RAY & KAY
ECKSTEIN CHARITABLE TRUST
2022 AWARDED GRANTS
2022 GRANT AWARDS BY CORE VALUE
(You may click on any core value below to skip to a specific category or you may scroll down to view all grants.)

Faith
| Organization Name | Purpose of Grant | Location |
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| Catholic Extension | Support for religious congregations in eastern Kentucky | National |
| Marian Woods | Support for pastoral care programming | Hartsdale, NY |
| Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR!) | Support for elder religious congregations | Washington, DC |
| Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Inc. | Special Project Support | Erie, PA |
| Bernardine Franciscan Sisters | Special Project Support | Reading, PA |
| Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province | Support for elder Jesuit care | St. Louis, MO |
| National Votive Shine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor | General Operating Support | New Orleans, LA |
| Milwaukee Catholic Home | Programming Support | Milwaukee, WI |

Human Needs
| Organization Name | Purpose of Grant | Location |
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| Catholic Charities Bureau | Program support for Emergency Assistance | Jacksonville, FL |
| Catholic Charities of East Tennessee | Programming support for Samaritan Place | Knoxville, TN |
| Christian Appalachian Project | Program support for Elderly Housing program | Lexington, KY |
| CHWC, Inc. | Support for Foreclosure Prevention programming | Kansas City, KS |
| Community Clothes Closet | General Operating | Menasha, WI |
| Easterseals West Kentucky | Support for Adult Day Care Health Program | Paducah, KY |
| Hope Center | Program support for clothing shop, meal program, & housegood goods shop. | Waukesha, WI |
| I. M. Sulzbacher Center for Homeless, Inc. | Program support for Pediatric Dental Clinic | Jacksonville, FL |
| Lifeline Recovery Center | Project support for transitional housing | Paducah, KY |
| Made To Stay Paducah McCracken County, Inc. | General Operating Support | Paducah, KY |
| Mission of Hope | Programing support for disaster preparedness initiative | Austin, TX |
| Soup For The Soul Org, Inc. | Program support for Summer Read & Feed program | Murray, KY |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation | Programming support | Jacksonville Beach, FL |
| University of the Cumberlands | Program support for Mountain Outreach program | Williamsburg, KY |
| Victims of Milwaukee Violence Burial Fund | Mental Health programming | Milwaukee, WI |
| WLCFS Wisconsin Lutheran Children | Support for mental health counseling in inner city schools | Germantown, WI |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation | Support for St. Ben’s Clinic |
Milwaukee, WI
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Support for Dial-A-Ride program | Jacksonville Beach, FL |
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Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM)
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Support for Emergency Assistance program | Jacksonville Beach, FL |
| Bethlehem Farm |
Support for Repairing Homes, Renewing Communities program
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Talcott, WV |
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DV8Kitchen Vocational Training Foundation
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Support for personal development workshops | Lexington, KY |
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Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
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General Operating Support | Milwaukee, WI |
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Support for Support Our Troops program | Dulles, VA |
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Support for Going Home program | New Orleans, LA |
| General Operating Support | Louisville, KY | |
| General Operating Support | Benton, KY | |
| General Operating Support | New Orleans, LA | |
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Support for Flooring Project | Farrell, PA |
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Programming Support | National |
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Respite Volunteers of Shiawassee
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General Operating Support | Owosso, MI |
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Support for VentureOn program | Kentucky |
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Support for Therapeutic Workforce Development program |
New York, NY |
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Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center
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General Operating Support | Paducah, KY |
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Morehead Gateway Helping Hands
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Support for Weekend Backpack program | Morehead, KY |
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InHealth Community Wellness Clinic
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General Operating Support | Boscobel, WI |
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Programming support for Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute | Minneapolis, MN |
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General Operating Support | Jacksonville Beach, FL |
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Programming Support | Paducah, KY |
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General Operating Support | Louisville, KY |
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Facility Improvement Project | Milwaukee, WI |
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General Operating Support | Jacksonville, FL |
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LIV Well Community Health Services
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Support for Housing Stability Program | Paducah, KY |
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Marshall County Exceptional Center
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Support for vehicle replacement | Benton, KY |
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General Operating Support | St. Paul, MN |
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Paducah Cooperative Ministries
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General Operating Support |
Paducah, KY |
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Beaches
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Programming support for Crisis Assistance | Jacksonville Beach, FL |
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General Operating Support | New Orleans, LA |
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Programming support for Job Placement Center | Wilmington, DE |
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Victory Through Grace Ministries
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General Operating Support | Paducah, KY |
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Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana
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General Operating Support | New Orleans, LA |
| Agape Child & Family Services | Programming Support |
Memphis, TN
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| Badger Childhood Cancer Network | Programming Support |
Madison, WI
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| City of Refuge | General Operating Support |
Atlanta, GA
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Programming Support | Columbus, OH |
| Here Tomorrow, Inc. | Programming Support |
Neptune Beach, FL
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Programming & Capital Support | Bowling Green, KY |
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Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity
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Programming Support | Milwaukee, WI |
| Operation Warm | Programming Support |
Paducah, KY
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| Our Lady’s Inn | Programming Support |
St. Louis, MO
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| Ozanam Inn | Programming Support |
New Orleans, LA
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| Seamark Ranch | Programming Support |
Green Cove Springs, FL
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Programming Support |
Paducah, KY
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Project Concern of Cudahy-St. Francis
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General Operating Support |
Cudahy, WI |
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General Operating Support |
Jefferson, WI
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Programming Support |
Louisville, KY
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The Salvation Army of McCracken County
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Programming Support |
Paducah, KY |

Education
| Organization Name | Purpose of Grant | Location |
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| College Possible | Program support for need based, post-secondary readiness and college coaching | Milwaukee, WI |
| The Gatehouse/projectHandUp | Programming support for learning academy | Grapevine, TX |
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The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School
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Programming support | New Orleans, LA |
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Support for scholarship fund | St. Augustine, FL |
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Support for scholarship programming | Louisville, KY |
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Educational Programming Support | Paducah, KY |
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Support for scholarship programming | Kentucky |
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General Operating Support | Paducah, KY |
| But God Ministries | Programming support for JFC Montessori School |
Jonestown, MS
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| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Support for College Readiness & Access program |
Milwaukee, WI
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Support for Access and Success program | St. Paul, MN |
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Capital Support | Milwaukee, WI |

Family
| Organization Name | Purpose of Grant | Location |
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Barren Heights Christian Retreat Center
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Family Respite Weekends programming support | Louisville, KY |
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Hope Unlimited Family Care Center
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Support for family education programs | Paducah, KY |
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Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah
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Support for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Sports Initiative | Paducah, KY |
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New Hampshire Catholic Charities
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Support for Our Place Pregnancy & Parenting Education program |
Manchester, NH |
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana
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Support for Adopt-A-Night program | Louisville, KY |
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General Operating Support | Benton, KY |
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Project Support | Paducah, KY |

Vibrant Communities
| Organization Name | Purpose of Grant | Location |
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Project Support |
Lancaster, WI |
OUR ADDRESS
Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust
4965 Village Square Drive – Suite A
P.O. Box 7606
Paducah, KY 42002-7606
CONTACT US
Office: 270-534-8930
Fax: 270-534-8940