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The Karen Legotte 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.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$185kPublic Benefit$69kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$24kYouth Development$15kEducation$7kHealth$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $81k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$221k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK$30,518
Individual grant recipient$30,000
GIVING FRIENDS$20,000
MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$6,000
COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION$5,000
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL$5,000
AMAZON SOS VILLAGE WISH LIST$3,500
GO FUND ME CHRIS YOUNG$1,060
MAPS$1,052
GO FUND ME--PAVONES$1,035
MONTAUK PLAYHOUSE$1,000
NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
AMAZON SOS VILLAGE SCHOOL SUPPLIES$760
GO FUND ME CHARLIE KIRK$575
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 27%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GIVING FRIENDS: $20k → 28%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $1k → 11%GIVING FRIENDS: $11k → 28%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

NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
SC
TX
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 13 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +112% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
34

Total granted

$328k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+112%
+13%

Still filing today

62%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24’25
EducationEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GF
    GIVING FRIENDS INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $31k · revenue +182%
  • MH
    MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +112%
  • HC
    HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • M
    MADD
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
2
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
5
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
6
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
7
The Connecticut River Foundation At Steamboat Dock Inc

The connecticut river museum's mission is to deepen appreciation of the river's history and to inspire its stewardship by providing unique educational and recreational experiences to diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
8
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc

Madison square park conservancy is the nonprofit entrusted by the city of new york to operate madison square park, a 6.2-acre public space in the heart of manhattan. our mission is to conserve, maintain, and program this ever-evolving…

Environment
9
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
10
Massachusetts Historical Society

To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.

Arts & Culture
11
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
12
New York Quadricentennial Committee

New york quadricentennial committee's mission is to celebrate the 400th anniversaries of the founding of today's new york city and educate the public about historical events that occurred in the new york city area.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Park Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Dynamo Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 62 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK: $214,093 · EnvironmentCONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $21,547 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $15,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $14,307 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $12,639 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+45 more: $55,293 · Other+45 moreGIVING FRIENDS INC: $30,510 · Human Services+1 more: $1,021 · Human ServicesMONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,660 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 · HealthTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $518 · EducationPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500 · EducationEast End Foundation: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Environment$215,093Other$158,786Human Services$31,531Arts & Culture$22,660Health$7,000Education$6,018Community Improvement$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK: $214,093 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetGIVING FRIENDS INC: $30,510 over 2y, 14% of budgetMONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,660 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Farm School Inc: $2,576 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONTAUK FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $1,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLASSROOTS INC: $1,049 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $1,021 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTAUK FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTREES 78 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPOLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGALEN INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT DYNAMO INC: $103 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 CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK ↗
  • Who funds GIVING FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds East End Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Farm School Inc ↗
  • Who funds MONTAUK FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds GLASSROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE SIMPLE WISH INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTAUK FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds TREES 78 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.

WD and JG McCoy Family Foundation IncCT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: WD and JG McCoy Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The Farm School Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Glassroots Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Holy Cross Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 62 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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