Funding search · EIN 752696419 · Abilene, TX

The Legett Foundation

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

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

399
grants reported: $36.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Texas Christian University4 grants · $6.5M
Community Foundation of Abilene12 grants · $3.5M
Abilene Heritage Square2 grants · $2.3M
Amarillo Area Foundation1 grant · $2.1M
Hardin-Simmons University4 grants · $1.7M
West Texas Rehabilitation Center Foundation1 grant · $1.7M
Abilene Zoological Society3 grants · $1.5M
Texas Agricultural Land Trust2 grants · $1.3M
McMurry University1 grant · $1.1M
Abilene Christian University1 grant · $1.0M

Giving over time

$11.0M

2022

$13.0M

2023

$12.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 399 grants.

$4.1M
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Educational support
$2.5M
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2024
To support abilene heritage square project
$2.1M
Amarillo Area Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Panhandle gives amplification fund
$1.7M
West Texas Rehabilitation Center Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Capital project
$1.5M
Abilene Zoological Society · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable - 2023 zoobilitation
$1.3M
Abilene Heritage Square · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable - lincoln middle school renovation
$1.1M
McMurry University · Abilene, TX · 2022
Educational - campus center renovation & addition
$1.0M
Hardin-Simmons University · Abilene, TX · 2024
School of nursing
$1.0M
M D Anderson Cancer Center · Abilene, TX · 2024
Nk cell therapy melanoma research
$1.0M
Abilene Christian University · Abilene, TX · 2022
Educational - higher ground campaign
$1.0M
Abilene Heritage Square · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - lincoln middle school renovation
$1.0M
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Educational - medical school endowment
$900,000
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Educational - human performance training facility
$750,000
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable - endowment support
$750,000
West Texas a&M University Foundation · Canyon, TX · 2022
Charitable - to fund a chair in cow-calf management
$600,000
Hendrick Medical Center Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
A foundation for the future
$600,000
Panhandle Gives · Amarillo, TX · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$512,691
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2023
Operations support
$500,000
Hardin-Simmons University · Abilene, TX · 2022
Educational - school of engineering center construction project
$500,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Medical - help initiate dr. Valerae lewis' osteosarcoma clinical trial
$500,000
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable - endowment support
$500,000
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Educational - the big cure
$498,333
All Kind Animal Initiative · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable - animal shelter construction
$449,444
Texas Christian University · Abilene, TX · 2024
Medical school endowment
$366,667
Frontier Texas · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable
$333,333
United Way of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable - 2023 campaign
$333,317
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - vfd grant cycle & endowment
$310,000
Texas Tech Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Distinguished alumni event
$261,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charitable- operations support
$250,000
Abilene Restoration Ministries · Abilene, TX · 2024
Dormitory project
$250,000
Remember the Alamo Foundation · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Campaign to remember project
$250,000
Texas Military Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$250,000
Abilene Restoration Ministries · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - purchase & renovate two homes for transitional housing
$250,000
Angelo State University Foundation · San Angelo, TX · 2022
Education - to establish a cyberspace and ai center of excellence
$250,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2022
Educational - bridwell institute of economic freedom
$237,500
Abilene Improvement Corporation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Downtown abilene hotel project
$200,000
Hardin-Simmons University · Abilene, TX · 2023
Charitable support
$200,000
Schreiner University · Kerrville, TX · 2023
E pluribus texas
$185,000
United Way of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2024
Winter light fest
$175,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Charitable support
$166,667
Ranching Heritage Association · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Ranching heritage association
$160,000
West Texas a&M University Foundation · Canyon, TX · 2022
Charitable - haley family western heritage program
$150,000
Abilene Arts Alliance · Abilene, TX · 2024
Storybook garden expansion
$150,000
Bcfs Health and Human Services · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operating support for our house
$150,000
The Global Orphan Project · Abilene, TX · 2024
Care portal program in taylor county
$150,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star · Irving, TX · 2023
Charitable - mark rogers endowed president fund
$125,000
Angelo State University Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Cyberspace and ai center of excellence
$125,000
Abilene Philharmonic Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - music director endowment campaign
$125,000
Salvation Army · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - property purchase & renovation for office space
$100,000
Communio Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
National strategy to save the family
$100,000
Heal the City Free Clinic · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$100,000
Communio Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$100,000
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable - new furniture
$100,000
Youth Voice · Abilene, TX · 2023
Drop in center
$100,000
Heal the City Free Clinic · Amarillo, TX · 2022
Charitable - operating support
$85,000
St Andrew'S Episcopal School · Amarillo, TX · 2022
Educational - operating support
$79,000
Texas Tech Foundation · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Educational donation
$75,000
United Way of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - 2022 campaign
$55,000
Saints' Roost Museum · Clarendon, TX · 2022
Charitable - chuck wagon cook-off & construction project
$50,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$50,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Abilene, TX · 2024
Hurricane helene disaster response
$50,000
United States Golf Association · Abilene, TX · 2024
Us national development program
$50,000
Advocates for Camp Able · Buffalo Gap, TX · 2023
Operations and capital support
$50,000
Wayland Baptist University · Plainview, TX · 2023
Operations support
$50,000
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - big country fire relief fund
$50,000
Fort Griffin Fandangle Association · Albany, TX · 2022
Charitable - repair & upgrade campaign
$50,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Educational - barney charter school initiative endowment
$50,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Charitable - ukraine relief
$41,667
Salvation Army · Abilene, TX · 2024
Capital project and operations
$40,400
Abilene Youth Sports Authority · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - 2022 summer programming
$40,000
Association of Private Enterprise Education · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Charitable - young scholars program
$37,500
Abilene Arts Alliance · Abilene, TX · 2022
Charitable - endowment fund
$35,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$35,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$33,000
Prager University Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$33,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$33,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Charitable - operating support
$32,500
Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable - operating support
$32,000
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2024
West texas homeless network
$30,420
Buffalo Gap Improvement Corporation · Buffalo Gap, TX · 2022
Charitable - buffalo gap master plan
$30,400
Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2023
Clinic in san angelo, tx
$30,000
Amarillo Symphony · Abilene, TX · 2024
Kinder c+h64oncerts
$30,000
Cook Children'S Health Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Louden memorial
$30,000
Hoover Volunteer Fire Department · Abilene, TX · 2024
Vfd operations
$30,000
Mont Perelin Society · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Young scholars program
$30,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable - operating support
$28,000
St Matthew'S Episcopal Church · Abilene, TX · 2024
Organ music program
$27,814
St Matthew'S Episcopal Church · Austin, TX · 2022
Religious - rick land / special education
$27,500
Abilene Education Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2023
Operating support
$26,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$25,000
Abilene Arts Alliance · Abilene, TX · 2024
Hearts for the arts
$25,000
Abilene Hope Haven · Abilene, TX · 2024
1:1 challenge to provide funds for building repairs/updates
$25,000
American Private Radio · Abilene, TX · 2024
Our american stories
$25,000
City of Clarendon · Abilene, TX · 2024
Clarendon vfd
$25,000
Community Foundation of Abilene · Abilene, TX · 2024
Region 14 pace collaborative
$25,000
Grace Museum · Abilene, TX · 2024
Art vault renovation
$25,000
Heritage Foundation · Abilene, TX · 2024
Operations
$25,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Abilene, TX · 2024
Texas initiatives
$25,000
Miami-Roberts County Volunteer Fire Department · Abilene, TX · 2024
Vfd operations
$25,000
Sharing Is Caring · Abilene, TX · 2024
Lonestar angel project

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