Ashland Inc. is a Fortune 250 company providing products, services, and customer solutions throughout the world. Its businesses include road construction, specialty chemicals, lubricants, car-care products, chemical and transportation fuels. The Ashland Inc. Foundation is the focal point of the company's philanthropic efforts. In addition to grants to deserving nonprofit, charitable organizations that meet the foundation's guidelines, Ashland matches employee gifts dollar for dollar to United Way agencies and postsecondary educational institutions. Primary support for the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Additional support comes from other foundations, Kentucky businesses, and individuals.
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is an independent, nonpartisan, statewide, advocacy group dedicated to improving education for all Kentuckians.