The annual Partners In Philanthropy event is held to recognize the most generous companies in the area, as well as honoring outstanding executive directors or presidents/CEOs of Louisville metropolitan area nonprofits through the Nonprofit Visionary Leader Awards.
Louisville Business First’s Partners in Philanthropy is a recognition program spotlighting giving in our community.
This year, Louisville Business First is recognizing 30 area companies for their cash contributions to nonprofits in the community and beyond in Louisville Business First’s Partners in Philanthropy program with the Corporate Philanthropist Awards.
In 2026, we are honoring two sets of honorees: Corporate Philanthropist Awards and our Nonprofit Visionary Leader Awards.
In total, the 30 companies we are honoring donated nearly $90 million to charities in 2025.
The top six companies on the large companies list donated over $5 million each with a combined total of over $70 million. All 10 honorees in the large category donated over $86 million.
It’s not only cash donations that make these companies generous. They also help out in the community with paid volunteer hours for volunteering at charities or even pro bono work.
For the 30 companies that provided the figure, the paid volunteer hours in 2025 were over 144,000 hours.
Here are the 30 companies in alphabetical order that we are honoring this year. Categories are based on revenue amounts.
Large
Medium
Small
All corporate philanthropists and Nonprofit Visionary Leader Awards honorees will be featured online and in print in Louisville Business First in the Aug. 28-Sept. 3 edition and at an in-person breakfast Tuesday, Aug. 25, at The Vista at Origin Park.
