· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $81k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GFGIVING FRIENDS INC2× · 2022–2025 · $31k · revenue +182%
- MHMONTAUK HISTORICAL SOCIETY3× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +112%
- HCHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC2× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBone grant, 2022 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
- MMADDone 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.
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.
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…
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…
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."
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.
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).
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.
How this is measured
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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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
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.
- 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
How this is measured
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