Michigan · Private foundation
The Legion Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $258k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,898
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations The Legion Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k 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 | 19 | $203k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $229k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $206k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $211k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $217k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $225k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $228k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $343k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wofford College | $76,096 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Legacy Art Park | $57,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Boston College High School | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Miami University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Everest Academy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $19,293 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferris State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | $13,200 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wofford College | $76,096 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Legacy Art Park | $57,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Boston College High School | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Miami University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Everest Academy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $19,293 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferris State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | $13,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Providence College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pace University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thompsonville Area Revitalization Projec | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Artists for a Cause Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Michigan University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crystal Scholarship Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 111 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Legion 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Legion Foundation
- How much does The Legion Foundation give?
- The Legion Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $257,720 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Legion Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (82%), Health (7%), Religion (5%).
- Who are The Legion Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wofford College ($76k), Michigan Legacy Art Park ($58k), Boston College High School ($35k).
- Does The Legion Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Legion Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Legion Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Legion Foundation based?
- The Legion Foundation is based in MI.
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