Illinois · Private foundation
Louis Legacy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $105k
- Granted FY2020
- 11
- Grants FY2020
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 6
- Total assets, FY2020
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 33% of the organizations Louis Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $100k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $46,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of the Arts Inc | $44,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Squash and Education Alliance Inc | $34,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Abaco-Winding Bay Relief Fund Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stomp Out Bullying Corp | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Oral Educational Opportunities for the Hearing Impaired | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Veterans Expeditions Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Lake Owen Association Inc | $15,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Bridgeway House | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Love Your Brain Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $46,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of the Arts Inc | $44,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Squash and Education Alliance Inc | $34,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Abaco-Winding Bay Relief Fund Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stomp Out Bullying Corp | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Oral Educational Opportunities for the Hearing Impaired | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Veterans Expeditions Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Lake Owen Association Inc | $15,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Bridgeway House | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Love Your Brain Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainforest Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valleywise Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis Legacy Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Louis Legacy Foundation
- How much does Louis Legacy Foundation give?
- Louis Legacy Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Louis Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (12%), Recreation & Sports (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Louis Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation ($46k), Children's Museum of the Arts Inc ($44k), Squash and Education Alliance Inc ($35k).
- Does Louis Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis 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 Louis Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Network for Good.
- Where is Louis Legacy Foundation based?
- Louis Legacy Foundation is based in IL.
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