Impact
A verifiable record.
An honest commitment.
The Legacy Foundation has been a publicly supported 501(c)(3) since 2006. Every figure on this page is drawn from our IRS filings, or is a specific 2026 commitment we will report actuals against.
Our First Chapter · 2006–2021
What the public record shows.
Each figure below is drawn from the Foundation's Form 990 filings on record with the IRS. Historical filings are publicly searchable through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
$500K+
Public support raised
Across our first chapter, 2006–2021. (Form 990 / Schedule A.)
Hundreds
Direct grants distributed
In a single reporting year (2021 filing).
30,000+
Performances preserved
Artistic works archived through our preservation work.
100%
Publicly supported
No government funding. IRS Schedule A, line 14.
Reference: Form 990-EZ filings, 2017–2021; Schedule A Part II, Public Support schedule. The Legacy Foundation qualifies as a publicly supported charity under IRC §170(b)(1)(A)(vi).
The portfolio today
What stands open right now.
Standing facts about what the seven programs have built and made available — each with a source a reader can open.
The Creative Trust
800+
Artists supported
Legacy Heart Health
16
Modules on prevention and early action
Drawn from the Foundation's catalogue, curriculum, and filed records.
The Arc
A foundation returns.
Founded in 2006. First chapter through 2021. A deliberate pause. A new chapter beginning now.
2006
The Foundation is formed
The Legacy Foundation is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN: 20-4557510, around a single conviction: that opportunity for the next generation is built deliberately, by people who stay close to the work.
2006–2021
First chapter
Direct charitable support for young people, families, and working artists across disciplines. The Foundation operates as a 100% publicly supported charity and files annually with the IRS.
2021
A reporting-year snapshot
The Foundation's 2021 filing reflects hundreds of direct grants distributed and over 30,000 artistic performances preserved through its archival work, alongside continued public-support fundraising.
2022–2025
A deliberate pause
In the wake of the pandemic, the board steps back from active programming for a period of reflection, asking what The Legacy Foundation should become for the decade ahead, rather than the decade behind.
2026
The Foundation returns
The Foundation returns to full operating capacity around seven programs that together form a single architecture of opportunity: Seat Forward, The Gentleman's Club, The Creative Trust, Legacy Library, Wild Windows, Life Skills Learning, and Legacy Heart Health Initiative.
By 2030
The next decade
Annual public reporting against an 85 / 10 / 5 allocation discipline, an independent financial review beginning with FY2026, and seven programs operating at the scale this institution was built to sustain.
Our Next Chapter · 2026 Forward
What we are committing to publish.
As we return to full operating capacity, these are the standards we hold ourselves to: in writing, on a schedule, accountable to donors and to the public.
Inaugural cohorts
Each cohort-based program launches a 2026 inaugural cohort. Cohort sizes, partner sites, and outcome frameworks are published before enrollment opens.
Public annual report
Our first annual report of the new chapter publishes in Q2 2027, including the FY2026 Form 990, an independent financial review, and program-level outcomes against published targets.
85 / 10 / 5 allocation
85% of every dollar to programs and services, 10% to administration, 5% to fundraising. Targets we will report actuals against, every year.
Methodology
How to read the numbers on this page.
Three different kinds of claim appear here. They are produced in different ways and deserve different levels of confidence.
- Filed figures
- Drawn from Form 990-EZ and Schedule A as filed with the IRS for a closed tax year. These are the strongest numbers on the site: a third party holds a copy, and anyone can retrieve it. Period shown is the tax year, not the calendar year.
- Operating counts
- Read at page-load time from the Foundation's own systems — outcomes recorded by program staff against a defined period. They are current but self-reported, and they exclude demonstration and seed records. Where a count would be misleading below a floor, no figure is shown at all rather than a small one presented as a result.
- Commitments
- Targets, with the date they come due. They are not results and are never displayed as results. When a target date passes, the commitment is marked met or not met on this page — including when it is not met.
- What is not here
- The Foundation does not publish a cost-per-participant figure, a beneficiary story without written consent, or a partner's name without written permission. Where one of those is missing, this site says it is missing.
- The shape of the work
- We do not yet publish a participant's story, because no one has given us written permission to tell theirs. Here is the shape of the work instead, described honestly as a pattern rather than a person: an artist is handed a contract at the happiest moment of their year and signs it, because asking for a lawyer feels like risking the yes. The Creative Trust exists so it isn't a risk.
Public filings
Every Form 990 we have ever filed is on record with the IRS.
Historical filings from our first chapter are publicly searchable. Our FY2026 Form 990 will publish on this site alongside the annual report in Q2 2027.
The invitation
Shape the next chapter.
Donors and partners who step in now help define what The Legacy Foundation becomes by 2030.