Who We Are
Think tank.
Granting agency.
Talent scout.
Grants
Be the spark.Ignite the change.
Funded by the Religion Division of Lilly Endowment, Louisville Institute awards grants and fellowships to those who lead and study North American religious institutions and practices, advancing scholarship to strengthen church, academy, and wider society.
Our Impact
5000+
Grantees now work/serve at churches in their communities
105
LI grantees/fellows are university professors
20+
Years of impacting the study and practice of North American Christianity
LI helped bring together scholars and pastors to explore ways that theological practices contribute to the exclusionary power of race in U.S. society and to ponder appropriate and faithful responses to this problem.
Our Team
