Lexington nonprofit to receive $3.2 million donation

Blessed Earth, a Lexington, Ky.-based nonprofit organization that promotes environmental stewardship of the Earth, has received a $3.2 million donation over five years to further its work among churches and seminaries.

The donation came through The Kendeda Fund, a Delaware-based charitable organization that funds many environmental projects across the country. Some funded projects are secular, such as Trees Atlanta, a citizens' group that plants trees and conserves the city's urban forest. Others are of a more religious nature, such as GreenFaith, an interfaith environmental coalition in New Jersey.