Kentucky Heart Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF HEART AND VASCULAR DISEASE THROUGH RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND EDUCATION. VISION: TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY REDUCING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
- Income
- $735
- Spending
- $115,381
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 59.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- investment income, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 11
- Highest pay
- $1.2 million, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 82 out of 100. Higher than 66% of charities in its peer group (medical research, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 59.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 15598% of income.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (medical research, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $115,246 spent. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A:THE KENTUCKY HEART FOUNDATION (KHF) WAS FOUNDED IN MAY 2007. THE KHF IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO ADDRESS HEART AND VASCULAR DISEASE IN THIS REGION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE OTHER PROVIDERS THE KHF WORKS ON THE FOLLOWING:-IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION-REDUCING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE-ADVANCING MEDICAL SCIENCE THROUGH INTEGRATED, INNOVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMS IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, AND IMPROVED PATIENT CARE-CREATING ACCESS TO CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY -DEVELOPING A FORUM FOR RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATIONKHF'S VISION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY REDUCING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. OUR MISSION IS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF HEART AND VASCULAR DISEASE THROUGH RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. PRIORITIES INCLUDE: RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PREVENTION, FINANCE, AND CULTURE.THE KHF SERVES APPALACHIAN COUNTIES COVERING PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE COUNTIES ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED IN THE AREA. ALSO KNOWN AS THE CORONARY VALLEY, THE AREA GOT THIS NAME BECAUSE OF THE HIGH MORTALITY RATES FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND THE POOR HEALTH HABITS OF ITS RESIDENTS. HEART DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF ADULTS, WITH MORTALITY RATES VERY HIGH COMPARED TO STATE AND NATIONAL DATA. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAVE LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; HIGH SMOKING RATES; LACK OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE; AND ONE OF THE HIGHEST OBESITY RATES IN THE NATION. ALL COMBINED, IT IS NO WONDER THAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE HEALTH THREAT FOR ADULTS IN THE AREA. WITH A FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES FOR THE AREA'S RESIDENTS. PARTNERING WITH PROGRESSIVE CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEONS, VASCULAR SURGEONS, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS AT KING'S DAUGHTERS PROVIDES THE KHF THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER IMPORTANT CLINICAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS FOR NOW AND GENERATIONS TO COME.THE KHF WORKS WITH DEVICE AND DRUG MANUFACTURERS TO BRING NEW RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO THE REGION. KHF HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE FOCUSED ON RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, HEART FAILURE, STROKE AND VASCULAR DISEASE, CHILDHOOD AND ADULT OBESITY, AND LUNG HEALTH. THE KHF HAS ALSO EXPANDED THIS FY2025 TO INCLUDE SOME PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOCUSED ON COLORECTAL SCREENINGS AND DIABETES. THE KHF HAS THREE PRIMARY PROGRAM-RELATED FOCUSED AREAS: RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PREVENTION. 1) RESEARCH: DURING FY2025, THE KHF CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON RESEARCH BY PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UK COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. CLINICAL TRIALS:-WAVE: PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER STUDY COMPARING THE MERIT WRAPSODY ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT TO PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY FOR TREATMENT OF VENOUS OUTFLOW CIRCUIT STENOSIS OR OCCLUSION IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS.PRECISION PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIANCE:-THE IMPACT AWARD PROJECT: AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP SERVING APPALACHIAN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE UK COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, KING'S DAUGHTERS, AND LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES TO EXAMINE THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SOCIAL AND CLINICAL FACTORS THAT UNDERPIN POPULATION HEALTH CHALLENGES SPECIFIC TO THIS RURAL REGION. -CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL GRANT - QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY-CLINICAL LINKAGES FOR PATIENT WITH DIABETES. THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH KYREC AND KHF WORKING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO ENSURE THAT PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND UNMET SOCIAL DETERMINATE OF HEALTH NEEDS ARE HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET BY CONNECTING THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY RESOURCE. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUALLY LOOKS FOR TRIALS, STUDIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO OUR PATIENTS AND OUR PHYSICIANS. 2) EDUCATION: THE KHF OFFERS BOTH HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AS PART OF ITS SCOPE OF WORK. DURING FY2024, THE KHF HOSTED:-CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: THE KHF IS ACCREDITED BY THE KENTUCKY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION, PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR PHYSICIANS AFFILIATED WITH KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER. DURING THE YEAR, CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND REGULAR SCHEDULED SERIES WERE HOSTED WHILE NUMEROUS OTHER DISCIPLINES (NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSES, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, ETC.) ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF CME PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS VARY FROM WEEKLY TUMOR BOARD AND STRUCTURAL HEART MEETINGS TO LIVE MEETINGS ADDRESSING A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATION TOPICS FROM INTERNAL MEDICINE UPDATES TO CARDIAC INNOVATIONS AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING. 3) PREVENTION: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KING'S DAUGHTERS COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, WE FOCUS ON EARLY DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS AND PROPER TREATMENT ARE CRITICAL TO REDUCING THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. PROGRAMS AND SCREENINGS INCLUDE FREE HEALTHY HEART SCREENINGS, LOW COST HEART AND VASCULAR SCREENINGS AND LOW COST BLOOD PROFILES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THIS OUTREACH EFFORT HELPED COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSONAL RISKS OF HEART DISEASE AND PROVIDED LOW-COST, EASY ACCESS TO REGULAR BLOOD WORK TO MONITOR BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER KEY METABOLIC MEASURES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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