About Us

The Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. (KBF) is a nonprofit organization serving as the charitable arm of Kentucky’s legal community. Its mission is to further the public’s understanding of the judicial system and the legal profession through programs and philanthropic partnerships that help those in need.



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Providing Help Today and Hope for Tomorrow

The Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. has awarded grants totaling nearly $5 million since 1988 to agencies promoting access to justice and law-related education for Kentuckians.  The KBF has also developed its own projects toward this mission at times.  KBF support has positively affected the lives of many citizens of our Commonwealth and furthered the administration of justice through programs that include:

  • educating the public about law and the justice system
  • helping at-risk children
  • providing funding to assist abused women and children
  • assisting veterans with legal problems by funding clinics offering free legal services
  • preserving legal history

Click here to review the KBF's annual fact sheet outlining
the KBF's impact across the Commonwealth in 2025.


Annual Report

The Kentucky Bar Foundation invites you to review our 2025 Annual Report and see firsthand how your contributions are transforming lives and strengthening our legal system. Together, we're building a more just Kentucky.

KBF Annual Report 2025 (pdf)


Contact Us

KBF’s Board of Directors and staff are readily available to answer your questions and tell you how you can help.

The Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc.
Kentucky Bar Center
514 W. Main Street
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1812
(800) 874-6582
(502) 564-3795

Executive Director
Susan Hanley Duncan
sduncan@kybar.org

Program Manager
Gwen Smallenburg
gsmallenburg@kybar.org

 


Board of Directors 2024-2025


Officers

President: Emily E. Walters 
President-Elect:  Melinda T. Sunderland
Vice President:  J. Hadden Dean
Secretary/Treasurer:  Rachel Wagner Kennedy
Immediate Past President:  Sadhna G. True
IOLTA Chair:  L. Miller Grumley

Directors

First Supreme Court District
Jack N. Lackey, Jr., Hopkinsville
Natasha Camenisch Little, Madisonville
G. Kent Price, Paducah

Second Supreme Court District
Lindsay H. Hinton, Bowling Green
J. Andrew Johnson, Owensboro
Stephanie McGehee-Shacklette, Bowling Green

Third Supreme Court District
Douglas G. Benge, London
J. Hadden Dean, Danville
Shawna M. VanHook, Somerset

Fourth Supreme Court District
Bradley A. Case, Louisville
Caitlin J. Grimes, Louisville
Deena G. Ombres, Louisville
Melinda T. Sunderland, Louisville

Fifth Supreme Court District
Stephen G. Amato, Lexington
Aaron Ann Cole-Funfsinn, Lexington
Sadhna G. True, Lexington
Rewa M. Zakharia, Frankfort

Sixth Supreme Court District
Jessica L. Craven, Crescent Springs
S. Beth Moore, Brooksville
Emily E. Walters, Covington

Seventh Supreme Court District
Miranda D. Click, Pikeville
Rhonda M. Copley, Ashland
Rachel Wagner Kennedy, Pikeville

Ex Officio Directors

Kentucky Supreme Court
Justice Kelly Thompson

Kentucky Court of Appeals
Judge Jacqueline M. Caldwell, Springfield

Kentucky Circuit Judges Association
Judge M. Brent Hall, Elizabethtown

Kentucky District Judges Association
Judge Paul E. Craft, Greenup

Chair, Kentucky IOLTA Fund
L. Miller Grumley, Paducah

KBA President Representative
Rhonda Jennings Blackburn, Pikeville

KBA Past President Representative
W. Fletcher Schrock, Paducah

KBA Young Lawyers Division Representative
Christine L. Stanley, Lexington

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Dean Judith Daar, Highland Heights

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Acting Dean Paul E. Salamanca, Lexington

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
Dean Melanie B. Jacobs, Louisville

 


Financial Information

Visit the Foundation's Charity Navigator Profile here. If you are interested in additional informaton, the Foundation's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements will be made available upon written request.