Minnesota · Private foundation
Amy's Legacy Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $921,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $226k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Amy's Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 59 | $2.9M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $670k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $1.9M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $2.0M | 56% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $1.5M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $2,739,700 | 7 | 2% |
| True Hope | $742,700 | 3 | 61% |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $638,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hope Farm School | $402,750 | 4 | 21% |
| The Mercy Maternity House Inc | $401,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $375,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Amistad Worldwide | $324,900 | 7 | 23% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $286,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Bethel Christian Fellowship | $266,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Benjamin House Ministries | $222,500 | 5 | 14% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $2,739,700 | 7 | 2% |
| True Hope | $742,700 | 3 | 61% |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $638,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Hope Farm School | $402,750 | 4 | 21% |
| The Mercy Maternity House Inc | $401,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $375,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Amistad Worldwide | $324,900 | 7 | 23% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $286,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Bethel Christian Fellowship | $266,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Benjamin House Ministries | $222,500 | 5 | 14% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $200,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Urban Skye | $200,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Barnabas Resources | $150,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Kenya Children's Fund Inc | $146,000 | 4 | 15% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $129,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Soul Survivor Outdoor | $125,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Hope Rides | $100,000 | 1 | 36% |
| New Horizons for Children Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 30% |
| Rosebud House of Prayer | $88,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Identity Mission | $82,345 | 4 | 10% |
| Hope House Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Micah Cornerstone Ministries Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Together for Good | $60,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Teach to Transform Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $46,600 | 5 | n/a |
| United Fellowship Outreach | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Farm Haiti | $45,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Legacy Refuge | $38,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Children's Home Society of Minnesota | $35,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Mobile Hope | $35,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Cityjoy | $30,500 | 4 | n/a |
| New Horizons Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Haiti Teen Challenge | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indopartners Agency Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breaking Free Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth With a Mission Network Forstrategic Initiatives | $29,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All God's Children International | $26,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven Acres | $25,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Gospel Life Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Heights Baptist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Joycarts Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reece's Rainbow Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Sacred Portion Childrens Outreach Inc | $23,650 | 1 | 5% |
| Holt International Children's Services Inc | $23,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Serving Paraguay Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Heart of the City Ministries | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Anselm House | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heart of the City | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Horizons Adoption Agency Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Christian Missions in Many Lands | $14,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Can Do Kids NFP (an IL Not For Profit Corp) | $13,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Africa Education | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Twin Cities Hmong Baptist Church | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Noble Film House | $11,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Your Servant in Christ Ministries Inc | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| America World Adoption Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holston Home for Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gladney Center for Adoption | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Adoption Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Adoption Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stories Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Madison Adoption Associates Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Reaching the Hungry | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of St Thomas | $8,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Datz Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| T-Net International | $7,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Pathways for Little Feet | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| World Missions & Evangelism Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Life Family Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Vision International | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Connections Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Salem Missionary Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Center Dba New Beginnings Pregnancy & Family Su | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Reel Hope Project | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Send International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Grove Network | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children of the World Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Exalting Christ Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| International Ministerial Fellowship | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Bring Me Hope Foundation | $1,050 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Amy's Legacy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Pure Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Ephesians 320 Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Our Rescue · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Luzerne Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Servant Foundation
How this is measured
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About Amy's Legacy Foundation
- How much does Amy's Legacy Foundation give?
- Amy's Legacy Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $2,868,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Amy's Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Religion (34%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Amy's Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Lifesong for Orphans Inc ($2.7M), True Hope ($743k), SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ($638k).
- Does Amy's Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Amy's Legacy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Amy's Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Pure Inc, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
- Where is Amy's Legacy Foundation based?
- Amy's Legacy Foundation is based in MN.
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