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KENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL INC

EIN 31-1042931 FRANKFORT, KY

Revenue 2024
$1,023,597
Expenses 2024
$850,174

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C010
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1070

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL (KRC) IS A PUBLIC-INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY. KRC USES LEGAL AND STRATEGIC ADVOCACY TO PROTECT KENTUCKY'S NATURAL RESOURCES, ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE, AND TEACH CITIZENS TO BE EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS. WE PROVIDE OUR LEGAL SERVICES WITHOUT CHARGE TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CANNOT FIND OR AFFORD REPRESENTATION ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

  • THE LARGEST PROGRAM AREA FOR KRC IS THE KENTUCKY ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT (KEAP), A PROGRAM TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, HEALTH, AND JUSTICE IN KENTUCKY. KEAP COMBINES MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, SCIENCE- BACKED INFORMATION, AND TECHNICAL AND LEGAL EXPERTISE TO ENSURE THAT KENTUCKY'S ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS BETTER PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR CLIMATE. KRC ALSO CONTINUES TO REPRESENT A COALITION OF LOW-INCOME, CLEAN ENERGY, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE PARTNERS IN CASES BEFORE THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WORKING TO PROTECT RATEPAYERS AND ADVOCATING FOR A CLEANER, MORE SUSTAINABLE, AND MORE EQUITABLE ENERGY FUTURE.

    Expenses $363,353

  • THE SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM FOR KRC IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY DEFENSE PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS LIVING "DOWNWIND, DOWNSTREAM, AND DOWNHILL" OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, WHO CANNOT AFFORD OR FIND REPRESENTATION. WE ALSO WORK PROGRAMMATICALLY THROUGH LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL KENTUCKIANS AND TO ASSURE THAT THOSE WHO POLLUTE OUR LAND, AIR, OR WATER ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

    Expenses $163,844

  • THE THIRD LARGEST PROGRAM AREA FOR KRC IS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WHICH INCLUDES ONLINE AND IN PERSON PRESENTATIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING ISSUES AROUND DATA CENTERS, TO GIVE CITIZENS TOOLS TO BETTER PROTECT THE PLACES THEY LIVE AND LOVE. KRC ALSO TABLED AND OUR STAFF GAVE TALKS AT PUBLIC EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, RAISING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND DOING OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER KENTUCKY.

    Expenses $145,870

  • THE LAST PROGRAM AREA FOR KRC IS THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, WHICH CONDUCTS RESEARCH, PROVIDES POLICY ANALYSIS, AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS ON IMPORTANT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IMPACTING KENTUCKY. KRC ALSO ENGAGES IN, WITHIN IRS LIMITS, LOBBYING ON KEY ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSERVATION, ENERGY, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT BILLS DURING THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

    Expenses $63,717

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TIM HEINE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANNE MARIE HIBBERD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABIGAIL FLETCHER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETSY BENNETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIANNA BLUFORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALISON BROTZGE-ELDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE CHILDERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY CRAWFORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH LYNN CUNNINGHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARNITA GADSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM HAYS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRASANTHI PERSAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HANNAH WEINSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY WILMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,255
    From this org
    $124,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,786
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,023,597
    Expenses
    $850,174
    Contributions
    $977,422
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $631,173
    Expenses
    $685,239
    Contributions
    $608,922
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,260,413
    Expenses
    $449,604
    Contributions
    $1,257,788
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $437,368
    Expenses
    $370,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $193,498

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $358,745
    Expenses
    $284,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $126,792

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $272,484
    Expenses
    $274,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,191

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,392
    Expenses
    $260,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,503

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,967
    Expenses
    $270,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,653

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.