Central Kentucky Community Foundation Communications and Projects Coordinator Erin Hahn said Kentucky Gives Day 2026 went “really well” for local participating organizations.
“We raised nearly $194,000 locally for Kentucky Give’s Day this year, and that included 933 individual gifts to 26 nonprofits in our service area,” Hahn said.
The Community Foundation said statewide more than $853,000 from nearly 5,000 gifts supported nonprofits from across the commonwealth. Bernheim Forest raised the most money in the CKCF service area followed by St. James Catholic School and Sisters of Charity of Nazreth.
Hahn said the donations are about more than just funding. It’s a rallying cry.
“To have 933 individuals coming out to support, whether it’s $5, $50, $500, coming out and supporting these nonprofits that do so much for our community, it reaches far greater,” Hahn said. “I think it’s more emotional than really fiscal in the sense of just dollar amounts.”
Gives Day may have come and gone, but there are still plenty of ways to support these organizations.
“It isn’t so much about necessarily giving money,” Hahn said. “You can also give some of your time. Many of these organizations are in desperate need of volunteers, so maybe it might not be necessarily someone writing a check, but it could be that you might give two hours once a week over the summer or something of that nature.”
Visit www.kygives.org to see the full results from this year’s KY Gives Day, and visit www.ckcf4people.org for more information on participating nonprofits.
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