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West Louisville nonprofit turns to state lawmakers as TIF funding wanes
The West End Opportunity Partnership says it has awarded more than $14 million in grants and loans since 2025. The group is seeking help from Kentucky lawmakers to remain financially viable as tax increment financing dollars decline.
The West End Opportunity Partnership, a nonprofit public agency focused on economic revitalization in west Louisville, has awarded more than $14 million in grants and loans since 2025 and is asking state lawmakers for help sustaining its work as tax increment financing revenue declines.
The Kentucky General Assembly established the partnership and the tax increment financing district that supports it in 2021. The organization is now seeking a legislative fix to help ensure it can remain financially viable in the years ahead.
The partnership’s funding outlook matters to west Louisville neighborhoods that its grant and loan programs aim to support. The available information does not specify what legislative changes the organization is seeking or how much TIF revenue has fallen.