Nonprofit · EIN 31-0981031
KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Tax-exempt · LEXINGTON, KY 40508
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,708,340 | $1,441,208 | $267,132 | $9,265,611 | $806,726 | $8,458,885 |
| October 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,508,137 | $1,500,116 | $8,021 | $7,393,071 | $122,770 | $7,270,301 |
| October 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,556,166 | $1,456,138 | $1,100,028 | $6,183,310 | $106,942 | $6,076,368 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,500,194
- of which government grants
- $1,187,234
- Program service revenue
- $20,237
- Investment income
- $184,190
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $3,719
- Other revenue
- $3,719
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $11,566
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $154,072
- Other salaries and wages
- $372,607
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $666,688
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $50,460
- Travel
- $62,536
- Depreciation
- $6,840
- Program services (functional)
- $1,021,071
- Management and general (functional)
- $359,673
- Fundraising (functional)
- $60,464
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $7,393,071
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,265,611
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $806,726
- Net assets, end of year
- $8,458,885
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $14,879
- Publicly traded securities
- $7,538,076
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,550,732
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $908,153
- Gross unrelated business income
- $3,719
- Gross receipts
- $1,708,340
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 65
- Year formed
- 1972
- State of legal domicile
- KY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILL GOODMAN | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $154,072 |
| BRIAN CLARDY | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SELENA SANDERFER DOSS | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BEN FITZPATRICK | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW REED | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| THOMAS OWEN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| HOPE WILDEN | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| PENELOPE PEAVLER | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| LIBBY PARKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LOU ANNA RED CORN | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS HARTLEP | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| CHRIS HARTMAN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ERIC JACKSON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| KEITH MCCUTCHEN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| WAYNE GLOVER YATES | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN PARKER | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| AARON ASBURY | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PHIL LYNCH | Exec Committee Memb Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TERI CARTER | Exec Committee Memb Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| SIERRA ENLOW | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| ANGELICA PREKOPA | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| TAYLOR STUCKEY | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN YARMUTH | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Kathleen Pool | Assoc. Director | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2024: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILL GOODMAN | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $126,164 | $12,400 |
| Kathleen Pool | Assoc. Director | 40 | $101,912 | $13,527 |
| BRIAN CLARDY | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CHELSEA BRISLIN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CLARENCE GLOVER | Secretary/Treas Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SELENA SANDERFER DOSS | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN FITZPATRICK | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER CRAMER | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW REED | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LOIS MATEUS | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS OWEN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HOPE WILDEN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| PENELOPE PEAVLER | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LIBBY PARKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LOU ANNA RED CORN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS HARTLEP | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS HARTMAN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SARA HEMINGWAY | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC JACKSON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| KEITH MCCUTCHEN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| WAYNE GLOVER YATES | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JORDAN PARKER | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RON SHEFFER | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| BOBBIE WRINKLE | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDY RHOADS | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2023: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILL GOODMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $120,903 | $11,686 |
| GLADYS THOMPSON | FISCAL OFFICER TO FEB 2023 Officer | 40 | $49,790 | $14,574 |
| BRIAN CLARDY | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDITH RHOADS | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES BOTELER | CHAIRMAN TO DEC 2022 Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTHA CLARK | SECRETARY TO DEC 2022 Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CHELSEA BRISLIN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CLARENCE GLOVER | TREASURER TO DEC 2022 Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SELENA SANDERFER DOSS | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN FITZPATRICK | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| BOBBIE ANN WRINKLE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| CATHA HANNAH | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JORDAN PARKER | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER CRAMER | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN DAVID PRESTON | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW REED | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA CUNNINGHAM | BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO NOV Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LOIS MATEUS | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS OWEN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MADDIE SHEPHARD | BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO OCT Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| HOPE WILDEN | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ERNST | BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DEC Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| PENELOPE PEAVLER | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| RONALD G SHEFFER | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LIBBY PARKINSON | BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 206 E MAXWELL ST, LEXINGTON, KY 40508-2613
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Hope Wilden
- Signed the 990
- Hope Wilden, Chairman
- Phone
- (859) 257-5932
- Website
- www.kyhumanities.org
- Return prepared by
- R & R CPAS
Mission
THE KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL IS DEDICATED TO TELLING KENTUCKY'S STORY THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT CREATE A LEGACY OF PRIDE IN THE WEALTH OF KENTUCKY'S CULTURE, BUILDING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SUPPORTING LOCAL HUMANITIES PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
Program accomplishments
- THE KENTUCKY BOOK FAIR KBF: AN ANNUAL TWO-DAY EVENT, FURTHERS THE COUNCIL'S MISSION BY INTRODUCING KENTUCKY READERS OF ALL AGES TO AUTHORS AND BOOKS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND GENERATING DISCUSSIONS OF HUMANITIES TOPICS. THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE CENTENNIAL CAMPFIRES INITIATIVE ALLOWING FOR THE ENHANCEMENT, EXPANSION AND ELEVATION OF THE KBF, OUR STATE'S PREMIER LITERARY EVENT. INCLUDING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THERE WERE OVER 7,000 ATTENDEES AT THE KENTUCKY BOOK FAIR AND KBF SCHOOL DAYS.Expenses $561,031 · grants $331,884 · revenue $166,152
- CHAUTAUQUA AND SPEAKER'S BUREAU PROGRAM: THIS ONGOING PROGRAM DEVELOPS HISTORICAL CHARACTERS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON KENTUCKY'S HISTORY. THE CHARACTERS TRAVEL TO ALL 120 KENTUCKY COUNTIES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT KENTUCKY'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE CHARACTERS PROVIDE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND/OR COMMUNITIES TO FURTHER AWARENESS OF THE HUMANITIES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR THE COUNCIL PROVIDED OVER 300 PRESENTATIONS, SERVING APPROX. 20,000 ATTENDEES.Expenses $252,244 · grants $94,490 · revenue $164,561
- PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME: THIS ONGOING PROGRAM ADDRESSES INTER-GENERATIONAL ILLITERACY AND TARGETS AT-RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. EACH PROGRAM LASTS 6 WEEKS AND USES AWARD-WINNING HUMANITIES BASED CHILDREN?S BOOKS TO HELP FAMILIES BECOME LIFE-LONG READERS AND LEARN TO TALK ABOUT LIFE-CHANGING ISSUES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, WE SERVED OVER 2,000 AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.Expenses $120,377 · grants $47,536 · revenue $112,233
- GENERAL PROGRAMS: THE COUNCIL BRINGS TOGETHER SCHOLARS AND NON-SCHOLARS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS WHICH EXPLORE AND APPLY THE HUMANITIES TO ISSUES OF CURRENT PUBLIC INTEREST. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING A BIANNUAL MAGAZINE, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SMALL REGRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN FURTHERING HUMANITIES. WE DISTRIBUTED 50,000 COPIES OF OUR SIGNATURE PUBLICATION KENTUCKY HUMANITIES MAGAZINE. SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDED KENTUCKY READS: DEAR ANN PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS, YOUTH INNOVATION IN RURAL AMERICA MEDIA PROGRAMS, SMITHSONIAN VOICES AND VOTES TRAVELING EXHIBITION, AND MINI-GRANTS TO FUND GRASSROOTS PROGRAMS. THE COUNCIL CONTINUED WITH THE MEDIA PROGRAM THINK HUMANITIES, PRODUCING APPROX. 50 PODCASTS AND 1,000 THINK HISTORY. THROUGH SPECIAL PROGRAMMING WE REACHED OVER 850,000 PEOPLE.Expenses $87,419 · grants $164,108 · revenue $202,667
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in October, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | October 31, 2026 | March 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | October 31, 2025 | March 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | October 31, 2024 | March 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 31-0981031
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- October
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,265,611
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,708,340
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | October 2025 | $1,708,340 | $1,441,208 | $9,265,611 | XML |
| 990-T | October 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2024 | $1,508,137 | $1,500,116 | $7,393,071 | XML |
| 990-T | October 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2023 | $2,556,166 | $1,456,138 | $6,183,310 | XML |
| 990-T | October 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2022 | $1,728,366 | $1,372,470 | $5,637,362 | IRS |
| 990-T | October 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | October 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 31-0981031).
Questions about KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- What is the EIN of KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY is 31-0981031.
- Is KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending October 31, 2026) is due March 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended October 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 names Hope Wilden.
- Who are the officers and directors of KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $154,072 (BILL GOODMAN, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,708,340, expenses of $1,441,208 and total assets of $9,265,611 at year end.
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