Funding search · EIN 351872803 · Merrillville, IN

Legacy Foundation

Name: Legacy Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

242
grants reported: $9.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $13,140
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

orgs further center building supp alzheimer capacity community

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Town of Merrillville3 grants · $2.3M
Indiana University Fund1 grant · $688,000
Tradewinds Services3 grants · $464,278
Trinity Lutheran School3 grants · $238,687
Dunes Learning Center3 grants · $217,903
Crisis Center3 grants · $203,971
Hammond Community Corporation3 grants · $185,637
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana2 grants · $184,500
Maria Reiner Center3 grants · $176,111
Hobart Food Pantry Incorporated3 grants · $169,877

Giving over time

$2.4M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 242 grants.

$787,320
Town of Merrillville · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Community center sup
$754,774
Town of Merrillville · Merrillville, IN · 2022
Operation support
$750,000
Town of Merrillville · Merrillville, IN · 2023
Operation support
$688,000
Indiana University Fund · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Program support
$217,504
Tradewinds Services · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Pantry & sensory rm
$177,000
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Expansion & org sup.
$163,221
Dunes Learning Center · Chesterton, IN · 2024
Fellowships and supp
$150,084
Ivy Tech East Chicago · East Chicago, IN · 2024
Ec campus renovation
$150,000
Valparaiso University - Office of · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
Engineering/science
$135,674
Tradewinds Services · Merrillville, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$118,353
Calumet College of St Joseph · Whiting, IN · 2024
Student housing
$112,179
Lakeshore Public Media · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Equip., prog, & supp
$111,100
Tradewinds Services · Merrillville, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$101,120
Trinity Lutheran School · Hobart, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$100,000
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2024
Instruction support
$100,000
The Methodist Hospitals Foundation · Gary, IN · 2024
Star recovery center
$98,627
Maria Reiner Center · Hobart, IN · 2023
Center renovations
$79,285
Trinity Lutheran School · Hobart, IN · 2024
Tech & program supp.
$75,000
Mountain Gate · Ojo Sarco, NM · 2024
Support orgs mission
$74,333
Crisis Center · Gary, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$71,406
Crisis Center · Gary, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$66,035
Hobart Food Pantry Incorporated · Hobart, IN · 2024
Food & capital imp.
$62,489
Hammond Community Corporation · Hammond, IN · 2024
Serve residents
$61,721
Hammond Community Corporation · Hammond, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$61,549
Northwest Indiana Symphony Society · Munster, IN · 2024
Concert & mission
$61,427
Hammond Community Corporation · Hammond, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$60,351
Gary Public Library · Gary, IN · 2022
Makerspace project
$59,113
Miller Citizens Corporation · Gary, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$58,282
Trinity Lutheran School · Hobart, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$58,232
Crisis Center · Gary, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$58,031
The Salvation Army Northwest · Munster, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$57,700
Hammond Public Library Foundation · Hammond, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$56,035
Trinity Lutheran Church · Hobart, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$56,035
Vna of Porter County · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$53,621
South Shore Neighborhood · Merrillville, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$53,282
Hobart Food Pantry Incorporated · Hobart, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$53,000
First Presbyterian Church of Naples · Naples, FL · 2024
Support orgs mission
$50,560
Hobart Food Pantry Incorporated · Hobart, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$50,000
Family Life Community Youth Center · Gary, IN · 2024
Co-op support
$50,000
First United Evangelical Lutheran · Hammond, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$50,000
Purdue University - College of · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Engineering program
$50,000
Guaranteed Income Validation Effort · Gary, IN · 2023
Program support
$50,000
St Iakovos Greek Orthodox Church · Valparaiso, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$50,000
Incremental Development Alliance · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Startup gary
$49,282
Vna of Porter County · Valparaiso, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$49,000
First United Lutheran Church · Hammond, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$48,572
Maria Reiner Center · Hobart, IN · 2024
Renovations & staff
$48,282
Trinity Lutheran Church · Hobart, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$45,560
Vna of Porter County · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$40,804
Humane Indiana · Highland, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$40,000
Gary Alumni Pathway To Students · Gary, IN · 2024
Gaps mural project
$40,000
Hope House · Marsing, ID · 2024
Vehicle purchase
$37,500
First United Lutheran Church · Hammond, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$37,188
Lakeshore Public Media · Merrillville, IN · 2022
Production equipment
$35,000
Empower Schools · Boston, MA · 2023
Further orgs mission
$34,299
Dunes Learning Center · Chesterton, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$33,602
Fssa (Indiana Family & Social Svcs · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Omw pre-k
$33,220
Miller Beach Tourism Bureau · Gary, IN · 2023
Way finding
$31,690
Calumet College of St Joseph · Whiting, IN · 2022
Operating support
$30,000
Woodland Child Development Center · Hammond, IN · 2023
Nytse program
$30,000
Opportunity Enterprises · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
Respite center
$28,912
Maria Reiner Center · Hobart, IN · 2022
Program director
$28,323
Franciscan Ministries · Lemont, IL · 2024
Support orgs mission
$27,895
The Multi Agency Academic · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$27,000
First Presbyterian Church of Naples · Naples, FL · 2023
Operating support
$26,862
Gary Public Transportation Corp · Gary, IN · 2024
Senior transport
$26,424
Town of Griffith- Parks & Recreatio · Griffith, IN · 2023
Community connection
$26,000
Fair Haven Center for Women · Highland, IN · 2024
Victim support
$25,607
Opportunity Enterprises · Valparaiso, IN · 2023
Respite center
$25,253
The Methodist Hospitals Foundation · Gary, IN · 2022
Transportation
$25,000
Greater Hammond Community Services · Hammond, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$25,000
Planting Responsiblities · Highland, IN · 2024
Camp triangle hills
$25,000
Bonton Farms · Dallas, TX · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Cathedral Hill Montessori School · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Operating support
$25,000
Lymphira · Merrillville, IN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Resilia · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
Resilia · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Capacity building
$25,000
Trustees of Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$24,659
Franciscan Ministries · Lemont, IL · 2022
Further orgs mission
$24,500
Gary Community Partnership Corp · Gary, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$23,100
Gary Community Partnership Corp · Gary, IN · 2024
Youth lawncare serv.
$21,729
Humane Indiana · Highland, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$21,576
Greek Orthodox Church of Saint · Hammond, IN · 2024
Roof replacement
$21,129
Hospice of the Calumet Area · Munster, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$21,000
Northwest Indiana Community Action · Crown Point, IN · 2022
Lofts flourish plan
$20,383
Dunes Learning Center · Chesterton, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$20,000
Healthvisions Midwest · Hammond, IN · 2024
Transportation
$20,000
St John'S United Church of Christ · Crown Point, IN · 2024
Support orgs mission
$20,000
Project Outreach and Prevention · Crown Point, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$20,000
Sixteen Pearls Foundation · Merrillville, IN · 2023
Program support
$20,000
The Caring Place · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
Filling the gaps
$19,549
Gary Public Transportation Corp · Gary, IN · 2023
Operating support
$18,729
Hammond Education Foundation · Hammond, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$18,686
The Salvation Army Northwest · Munster, IN · 2022
Further orgs mission
$18,656
Opportunity Enterprises · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
Camp & event support
$17,860
Brothers' Keeper · Gary, IN · 2023
Further orgs mission
$17,698
Calumet College of St Joseph · Whiting, IN · 2023
Operating support
$17,500
Startedup Foundation · Noblesville, IN · 2024
Educator fellowship
$17,347
Haven House · Hammond, IN · 2023
Violence shelter
$17,000
Hearts in Motion · Schererville, IN · 2022
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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.