Nonprofit · EIN 31-0999716
KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · FRANKFORT, KY 40602
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 (amended) | $111,485 | $151,696 | -$40,211 | $232,151 | $0 | $232,151 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $119,404 | $138,713 | -$19,309 | $272,362 | $0 | $272,362 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $170,967 | $129,229 | $41,738 | $291,671 | $0 | $291,671 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $109,665
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- $1,820
- Other revenue
- $1,820
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $126,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $1,525
- Program services (functional)
- $126,325
- Management and general (functional)
- $25,371
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $272,362
- Total assets, end of year
- $232,151
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $232,151
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $232,151
- Gross unrelated business income
- $1,820
- Gross receipts
- $111,485
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Year formed
- 1981
- 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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Barry | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Alice Howell | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Donna DePenning | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Barry | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Alice Howell | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Donna DePenning | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Barry | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Alice Howell | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Donna DePenning | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1152, FRANKFORT, KY 40602-1152
- Mailing address (990-N for 2016)
- PO Box 1152, Frankfort KY 40602
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Raymond Barry, 1244 Kannapolis PL, Lexington, KY 40513
- Principal officer (990-N for 2016)
- Raymond Barry, 3415 Snaffle Rd, Lexington KY 40513
- Signed the 990
- Ray Barry, President
- Phone
- (502) 209-9659
- Website
- www.kyconservationfound.org
Mission
Supports powerful and innovative programs to build capacity for communities in Kentucky, to build a cleaner and sustainable future.
Program accomplishments
- Clean and Sustainable Energy Project. KY Clean Energy Advocacy Network Support: Support the team of pro-solar organizations with their education and strategy work. Includes contributing to shared support for a dedicated coordinator to manage the c3 group work within the Kentuckians for Energy Democracy coalition, and also engaging with a multi-state coalition focusing on the same Energy Democracy work in order to share strategies and tools. Nuclear Generating Plants: Monitor discussions. Renewable Siting, Energy Democracy: Continue the public education campaign on large-scale solar projects and advocate for responsible use of land/best land management practices for clean energy projects. Continue to engage in education opportunities and best practices for distributed solar, educating the public and agencies on resources and trends including storage, working with groups such as the Kentuckians for Energy Democracy coalition (K4ED) and Ky. Solar Energy Society (KySES). This includes work with K4ED on strategies to engage the public on the value of their Public Service Commission and the need for citizens to understand the process and engage. Update a new edition of the KCC Solar Siting guide, based on new laws passed in 2023 Transportation: Increase public education on transportation-related energy issues, including electric vehicles, increased charging infrastructure, public transportation. Energy Efficiency: Continue to engage with groups on EE and building electrification initiatives, including building codes, and coalitions such as the LG&E/Kentucky Utilities Demand Side Management group to find pathways to advance efficiency programs. Health: Engage in education opportunities and public health impacts relating to dirty energy vs. clean energy and efficiency alternatives. Heavy Industry Decarbonization: Working with allies in the Sustainable Aluminum Network, participate in weekly calls with the coalition, and help them address heavy manufacturing issues and clean energy procurement specific to Kentucky and its Aluminum industry by way of research and media.How do I cahne the battery onExpenses $35,000 · grants $35,000
- Climate Education Project: Help inform local and state government and community nonprofits about financial opportunities from the Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Act, and similar Federal programs where communities can organize climate-reduction and climate-resilience projects. Distribute updated third edition of KCC's Key Steps guide. Continue educational opportunities for locally-based programs in cities and towns. Partner with local community-based project groups such as the Bluegrass Climate Action Team, Louisville Climate Action Network, Bluegrass Greensource Energy Efficiency Team, Kentucky Environmental Educators and similar local groups to amplify local climate messaging and implementation. Inform the public of funding opportunities through federal initiatives, Highlighting climate resiliency, environmental justice and equity opportunities. Voter education/engagement activities on climate issues (c3). Continue to inform the public about the environmental and substantial climate change impacts of crypto mining and other emerging climate-impacting threats, and continue networking and sharing information with multi-state allies on this issue.Expenses $28,000 · grants $28,000
- Infrastructure, Toxics and Waste: Inform the public on initiatives to explore the use of Class VI wells for carbon sequestration. Provide content maintenance and updates to the kybeyondfossilfuels.org website and maintain the kybeyondfossilfuels Facebook page to include more information about pipeline protests, health risks of natural gas and benefits of electrification rather than gas. Use this forum to gather new allies. Stay current to provide information to the public, and that we can provide continuing support for allied groups and communities executing local action plans. Help with education campaigns on infrastructure projects and land rights. Highlight environmental issues relating to abandoned gas wells and the need to cap wells. Support Bernheim Arboretum land/pipeline controversy by helping to distribute and amplify Bernheim's messaging and the messaging of local citizen groups. Build out public information on small-scale projects that may increase oil and gas operations, such as distributed energy use for cryptocurrency. Water Infrastructure: In collaboration with citizen water networks, amplify core messaging from citizen groups on problems and solutions, working with Concerned Citizens of Martin County and the Eastern KY Water Network.Expenses $18,000 · grants $18,000
- Biodiversity Education: Promote wildlife corridors and habitat connectivity as a way to build resiliency for wildlife and pollinators. This may include utility corridors such as gas, solar and transmission infrastructure and the state's rare plant research along roadways. Promote information to reduce conflicts between infrastructure and rare species. Monitor species-related issues and keep the public informed on the proposed developments in the Red River Gorge (either commercial developments or forest service initiatives). Disseminate information and progress on Kentucky's Pollinator and Monarch Plans: participate in pollinator plan-related meetings, disseminate information through public channels. Tie in native plant information on pollinators where applicable. Social media education through Facebook and similar online channels. Post regularly on biodiversity issues. Continue to support groups working on sensitive habitat issues in and around the Daniel Boone forest and Red River Gorge. Educate coalitions about opportunities for biodiversity initiatives and wildlife corridors within new federal funding dedicated to these kinds of projects. Monitor state's application of $1.2 million grant for wildlife corridors.Expenses $10,000 · grants $10,000
- Nonpartisan voter outreach and voter engagement, particularly focusing on regions where there is not a strong presence such as certain rural areas. Hold "town hall" style outreach events. Hold "get out the vote" set of nonpartisan activities, either virtual, in-person, or a combination, utilizing texting, social media, and/or in person tabling.Expenses $10,000 · grants $10,000
- Land Conservation and Stewardship: Continue to educate the public on capacity and funding for lands protection and resulting impacts using materials from the Dorris Duke foundation. Find and leverage new studies on the economic value of conservation and outdoor recreation lands. Partner with agricultural groups on addressing farmland conservation. Promote information about wildlands corridors on the KCF website, Facebook pages and other public spaces. Participate in coalition calls on wildlands corridors and build alliances for researching information on infrastructure needed to allow wildland corridors to coexist with transportation corridors. Research climate-preparedness and climate-resilience issues affecting Kentucky's wild lands. Work with allied groups on resiliency initiatives.Expenses $17,000 · grants $17,000
- Culture and Heritage Project: Present the Wild and Scenic Film Festival for its 10th year, with film selection on natural lands, and biodiversity and outdoor recreation. Continue the Kentucky Voices public event for 2024, highlighting authors who focus on natural lands, biodiversity, Kentucky history, justice issues.Expenses $8,325 · grants $8,000
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 31-0999716
- 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
- 1981
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $232,151
- Income (IRS master file)
- $111,485
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $111,485 | $151,696 | $232,151 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $119,404 | $138,713 | $272,362 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $170,967 | $129,229 | $291,671 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $149,209 | $90,401 | $249,933 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2016 Officer: Raymond Barry | December 31, 2016 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 31-0999716).
Questions about KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC is 31-0999716.
- Is KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.
- Are donations to KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC 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 KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Raymond Barry.
- Who are the officers and directors of KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $111,485, expenses of $151,696 and total assets of $232,151 at year end.
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