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Legacy a Regional Community Foundation

The vision of legacy regional community foundation is to be a comprehensive foundation that is intentional and boldly proactive in embracing our donors and our community.we believe the distinctive mission of legacy regional community foundation is to grow area philanthropic and nonprofit efforts by connecting donors with critical needs…

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$503k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$712kHealth$457kRecreation & Sports$422kReligion$243kArts & Culture$237kEnvironment$181kFood & Nutrition$175kInternational$139kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $1,485,893, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,899,425 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $413,532 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $556k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $369k
  • $250k+1 grant · $503k
$21,785
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COWLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$503,128
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE$116,020
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$94,893
WILLIAM NEWTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$53,653
EAGLE NEST INC$53,195
UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF$50,810
BARTLETT ARBORETUM$49,308
ARKANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$49,156
WINFIELD HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$42,637
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC$42,342
UNICEF$42,342
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDER$42,342
SIERRA CLUB$42,342
WINFIELD FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$32,120
WINFIELD FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUNFLOWER OUTREACH SERVICES: $8k → 16%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC INC: $13k → 16%SUNFLOWER OUTREACH SERVICES: $7k → 16%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC: $6k → 16%ANGELS IN THE ATTIC INC: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 25 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
19

Total granted

$2.0M
$559k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+15%

Still filing today

48%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $937k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $123k · revenue +6%
  • WN
    William Newton Healthcare Foundation Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $117k · revenue +471%
  • BA
    BARTLETT ARBORETUM SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $114k · revenue +60% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF WINFIELD
    one grant, 2022 · $286k
  • PW
    PLAYCORE WISCONSIN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $51k
  • AC
    ARKANSAS CITY AREA ART COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue -31%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
2
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
3
Kansas Business Hall of Fame Inc
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4
South Central Community Foundation

To enhance the life, culture, and community of South Central Kansas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
5
Kansas Wesleyan University Foundation

The foundation is organized to secure gifts of money or property in efforts of advancing education and/or research; therefore, providing assistance in furthering the mission of kansas wesleyan university.

Education
6
Winfield Chamber of Commerce

To advance the educational, civic, social, commercial and economic interest of the City of Winfield and general welfare and prosperity of the local community and locally owned businesses.

Community Improvement
7
Westwood Foundation

To provide benefits for the city of westwood, ks and its residents relating to construction and development of public buildings for city purposes.

Philanthropy
8
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc

Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.

Education
9
Wichita State University Foundation

The wichita state university foundation, as the private fund raising organization of the university, seeks to advance the mission of the university by identifying, cultivating and soliciting private support from individuals, corporations…

Education
10
Kansas Nonprofit Chamber Inc

To support nonprofits across kansas in fulfilling their mission, building capacity and developing sustainability.

Community Improvement
11
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

—
12
Morton County Historical Society Inc

Preservation of historical records and artifacts of morton county, kansas

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Clearwater Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Like Max Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
19/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $360,761 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $291,336 · OtherSOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTERCITY OF WINFIELD: $286,169 · OtherCITY OF WINFIELDGRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $144,762 · OtherGRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $124,470 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH+43 more: $1,003,786 · Other+43 moreCOWLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $503,128 · EducationCOWLEY COLLEGE FOUNDA…THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $122,610 · EducationTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLL…+2 more: $27,986 · EducationBARTLETT ARBORETUM SOCIETY: $114,041 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS CITY AREA ART COUNCIL INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMARQUEE INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureWilliam Newton Healthcare Foundation Inc: $117,370 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,937 · HealthWilliam Newton Memorial Hospital: $5,750 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $42,342 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $42,342 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $42,342 · InternationalEAGLE NEST INC: $112,534 · EmploymentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $42,342 · EnvironmentHAMMERS PRAIRIE PARK AND NATURE CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Environment
Other$2,211,284Education$653,724Arts & Culture$169,541Health$141,057International$127,026Employment$112,534Environment$67,342

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOWLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $503,128 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $122,610 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam Newton Healthcare Foundation Inc: $117,370 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetBARTLETT ARBORETUM SOCIETY: $114,041 over 2y, 26% of budgetEAGLE NEST INC: $112,534 over 5y, 42% of budgetWINFIELD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $64,536 over 3y, 24% of budgetWINFIELD ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $64,138 over 2y, 46% of budgetCOWLEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $53,819 over 2y, 15% of budgetARKANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $49,156 over 1y, 26% of budgetARKANSAS CITY AREA ART COUNCIL INC: $45,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $42,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $42,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $42,342 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $42,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS NEWSPAPER FOUNDATION: $32,136 over 1y, 46% of budgetTHE COWLEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,375 over 3y, 22% of budgetHAMMERS PRAIRIE PARK AND NATURE CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetANGELS IN THE ATTIC INC: $23,851 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN COWLEY COUNTY INC: $18,686 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,937 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $15,006 over 2y, 11% of budgetKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $14,204 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS INC: $12,027 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF COWLEY COUNTY INC CASA OF COWLEY COUNTY INC: $10,950 over 1y, 12% of budgetMARQUEE INC: $10,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetMOSAIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $9,186 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINFIELD USD 465 FOUNDATION: $6,201 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWilliam Newton Memorial Hospital: $5,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINFIELD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,150 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE CLEARWATER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

United Way of the Pla…Robert & Gwen Tyler C…Kansas Health Foundat…V J Wilkins FoundationH L Snyder Medical Fo…Rash McReynolds Found…Kansas Methodist Foun…Sunflower Foundation …Wichita FoundationGreater Kansas City C…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…
United Way of the Plains IncKS19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Plains Inc · Robert & Gwen Tyler Charitable Foundatio · Kansas Health Foundation · V J Wilkins Foundation · H L Snyder Medical Foundation · Rash McReynolds Foundation · Kansas Methodist Foundation Inc · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · Wichita Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Legacy a Regional Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legacy a Regional Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Legacy a Regional Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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