
5 Star Legacy Foundation exists to alleviate the suffering of children, their families, and their communities by breaking the cycle of poverty.
A $120,000 grant to Ampelis Foundation for education stands out in 5 Star Legacy Foundation’s recent giving and shows how concentrated its support can be around a single purpose. The foundation says it exists to alleviate the suffering of children, their families, and their communities by breaking the cycle of poverty, and that mission runs through its grant programs for literacy, higher education, micro-loans, entrepreneurship, and partner-led relief efforts. Recent awards also point to a mix of direct educational support and targeted aid for vulnerable groups: Elevate Nations received funding to help poor African farmers, while The Road Home and Edwards' Hands Inc were funded for preschool-age children and children with special needs. The foundation’s program descriptions emphasize accountability and structured support, including regular progress reporting for scholarship recipients and repayable terms for micro-loans. Its work appears to combine grants and micro-loans, with both individual education support and organizational partnerships represented in the program list. Across the recent grants provided here, the foundation’s giving is tightly tied to poverty reduction through education, child support, and economic self-reliance.
Education is a major theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $120,000 to Ampelis Foundation for education, alongside program offerings for higher education scholarships, student financial aid, and literacy support. Child-focused aid appears in both schooling and basic-needs support: The Road Home received $7,399 to help poor preschool kids, and the program list also includes books, educational products, and cash donations for children in grades K-12 and institutions such as orphanages and hospitals. The foundation also supports economic self-reliance. Elevate Nations received $10,000 to help poor African farmers, aligning with its micro-loans and entrepreneurship support program. A separate grant to Edwards' Hands Inc for special needs kids matches its stated interest in children with disabilities and special needs.
The recent grants shown here are highly uneven in size, with a $120,000 award at the top, then $10,000, $7,399, and $6,000. That spread suggests a model that combines one large, program-level commitment with smaller targeted awards. The foundation is a public charity, not a private family foundation, and it does not fund individuals directly. Its program descriptions show both grants and repayable micro-loans, plus regular progress reporting for scholarship recipients, which points to structured, accountability-based support. The available recent-grant sample is all from 2025, so recurring recipients cannot be confirmed from this dataset alone.
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All recent grants in the provided sample went to U.S. recipients, with four grants and 100% of the listed recipient country distribution in the United States. The named recipient cities are Highland, Mapleton, Salt Lake City, and Payson in Utah. That said, the foundation’s stated program geography is broader than the recent sample: its literacy and partner-grant programs include international examples such as Peru, Bali, Tonga, and Guam, along with Navajo Nation and New Mexico.
It funds education, literacy, micro-loans, entrepreneurship support, disaster relief, community projects, and aid for children and families. The program list includes higher education scholarships, literacy support for children in grades K-12, and strategic partner grants for philanthropic initiatives.
No. The foundation is marked as not funding individuals directly. Its programs instead use grants, micro-grants, and repayable micro-loans, with scholarship recipients expected to submit regular progress reports.
In the recent grants provided here, amounts range from $6,000 to $120,000, with listed awards of $120,000, $10,000, $7,399, and $6,000. That shows a wide spread between one large education grant and several smaller targeted awards.
The recent grants shown here all went to U.S. recipients, including organizations in Highland, Mapleton, Salt Lake City, and Payson, Utah. The program descriptions also mention international activity, including Peru, Bali, Tonga, Guam, and projects in Navajo Nation and New Mexico.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampelis Foundation | Highland, UT | $120,000 | 2025 | Education |
| Elevate Nations | Mapleton, UT | $10,000 | 2025 | Help poor African farmers |
| The Road Home | Salt Lake City, UT | $7,399 | 2025 | Help poor preschool kids |
| Edwards' Hands Inc | Payson, UT | $6,000 | 2025 | Help special needs kids |
Ampelis Foundation
$120,000Education
Elevate Nations
$10,000Help poor African farmers
The Road Home
$7,399Help poor preschool kids
Edwards' Hands Inc
$6,000Help special needs kids