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LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180 to it, the largest being The Sam and Deidre Patterson Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$26k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$70k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Legacy Foundation Incorporated does

Mission

Provide financial scholarships to college bound high school seniors from local community based educational institutions

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Scholarships for College bound High school seniors via WGH Greg Hackett and Kappa League

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $180.

From the IRS filings of LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 2 states in all.

NY
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,726 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin53% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,726 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,180 to it, the largest being The Sam and Deidre Patterson Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,180 in grants to LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.
Who is the largest funder of LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
The Sam and Deidre Patterson Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LEGACY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing