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Legatus 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.

$716k
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$177k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Environment$1.5MEducation$1.0MPhilanthropy$694kHealth$151kReligion$35kHuman Services$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kYouth Development$24kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $502k
$3,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$177,256
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$174,837
WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION(THE)$75,016
CANTERBURY SCHOOL$75,016
NATURE CONSERVANCY(THE)$48,398
HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST$35,400
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$10,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
SUMMIT SCHOOL$10,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC MARTIN HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY$5,000
CONSERVATION FUND (THE)$5,000
SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT$5,000
VASSAR COLLEGE$5,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIOR SERVICES: $5k → 15%SENIOR SERVICES: $1k → 15%SENIOR SERVICES: $500 → 15%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 10%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 10%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $2k → 10%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE: $1k → 15%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 10%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY: $1k → 15%PAST PRESIDENTS'FUND (THE): $1k → 10%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY: $1k → 15%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $500 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
ID
MT
MN
MI
NY
WY
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 46 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
16

Total granted

$2.7M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+21%

Still filing today

76%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $806k · revenue +115%
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $781k · revenue +45%
  • HS
    HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $152k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF PAWLEYS ISLAND SC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • MP
    MOUNT PISGAH CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • VI
    VETERINARY INITIATIVE FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +18%
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
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
7
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
8
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida

We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…

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9
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
10
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc

Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…

Environment
11
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
12
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

55 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. 55 of the 77 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/55
Grantees still filing
44/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $806,194 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INCPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $282,871 · EnvironmentPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY+10 more: $55,200 · EnvironmentTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $331,571 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCANTERBURY SCHOOL: $175,615 · OtherCANTERBURY SCHOOLWINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION(THE): $75,016 · OtherWINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION(THE…VASSAR COLLEGE: $40,000 · Other+35 more: $266,050 · Other+35 moreWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $780,874 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY+5 more: $34,000 · EducationThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $372,015 · PhilanthropyThe Winston-Salem Fo…HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $151,900 · PhilanthropyHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL…UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $38,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MARTIN…Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $23,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $7,200 · PhilanthropyJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $27,000 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $13,000 · HealthTHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $23,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC: $17,250 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,200 · Youth DevelopmentHOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesCRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE PAST PRESIDENTS' FUND INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human Services
Environment$1,144,265Other$888,252Education$814,874Philanthropy$642,615Health$44,100Youth Development$41,950Human Services$19,100

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 EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $806,194 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $780,874 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $372,015 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $331,571 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $282,871 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $151,900 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $38,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $27,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $23,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC: $17,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $16,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Summit School Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW K DWYER FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVETERINARY INITIATIVE FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES OF HOBE SOUND INC: $5,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $2,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Elmwood Foundation: $2,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND GARDEN CLUBINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlleghany Memorial Hospital Foundation INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTARWORKS: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Winston-Salem Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
  • Who funds The Summit School Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Loon Echo Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW K DWYER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Donald Grant & Ann Ma…St Clair Charitable T…Colket Family Foundat…The David and Elizabe…CMB FoundationHugh and Patricia Oka…Stephanie & Lawrence …Ethel D Colket Founda…Cox Foundation IncThe Krimendahlsaint-A…The Winston-Salem Fou…Nelson Mead Fund
Donald Grant & Ann Martin Calder FoundatFL30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donald Grant & Ann Martin Calder Foundat · St Clair Charitable Trust · Colket Family Foundation · The David and Elizabeth Long Foundation · CMB Foundation · Hugh and Patricia Okane Foundation Co Hugh Okane · Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable Trust · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Cox Foundation Inc · The Krimendahlsaint-Amand Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Nelson Mead Fund

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 Legatus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legatus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • United Way of Martin County Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • The Banner Lake Club Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get 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.

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 77 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home