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Legacy Foundation Inc

The legacy foundation, inc. Will seek and accept endowments from public and private sources and distribute grants for community enhancing projects and other charitable purposes.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
83
Itemized grants FY2024
78
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,261
Largest grant, FY2024
$787,320
Organizations funded a year
50 to 78
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$124M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Legacy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $471k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving82$3.8M27%
FY202378$3.0M31%
FY202278$2.4M35%
FY202165$2.5M43%
FY202065$2.0M38%
FY201957$789k33%
FY201859$955k59%
FY201750$1.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.0MPublic Benefit$2.3MCommunity Improvement$2.1MHealth$1.9MHuman Services$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MArts & Culture$985kReligion$839kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
ID
MN
IL
MA
IN
NJ
CO
VA
NM
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Town of Merrillville$2,792,0944n/a
Tradewinds Services Inc$852,94781%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$791,10062%
Trinity Lutheran Church$717,1238n/a
Indiana University Foundation$713,00020%
The Hammond Community Corporation$468,6778100%
Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County Indiana Inc$351,93651%
Hobart Food Pantry Inc$349,166546%
South Shore Neighborhood Development Corporation$346,551282%
City of Hobart$335,2087n/a
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All grantees of Legacy Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Town of Merrillville$2,792,0944n/a
Tradewinds Services Inc$852,94781%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$791,10062%
Trinity Lutheran Church$717,1238n/a
Indiana University Foundation$713,00020%
The Hammond Community Corporation$468,6778100%
Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County Indiana Inc$351,93651%
Hobart Food Pantry Inc$349,166546%
South Shore Neighborhood Development Corporation$346,551282%
City of Hobart$335,2087n/a
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc$317,962810%
Crisis Center Inc$313,25952%
Calumet College of St Joseph$245,43981%
Hammond Public Library Foundation Incorporated$214,6734n/a
Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc$195,01664%
First United Evangelical Lutheran$186,5004n/a
South Shore Arts Inc$177,236115%
The Lutheran University Association Inc$150,00010%
State of Indiana$149,5632n/a
The Maac Foundation Inc$146,08375%
The Salvation Army$144,5947n/a
The Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc$138,642313%
Humane Indiana Inc$138,51662%
Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Service Corporation$134,80260%
Gary Public Transportation Corp$121,4114n/a
Hospice of the Calumet Area Inc$121,02380%
Urban League of Nw Indiana Inc$102,900610%
Hammond Education Foundation Inc$102,836810%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc$97,04557%
Carmelite Sistershome for Girls$91,70451%
Gary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc$88,00049%
Hobart Industrial Economic Development Corporation$86,6597n/a
Gary Public Library$85,3512n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$82,0724n/a
Town of Griffith- Parks & Recreatio$80,7475n/a
Franciscan Alliance Inc$80,63050%
First Presbyterian Church of Naples$80,0002n/a
Mountain Gate$75,0001n/a
Opportunity Enterprises Inc$74,26330%
Miller Citizens Corporation$73,7122n/a
Lowell Public Library$73,3508n/a
Fair Haven Inc$72,35043%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary$71,79463%
Hammond Youth Golf Academy Inc$71,438844%
Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$67,22150%
Indiana University School of Medicine$65,0003n/a
Lake County Community Services Inc$64,84262%
OAI Inc$60,00011%
Whiting Entertainment Center Inc$60,000314%
Family Life Community Youth Center$57,5002n/a
Lake Area United Way Inc$56,22641%
Miller Community Fund Inc$55,6436n/a
The Seeing Eye Inc$54,35110%
Gary Community Partnership Corporat Ion$53,6003n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana$51,96640%
Crossroads YMCA Inc$50,32550%
St Jude House Inc$50,24951%
Paladin Inc$50,20250%
Incremental Development Alliance$50,000114%
Guaranteed Income Validation Effort$50,0001n/a
Hope House Inc$50,00023%
National Civic Rights Museum$50,0001n/a
Purdue University - College Of$50,0001n/a
Resilia Academy$50,0002n/a
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc$49,74930%
Franciscan Health Foundation Inc$49,38130%
Hearts in Motion$48,82331%
Hobart Historical Society Inc$46,9737n/a
The Cavaliers AP&E Inc$45,74170%
Erin's Farm Nfp Inc$45,300313%
Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc$44,61712%
Ivy Tech Foundation Inc$41,83770%
Pro Bono Indiana Inc$41,74241%
Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox$41,4182n/a
Lake Central Education Foundation Inc$40,0381n/a
The Caring Place Inc$40,00032%
Mental Health America of Lake County Inc$40,00031%
Nwi Volunteer Lawyers Inc$39,381410%
Campagna Academy Inc$39,00030%
Morning Bishop Theatre Playhou$39,000122%
Faith in Indiana$37,50021%
It's Gary's Time Inc$35,0401n/a
Hammond Development Corporation$35,00022%
Empower Schools Inc$35,00011%
Greater Hammond Community Services Inc$35,00024%
Miller Beach Tourism Bureau Inc$33,2201n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana Inc$32,94241%
Healthvisions Midwest Inc$32,50021%
Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living Inc$32,50010%
School City of Hobart Educational Foundation Inc$31,972325%
Hobart Family YMCA Inc$31,70022%
Exceptional Equestrians Unlimited Inc$30,134312%
Pop on Teen Violence Inc$30,000213%
Woodland Child Development Center Inc$30,00011%
The Methodist Hospitals Inc$30,00010%
Lake County Public Library$29,91840%
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc$27,71230%
Lake County in Economic Alliance Inc$27,50025%
Pink Ribbon Society Inc$27,500213%
Brothers Keeper Inc$25,36028%
Lymphira Inc$25,000198%
Common Roots Montessori School$25,00013%
Planting Possibilities Inc$25,000115%
Goodwill Leads Inc$25,00011%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$25,00010%
Bonton Enterprises$25,00010%
Mayo Clinic$24,7863n/a
The Catholic Diocese of Gary$24,2522n/a
Hoosier Environmental Council Inc$23,37512%
Field Museum of Natural History$23,00010%
Safe Coalition for Human Rights Safechr$22,00026%
Greek Orthodox Church of Saint$21,5761n/a
Neighbors Educational Opportunities$21,50021%
For the Love of the Arts Inc$21,10036%
Calumet Artist Residency Inc$21,0561n/a
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation$21,00010%
Coates Inc$20,858217%
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund$20,68222%
St John's United Church of Christ$20,0001n/a
Nelson Algren Museum - Miller Beach$20,0001n/a
Town of Cedar Lake$20,0001n/a
Indiana Women in Need Foundation Inc$20,0002n/a
Northwest Indiana Information Sharing & Security Alliance Inc$20,0001n/a
Fresh Coast Communities dba Greenprint Communities$20,0001n/a
Sixteen Pearls Foundation Incorporated$20,0001n/a
Sojourner Truth House Inc$18,9961n/a
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$18,72520%
Clark Road Genesis Family Center$18,2761n/a
First United Methodist Church$17,8092n/a
Honor Flight Chicago Corp$17,5001n/a
Startedup Foundation Inc$17,50011%
Healthlinc Inc$17,50010%
Haven House Inc$17,34713%
South Shore Dance Alliance Inc$17,1002n/a
Hessville Commerce and Community Creative$17,0001n/a
Friends of the Whiting Public Library Inc$16,5002n/a
Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana$16,00022%
Cedar Lake Historical Association Inc$16,00028%
Earth Charter Indiana Inc$16,00012%
Towle Performing Arts Company$15,77222%
Whiting-Robertsdale Community Improvement Corporation Inc$15,63131%
Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Indiana Inc$15,01622%
Building Our Future Incorporated$15,0001n/a
Veteran Impact Services Inc$15,00015%
Bethel Lutheran Church$15,0001n/a
Sertoma Star Services Inc$15,00010%
Hands of Hope Adoption & Orphan Care Ministry Inc$15,00012%
Startup Gary Community Development Corporation$15,0001n/a
Joseph Hess Elementary PTA$14,7701n/a
Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc$14,614136%
Young Womens Christian Association$14,53012%
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc$14,46120%
Porter-Starke Services Inc$13,96420%
Affecting Our Community Through Service$13,500114%
Love for Jalyn Foundation Inc$13,0001n/a
Friends of the Crown Point Community Library Inc$12,8092n/a
Beachfront Dance School Inc$12,700212%
The Trinity Baptist Church of Gary$12,5501n/a
African American Achievers Youth Co$12,500140%
Genesius Guild Inc$12,5001n/a
St Catherine Hospital Inc$11,87110%
Stressbusters Inc$11,580176%
Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation Inc$11,1001n/a
Teenas Legacy$11,0001n/a
Victory 4 Kidz$10,7011n/a
Gary Harm Reduction$10,5001n/a
Books Brushes and Bands for Education Inc$10,300115%
Asw Foundation$10,0001n/a
Indiana Legal Services Inc$10,00010%
Itown Ministries Inc$10,0001n/a
Indiana Teen Challenge Inc$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$10,00010%
Gary East Side Community Development Corporation$10,00014%
Raue Center for the Arts$10,00011%
Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc$10,0001n/a
Chicagoland Immigrant Welcome Network$10,00012%
Gleaners of South Lake County Inc$10,0001n/a
Build Leaders Advancing Community Knowledge$10,0001n/a
Decay Devils Incorporated$10,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
South Shore Promotions Inc$10,0001n/a
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$10,00010%
Southlake Community Mental Health Center$10,00010%
The Delta Institute$10,00010%
UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC$10,00011%
Derryfield School$10,0001n/a
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc$10,00010%
Pack Away Hunger Inc$10,0001n/a
United Church of Christ Board$9,5871n/a
Sheltered91 Inc$9,50014%
Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw Inc$9,49912%
Indiana Parenting Institute Inc$9,000113%
Hope Christian Church Disciples of Christ$9,0001n/a
Jacob's Ladder Pediatric Rehab Center Inc$8,82910%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$8,7821n/a
Nazareth Home$8,6301n/a
Allies for Community Business Inc$8,27710%
CR Works Inc$8,25919%
Path Inc$8,00010%
Computer Skills & Training Center Inc$8,00013%
St Mary of the Lake$8,0001n/a
Southlake Tri-City Rba Corporation Dba Lake Park Residential Care$7,84510%
Community Healthnet Inc$7,50010%
Community Change Center Weareone$7,500119%
Community Help Network Inc$7,50012%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$7,50010%
219 Health Network Inc$7,50010%
Wittenberg Lutheran Village Inc$7,15611%
Lake Dalecarlia Womans Club Inc$7,1001n/a
Servants at Work Inc$7,00012%
White's Residential & Family Services Inc$7,00010%
Lake County Treasurer$7,0001n/a
Olympia Fields Country Club Historic Landmark Preservation Foundation$7,00011%
Laini Fluellen Charities Inc$6,7501n/a
Indiana State University Foundation Inc$6,70010%
Hope for Humanity Inc$6,52513%
GRACE BEYOND BORDERS NWI INC co MARCUS M MARTIN$6,01712%
Crown Point Community Library$6,0001n/a
School House Childrens Charity Inc$5,9001n/a
Lutheran Life Communities Foundation$5,65310%
Top 20 Inc$5,600113%
Creative Communications Inc$5,5001n/a
Dunes Dog Training Club Inc$5,5001n/a
Lake Court House Foundation Inc$5,03513%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Legacy Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 144 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTradewinds Services Inc: $852,947 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc: $791,100 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $713,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hammond Community Corporation: $468,677 over 8y, 100% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association of Porter County Indiana Inc: $351,936 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHobart Food Pantry Inc: $349,166 over 5y, 46% of budgetSouth Shore Neighborhood Development Corporation: $346,551 over 2y, 82% of budgetIndiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center Inc: $317,962 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetCrisis Center Inc: $313,259 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCalumet College of St Joseph: $245,439 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc: $195,016 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetSouth Shore Arts Inc: $177,236 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Lutheran University Association Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Maac Foundation Inc: $146,083 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetThe Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc: $138,642 over 3y, 13% of budgetHumane Indiana Inc: $138,516 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFranciscan Sisters of Chicago Service Corporation: $134,802 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHospice of the Calumet Area Inc: $121,023 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUrban League of Nw Indiana Inc: $102,900 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetHammond Education Foundation Inc: $102,836 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc: $97,045 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetCarmelite Sistershome for Girls: $91,704 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc: $88,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetFranciscan Alliance Inc: $80,630 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpportunity Enterprises Inc: $74,263 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFair Haven Inc: $72,350 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Gary: $71,794 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHammond Youth Golf Academy Inc: $71,438 over 8y, 44% of budgetPathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $67,221 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLake County Community Services Inc: $64,842 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetOAI Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWhiting Entertainment Center Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetLake Area United Way Inc: $56,226 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $54,351 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana: $51,966 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads YMCA Inc: $50,325 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude House Inc: $50,249 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetPaladin Inc: $50,202 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIncremental Development Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHope House Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Way of Northwest Indiana Inc: $49,749 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFranciscan Health Foundation Inc: $49,381 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHearts in Motion: $48,823 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Cavaliers AP&E Inc: $45,741 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetErin's Farm Nfp Inc: $45,300 over 3y, 13% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc: $44,617 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIvy Tech Foundation Inc: $41,837 over 7y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 144.

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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.

John W Anderson FoundationIN104× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John W Anderson Foundation · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Lake Area United Way Inc · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Sourlis Irrevocable Charitable Trust · United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation 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.

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About Legacy Foundation Inc

How much does Legacy Foundation Inc give?
Legacy Foundation Inc reported 83 itemized grants totaling $3,774,322, out of $5,377,632 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Legacy Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Public Benefit (14%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are Legacy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Town of Merrillville ($2.8M), Tradewinds Services Inc ($853k), Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc ($791k).
Does Legacy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Legacy Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John W Anderson Foundation, Crown Point Community Foundation Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation.
Where is Legacy Foundation Inc based?
Legacy Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 231 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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