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HONORABLE ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS INC

EIN 61-0485432 LOUISVILLE, KY

Revenue 2024
$5,282,802
Expenses 2024
$6,203,185

Program services were 75.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S820
Classification
1000
Street
943 S 1ST ST

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

THE HONORABLE ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS, INC. GRANTS MONEY TO 501(C)(3) ENTITIES THAT DEMONSTRATE A NEED THAT OTHERWISE CANNOT BE MET AND THAT WILL ENHANCE OR EXTEND THEIR CHARITABLE OR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE HONORABLE ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS, INC. GRANTS MONEY TO 501(C)(3) OR OTHER EXEMPT ENTITIES.

  • THE HONORABLE ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS, INC (HOKC) GRANTS MONEY TO 501(C)(3) ENTITIES THAT DEMONSTRATE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE MISSION TO STRENGTHEN THE LIVES OF KENTUCKIANS OR TO HIGHLIGHT AND ENHANCE THE CULTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON KENTUCKY CHARITIES AND CONDUCTS A "GOOD WORKS PROGRAM" THAT FOCUSES ITS LARGE GRANT-MAKING ACTIVITIES ON CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING IN KENTUCKY. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IT RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF GRANT APPLICATIONS ANNUALLY AND THROUGH A CAREFUL WINNOWING AND VETTING PROCESS, SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT ITS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ALLOCATED IN A DEDICATED AND REASONABLE WAY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS AN ONGOING EMERGENCY GRANT PROCESS FOR KENTUCKY NONPROFITS AND ALSO RAISES AND DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF. IN 2024, HOKC GRANTED $4,533,108 TO 366 ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVED MORE THAN THREE MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. SINCE HOKC BEGAN AS A 501(C)(3)ORGANIZATION, CLOSE TO $68 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN AWARDED.

    Expenses $4,683,780 · Grants $4,533,108 · Revenue $237,571

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • ALEX LYTTLE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GARY BOSCHERT

    COMMANDING GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NICK ISING

    ADJUTANT GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TAD MYRE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DEBORAH WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FRED MINNICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HAL SULLIVAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEFF KENNEDY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEFF PAQUIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JIM ROGERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KIM LEANHART

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LYNN ASHTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARY VITALE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MOLLY SUTHERLAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RICK HOBGOOD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WADE CONNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GERARD KAUFFMANN

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $80,954
    From this org
    $80,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    17

  • SHERRY CROSE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $191,244
    From this org
    $191,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,244
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $191,244

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,282,802
    Expenses
    $6,203,185
    Contributions
    $2,855,574
    Grants paid
    $4,533,108
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,514,179
    Expenses
    $6,777,993
    Contributions
    $3,018,826
    Grants paid
    $4,851,746
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,665,961
    Expenses
    $6,261,747
    Contributions
    $5,213,335
    Grants paid
    $4,606,399

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,737,250
    Expenses
    $3,629,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,720,048

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,774,310
    Expenses
    $4,344,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,472,188

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,329,395
    Expenses
    $3,044,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,466,090

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,953,193
    Expenses
    $2,992,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,347,184

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,864,458
    Expenses
    $2,572,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,690,369

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • KENTUCKY COLONELS COLLECTIBLES INC

    C Corporation · NOVELTY · KY · 100% owned · share of income $11,318 · share of assets $25,523 · controlled entity

  • CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST

    Trust · INVESTMENT · KY · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.