Indiana · Private foundation
Summit Legacy Foundation Inc
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.
- $381k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Summit Legacy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $271k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $96k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Trails Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Questa Education Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hemphill Smith Art Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pfw Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artlink Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pearl Arts Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten Stones Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ACRES Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Trails Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Questa Education Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hemphill Smith Art Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pfw Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artlink Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pearl Arts Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten Stones Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ACRES Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Allen County Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| World Baseball Academy Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Rivers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Southwest Montessori Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lakewood Park Baptist Church & Lakewood Park Christian School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boomerang Backpacks Inc | $1,935 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thirteen Step House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($185k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Summit Legacy Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · McMillen Foundation Inc · Ardelle and Theresa Glaze Foundation · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Aws Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Isa S & Elizabeth Canavati Family Foundation · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc · Olive B Cole Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Summit Legacy Foundation Inc
- How much does Summit Legacy Foundation Inc give?
- Summit Legacy Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $380,965 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Summit Legacy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Recreation & Sports (8%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Summit Legacy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Noble Trails Inc ($75k), Questa Education Foundation Inc ($28k), Hemphill Smith Art Foundation Inc ($25k).
- Does Summit Legacy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Summit Legacy Foundation Inc 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 Summit Legacy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation, McMillen Foundation Inc.
- Where is Summit Legacy Foundation Inc based?
- Summit Legacy Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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