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THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD

THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD (Connecticut) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,591 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($133,058). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$3.1M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$319k
Net assets
$407k
5/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What The Legacy Foundation of Hartford does

Mission

To address educational and health disparities for residents of greater hartford, connecticut, its youth in particular. It does so via its own initiatives, such as leap, and by suppporting numerous community projects that align with its mission.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Legacy Foundation of Hartford provides 125 students with educational enrichment through our flagship program; legacy exposure and access program (leap). Leap is a comprehensive approach to enhancing academic success, beginning in elementary school continuing through completion of high school with emphasis on college prep development. Leap seaks to serve legacy scholars who are greater hartford residents (3rd thru 12th graders) and legacy students attending college.

    $2,643,239 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,643,239.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($460k) Expenses 100 ($461k) Net assets 100 ($75k)2018 Revenue 70 ($324k) Expenses 72 ($330k) Net assets 91 ($69k)2019 Revenue 66 ($302k) Expenses 65 ($298k) Net assets 98 ($74k)2020 Revenue 107 ($493k) Expenses 105 ($484k) Net assets 111 ($83k)2021 Revenue 114 ($524k) Expenses 103 ($474k) Net assets 176 ($133k)2022 Revenue 103 ($473k) Expenses 106 ($491k) Net assets 153 ($116k)2023 Revenue 238 ($1.1M) Expenses 228 ($1.1M) Net assets 212 ($160k)2024 Revenue 676 ($3.1M) Expenses 636 ($2.9M) Net assets 440 ($332k)2025 Revenue 675 ($3.1M) Expenses 656 ($3.0M) Net assets 539 ($407k)
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Revenue (675)Expenses (656)Net assets (539)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $134k to $987k (+635%).

$96k
$82k
$90k
$180k
$178k
$134k
$987k
$758k
$677k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 71% · 2018 78% · 2019 80% · 2020 93% · 2021 87% · 2022 78% · 2023 89% · 2024 93% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
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−$6k
’18
$5k
’19
$10k
’20
$50k
’21
−$17k
’22
$44k
’23
$172k
’24
$75k
’25
1.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Greg Jones

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed554444444
Joined·+0+1+0+1+1+0+0+0
No longer listed·02011000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $1k → $102k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD’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

THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD.

42%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 91% · 2020 32% · 2021 40% · 2022 72% · 2023 27% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

80% of THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

67% of THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $104k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

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

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $214k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve1.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.4M on record.

State$8.4M
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Top programs
  • State Aid Grants$4.5M
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$3.1M
  • ARPA Beneficiary Award$850k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 7%Fundraising 6%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD?
THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD (Connecticut) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,591 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($133,058). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $318,591 in grants to THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $133,058 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LEGACY FOUNDATION OF HARTFORD find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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