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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.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$159kYouth Development$118kEducation$113kHuman Services$69kRecreation & Sports$26kEmployment$20kFood & Nutrition$18kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $41k
$5,900
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER$10,843
KENCREST CENTERS$10,000
NATIVITY MIGUEL SCHOOL OF SCRANTONWILKES-BARRE$10,000
BROOKFIELD SCHOOLS$10,000
ANGEL FLIGHT EAST$5,900
BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES$5,000
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY$5,000
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH$1,500
BENSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KENCREST CENTERS: $10k → 7%KENCREST CENTERS: $3k → 7%OLD PINE COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 22%LCH HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 6%MELMARK: $12k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 6%TODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $5k → 7%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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$372k · 17 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
20

Total granted

$372k
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+61%

Still filing today

59%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • TG
    THE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +96%
  • LO
    LUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    2× · 2019–2022 · $30k · revenue +110%
  • AF
    ANGEL FLIGHT EAST
    3× · 2021–2024 · $16k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • B
    BREASTCANCERORGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +206%
  • MI
    MELMARK INC
    one grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue -18%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
2
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
3
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
4
Potential Inc

Potential engages children and adults with autism in personalized programs that help them realize their full potential.

Human Services
5
The Children's Institute Parent Company

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
6
Child Guidance Resource Centers

To provide high quality, community-based therapeutic, supportive, and preventive healthcare services for children, adolescents and families with mental health, development disability, and residential needs

Health
7
Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
8
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc

Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…

Youth Development
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Milestone Centers Inc

Milestone provides quality, life-enhancing services that promote wellness and the development of human potential to people with behavioral health and intellectual challenges. each year milestone serves approximately 3,500 residents of…

Health
11
Friends of the Children - Philadelphia

Friends of the children philadelphia has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Education
12
Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc

We "make dreams come true." we provide children and adults with autism, intellectual/developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges and their families the education, services and resources needed to be self-reliant,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Center At Hampton House. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIVITY MIGUEL SCHOOL OF SCRANTONWILKES-BARRE: $70,000 · OtherNATIVITY MIGUEL SCHOOL OF SCRANTONWILKES-BARREVariety the Childrens Charity: $30,000 · OtherVariety the Childrens CharityG FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DBA FRED'S FOOTSTEPS: $28,670 · OtherG FRED DIBONA JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DBA FRED'S FOOTSTE…CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $25,000 · OtherCROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICAGRACE BAPTIST CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherBRYN MAWR HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $14,000 · OtherLACOMUNIDAD HISPANA (LCH): $12,106 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $10,000 · OtherPHLCVB FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE BIG SANDBOX: $10,000 · OtherPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $26,000 · Other+6 moreTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $60,490 · EducationTHE GARAGE COMMUN…BROOKFIELD SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationBROOKFIELD SCHOOL…INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $7,500 · EducationINDEPENDENCE MISS…MIGHTY WRITERS: $5,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERSKENCREST CENTERS: $12,500 · Human ServicesKENCREST CENT…MELMARK INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesMELMARK INCMOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE I…WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN AGAINST…LCH Health and Community Services: $7,550 · Human ServicesLCH Health an…OLD PINE COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 · Human ServicesOLD PINE COMM…TODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTODAY IS A GO…LUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentLUCY OUTR…FOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION): $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDING …YOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH MEN…LADACIN NETWORK INC: $13,944 · HealthLADACIN N…BREASTCANCERORG: $12,100 · HealthBREASTCAN…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY…THE CENTER AT HAMPTON HOUSE: $5,000 · HealthTHE CENTE…THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthTHE ANDRE…ANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $15,900 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsUPLIFT SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionBEAN BAG FOOD PROGRAM: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$269,776Education$82,990Human Services$64,050Youth Development$46,500Health$46,044Recreation & Sports$20,900Food & Nutrition$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $60,490 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $15,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLADACIN NETWORK INC: $13,944 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENCREST CENTERS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBREASTCANCERORG: $12,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMELMARK INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKFIELD SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWOMEN AGAINST ABUSE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEAN BAG FOOD PROGRAM: $7,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetOLD PINE COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $6,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER AT HAMPTON HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTODAY IS A GOOD DAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Connelly FoundationWsfs Cares FoundationThe Gordon Charter Fo…W W Smith Charitable …United Way of Greater…Raynier Institute & F…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Chubb Charitable Foun…The Cigna Group Found…The William Penn Foun…United Way of Chester…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA28.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Raynier Institute & Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · United Way of Chester County 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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Legacy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Legacy 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 41 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-PF 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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