Alabama · Public charity
The Legacy Foundation
THE LEGACY FOUNDATION is a charitable, cultural and educational nonprofit established to promote a deeper understanding of america's history by supporting cultural institutions, educational projects and initiatives, and project support dedicated to this purpose.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $50k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $91M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k 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 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $650k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $225k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foot Soldiers Park Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Brown Chapel Ame Church | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Ancient Africa Enslavement and Civil War Museum | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Legacy Foundation
- How much does The Legacy Foundation give?
- The Legacy Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $50,000, out of $55,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Civil Rights (31%), Religion (26%).
- Who are The Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Foot Soldiers Park Inc ($300k), Alabama Shakespeare Festival ($300k), Brown Chapel Ame Church ($250k).
- Does The Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Legacy Foundation based?
- The Legacy Foundation is based in AL.
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