Eligibility Requirements

Organizations must be registered and in good standing as a 501(c)(3) public charity according to the Internal Revenue Code, or must be a charitable program that is fiscally sponsored by such an organization.
- Institutions of faith may only participate if fundraising for secular charitable programming, such as a food pantry that is operated from the organization. Educational programs operated within a religious institution, such as a parochial school, may participate so long as funding is for educational and/or secular purposes.
- Organizations may not participate if they are identified by due diligence tools as participating in hateful or terroristic activities.
Organizations must submit their annual solicitation registration with the Kentucky Attorney General.
Organizations must be physically located within Blue Grass Community Foundation’s service area counties (Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison, Magoffin, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan, Scott and Woodford).
- Please note that a post office box does not constitute a physical location for Bluegrass Gives participation requirements.

Bluegrass Gives Registration