky and Southern Indiana received great news from the WHAS Crusade for Children. Just weeks following the 71^st WHAS Crusade for Children telethon, 100% of the $5,700,525.71 collected was awarded in the form of 231 grants to continue to make life better for children facing challenges and learning differences related to physical, medical, mental and emotional needs and well-being.

Grant funds become available as the Crusade for Children begins a new fiscal year on September 1, 2024.

Click here to learn more about the WHAS Crusade for Children grant process.

Click here to view a complete list of all the groups that made donations during the 71st WHAS Crusade for Children.

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2024-2025 GRANTS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

A Chance to Dance $4,000.00
Adair County Board of Education $37,500.00
Allegro Dance Project $7,000.00
American Printing House for the Blind $6,000.00
Americana Community Center – Capital $25,000.00
Americana Community Center – Program $9,000.00
Anchorage Independent School District $26,000.00
Anderson County Schools $20,000.00
Appalachian Regional Healthcare $13,369.70
Archdiocese of Louisville Schools $51,000.00
Art Center of the Bluegrass $8,000.00
Arts for All Kentucky $8,000.00
Asbury University $18,000.00

Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville $280,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Hardin $103,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Madisonville $12,000.00
Baptist Health Foundation Paducah $15,000.00
Baptist Healthcare Foundation Floyd Memorial $90,000.00
Bardstown Independent Schools $28,000.00
Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center $3,000.00
Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center $16,000.00
Bellarmine University Kids on the Move $62,000.00
Bellarmine University Scholarships $18,000.00
Berea Independent School District $20,000.00
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest $15,000.00
Best Buddies International Inc. $7,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana $13,000.00
Bluegrass Care Navigators $6,500.00
Bluegrass Center for Autism Inc. $30,000.00
Borden-Henryville School Corporation $14,500.00
Boy Scouts of America/Lincoln Heritage Council $10,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs $7,000.00
Breckinridge County Board of Education $35,000.00
Bullitt County Public Schools $50,000.00
Burgin Board of Education $15,000.00

Camp Tessa $6,000.00
Campbellsville Independent Schools $18,000.00
CASA at Woodlawn Inc. (of the Bluegrass) $4,500.00
CASA of Calloway and Marshall Counties Inc (by the Lakes) $6,500.00
CASA of Floyd County $12,000.00
CASA of Lexington $15,000.00
CASA of South Central Kentucky $9,000.00
CASA of the Heartland Inc. $12,000.00
CASA of the River Region $16,000.00
Cerebral Palsy KIDS Center $30,000.00
Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass $3,100.00
Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky $20,000.00
Children’s Hospital Foundation/Norton Children’s Hospital $414,000.00
Clark County KY Board of Education $15,000.00
Clark County Youth Shelter and Family Services $15,000.00
Cloverport Independent School District $20,500.00
Commonwealth Health Foundation/Med Center $19,000.00
Commonwealth Theatre Center Inc. $8,000.00
Community Action of Southern Indiana $17,250.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Autism $26,500.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Laser $45,000.00
Community Medical Associates – Norton Children’s Oncology $60,000.00
Council on Developmental Disabilities $8,000.00
Critically Loved $10,000.00

Deaf Youth Sports Festival $20,000.00
DELTA Foundation Inc. $4,300.00
Dorman Preschool Center $18,000.00
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky $10,000.00
Down Syndrome of Louisville $24,500.00
Down Syndrome Support Group of South Central Kentucky $16,000.00
Dreams With Wings, Inc. $8,000.00
Duchenne Research Education & Miracle Foundation $80,000.00

Easter Seals West Kentucky $3,000.00
Eastern Kentucky University Scholarships $22,000.00
Eastern KY University – Developmental Disabilities Group $4,000.00
Eminence Independent School $26,000.00
Englishton Park Children’s Summer Camp Program $5,500.00

Family & Children’s Place $30,000.00
Family Ark $19,000.00
Family Enrichment Center $9,000.00
Family Scholar House $14,000.00
Father Maloney’s Boys & Girls Haven $71,000.00
FEAT of Louisville $15,000.00
Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation $32,000.00
Francis Parker School of Louisville $8,000.00
Franklin County Schools $20,000.00
Friends of Open Door Youth Services $5,000.00
Friends School $17,500.00
Fund for the Arts $8,000.00

Gateway Children’s Services $4,000.00
Gateway Community Services $3,000.00
Gildas Club Louisville $11,500.00
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana $40,000.00
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council $3,000.00
Grayson County Schools $14,000.00
Greater Clark County Schools $20,000.00
Greater Louisville Rowing Foundation $1,350.00
Green County Board of Education $18,000.00
Green Hill Therapy $23,000.00
Green River Regional Education Cooperative $10,000.00

Hancock County Public Schools $12,000.00
Harbor House of Louisville – Capital $35,000.00
Harbor House of Louisville – Program $8,000.00
Hardin County Schools Special Education Department $30,000.00
Harrison County Exceptional Learners Cooperative $18,000.00
Harrison County Hospital $16,483.98
Hart County Board of Education $4,925.00
Henderson County Schools $7,747.56
Henry County Public Schools $37,000.00
Heuser Hearing & Language Academy $30,000.00
Hindman Settlement School $14,000.00
Home of the Innocents – Capital $262,500.00
Home of the Innocents – Program $75,000.00
Hosparus Health $40,000.00

I Would Rather Be Reading $10,000.00

James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association $7,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Assistive Technology $22,500.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Autism $60,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – Deaf & Hard of Hearing $22,000.00
Jefferson County Public Schools – OT/PT Adaptive Sports $7,800.00
Jeffersonville Township Public Library $10,000.00
Jennings County School Corporation $10,000.00
Jessamine County Schools $6,000.00
Jewish Community of Louisville $15,000.00
Johnson County Schools $20,000.00
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana $4,000.00

Kentucky Dance Council – Louisville Ballet $10,000.00
Kentucky Easter Seal Society – Postural Support $1,800.00
Kentucky Easter Seal Society – Vector Elite Gait $19,000.00
Kentucky Educational Development Corporation $13,000.00
Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation $6,000.00
Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation $15,000.00
Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation $9,000.00
Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation $8,000.00
Kentucky Shakespeare $3,000.00
Kentucky Wesleyan College Scholarships $7,000.00
Kids Cancer Alliance $10,000.00
KY Center for Special Children’s Services – Carriage House $85,000.00

Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency $11,000.00
LaRue County Public Schools $10,000.00
Lexington Hearing and Speech Center $10,000.00
LifeSpring Health Systems $2,600.00
Lighthouse Academy at Newburg $8,200.00
LouCity and Racing Foundation $5,000.00
Louisville Academy of Music $2,500.00
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation $5,000.00

Madison Area Educational Special Services Unit $10,000.00
Marion County Public Schools $50,000.00
Marty’s Orchid House $17,250.00
Maryhurst $30,000.00
McCracken County Public Schools $18,000.00
Meade County Public Schools $17,000.00
Mercer County Schools $15,000.00
Meredith-Dunn School – Capital $84,000.00
Meredith-Dunn School – Program Grant $16,000.00
Miracle Dancer Scholarship Foundation $10,500.00
Miracle League of Louisville $7,000.00
Mission Hope for Kids $4,300.00
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center $17,000.00

Nativity Academy at St Boniface $26,000.00NELCASA $11,000.00
Nelson County Schools $33,000.00
New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding $9,500.00
Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center $10,000.00
Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services $4,993.00

Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative $35,000.00
Oldham County Board of Education $45,000.00
Outside the Box Therapy $2,260.00
Owen County School District $10,000.00
Owensboro Dance Theater $12,000.00
Owensboro Health Foundation $30,500.00

Paws with Purpose $20,000.00
Personal Counseling Service $23,000.00
Pitt Academy $10,000.00
Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency of Buckhorn Kentucky $30,000.00
Project L.E.A.R.N $6,500.00
Pulaski County Board of Education $5,000.00

Rauch $20,000.00
RFG Integrative Fitness $50,000.00
River Ridge Learning Center $15,000.00
Rockcastle County Hospital $35,000.00

Saint Joseph Berea Hospital Foundation $40,000.00
Saint Joseph London Foundation $20,000.00
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation – Capital $25,000.00
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation – Program $45,000.00
Seven Counties Services $22,000.00
Shelby County Public Schools $80,000.00
Silver Creek School Corporation $15,000.00
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville $13,000.00
South Central Area Special Education Cooperative $24,000.00
South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block $9,000.00
Special Olympics Kentucky $3,500.00
Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth of Kentucky $3,000.00
Spencer County Public Schools $32,250.00
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky – Kosair Charities Centre $18,750.00
Springs Valley School Corporation $10,000.00
Sproutlings Pediatric Day Care & Preschool $8,000.00
St. Joseph Hospital Foundation – The Women’s Hospital at St. Joseph East $30,000.00
St. Joseph Children’s Home – Capital $17,500.00
St. Joseph Children’s Home – Program $24,531.00
Stage One the Louisville Children’s Theatre $7,500.00
Sunrise Children’s Services $8,500.00

T J Samson Community Hospital $80,000.00
Taylor County Board of Education $21,019.79
The Center for Courageous Kids $45,500.00
The de Paul School $30,000.00
The Morton Center $21,000.00
The REATH Center $6,000.00
Trustees of Indiana University $8,000.00

University of KY Research Foundation – Psychology $4,500.00
University of KY Research Foundation – KY Children’s Hospital $6,000.00
University of Louisville Foundation – Center for Women & Infants $193,000.00
University of Louisville Foundation – Frazier Rehab $25,000.00
University of Louisville Foundation – Music Therapy Clinic $25,000.00
University of Louisville Foundation – Peace Hospital $13,500.00
University of Louisville Foundation – Scholarships $22,000.00
Uspiritus $90,000.00

Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Indiana $30,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Lexington $27,000.00
Visually Impaired Preschool Services – Louisville $50,000.00
Volunteers of America Mid-States $32,500.00

Walden School Corporation $3,000.00
Washington County Schools $9,000.00
Wendell Fosters Campus for Developmental Disabilities $20,000.00
Wesley House Community Services $10,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Family Resource Program $23,000.00
Western Kentucky University – Kelly Autism Program $21,400.00
Western Kentucky University – Renshaw Early Childhood $25,750.00
Western Kentucky University – Scholarships $22,000.00
Whitley County Board of Education $2,916.12
Woodford County Public Schools $9,000.00
Working the Puzzle for Autism $5,179.56

YMCA of Greater Louisville $40,000.00
YMCA of Harrison County $4,000.00
Youth Ethics and Skills Center $11,000.00
Youth Link Southern Indiana $11,000.00

TOTAL $5,700,525.71