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Private foundation (trust)EIN 752696419Est. 1998-01

THE LEGETT FOUNDATION

ABILENE, TX 79604

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$288.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$12.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

136

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$92K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$300–$2.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$24.0M

Total Expenses

$15.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$12.9M

Distributable Amount

$14.0M

Min. Investment Return

$14.3M

Payout rate 92%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.92%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

136 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $300 through median $10K to maximum $2.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $13.0M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
$7.3M
9 grants
ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC
$4.3M
4 grants
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE
$3.6M
14 grants
AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION
$2.1M
2 grants
HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
$1.7M
4 grants
WEST TEXAS REHABILITATION CENTER FOUNDATION
$1.7M
1 grant
ABILENE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
$1.5M
3 grants
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST
$1.3M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
262
grants
$10–50K
157
grants
$50–250K
46
grants
$250K–1M
27
grants
$1–5M
8
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

21 states

Texas
$42.4M
97% of total
District of Columbia
$354K
1% of total
Virginia
$301K
1% of total
Maryland
$201K
0% of total
California
$197K
0% of total
New York
$92K
0% of total
North Carolina
$55K
0% of total
Michigan
$50K
0% of total
Delaware
$35K
0% of total
Alabama
$30K
0% of total

+11 more states

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