The Living Legacy Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 82-3829140 · since 2018livinglegacyoc.org·California, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$18.7M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$24,000 to $535k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$123k

Typical grant (median)

48 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The filing says the foundation works by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the sensible first step is a warm introduction or an existing relationship before making any request.
Its stated focus on poverty relief, health care, food, shelter and clothing, education, and family and community strengthening, particularly for people with the least opportunity, is the test your work should be measured against.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 179 grants fall between $24,000 and $535,000, and half are $100,000 or less, so a modest, well-defined request fits its usual pattern, though its largest grant was about $7,300,000.
Repeat giving is strong, with 84% of its grant dollars to organisations going to ones it had funded before, so the foundation appears to be relationship-led and your approach should be built on contact rather than a standard application.

Overview

The Living Legacy Foundation is a US private foundation based in Franklin, TN.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Living Legacy Foundation supports organisations helping people struggling daily with poverty. It states that this includes helping individuals and families, particularly children, obtain physical and mental health care, food, shelter, clothing and education. It encourages innovative and caring solutions to community problems and funds programmes intended to make a life-changing and impactful difference. The foundation says it invests in efforts that strengthen families and communities, focuses much of its work on people with the least opportunity, and seeks to improve the futures of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Its recorded recipients include churches, ministries, health and social-service charities, schools and arts organisations.

Themes

Poverty relief
Health care
Food, shelter, clothing
Education
Family and community strengthening
Opportunity for disadvantaged people

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Tennessee, California, Missouri, Florida and Texas.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 84% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 179 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

It encourages innovative and caring solutions to community problems that make a life-changing and impactful difference.
It focuses much of its work on people with the least opportunity.
It seeks to invest in efforts that enhance opportunity for those who have none.
It invests in programmes intended to improve the future of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Tennessee41%

California26%

Missouri8%

Florida6%

Texas5%

Nevada5%

6 other states: 9%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%

The largest single recipient received 36% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 84% of grant dollars went to organisations The Living Legacy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
42% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

48 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $123k

How much do they typically give?

Share of 48 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$5k–$10k2%

$10k–$25k6%

$25k–$50k10%

$50k–$100k15%

$100k–$250k33%

$250k–$500k13%

$500k–$1M15%

$1M and over6%

Median $123k (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Philanthropic Impact Foundation · General support
$7,295,0002024 tax year
CityServe International · General support
$1,308,7482024 tax year
Mission Activation Charity · Mission activation programs
$1,087,3382024 tax year
Social Impact Fund · Inherit the music
$750,0002024 tax year
Small World Vision · General support
$600,0002024 tax year
Pacific Houses of Prayer · General support
$590,0002024 tax year
Journeys Counseling Ministry · General support
$535,0002024 tax year
Narrow Gate Foundation · General support
$500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Heather Mcgrath — Senior Vice President
Richard L Hutcheson — CEO
Richard Hutcheson JR — Executive Vice President
Alisha Ballard — President / Executive Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$18,748,253	$16,533,004	$158,173,936	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$21,216,188	$18,286,000	$160,973,535	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$22,040,498	$18,736,586	$163,520,113	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.