Verified September 13, 2026. Legacy Foundation is accepting applications for the Fall 2026 Transform Lake County grant cycle. The program supports organizations serving Lake County, Indiana through programmatic and capacity building grants.
Funding and deadline
Programmatic requests range from $2,000 to $35,000. Capacity building requests are available up to $10,000. The Fall cycle opened September 1, 2026 and applications are due October 1, 2026. The controlling current opportunity page does not publish an exact deadline clock time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility
Transform Lake County is open to 501(c)(3) organizations serving Lake County, Indiana. In selected cases, Legacy Foundation may consider broader community projects from organizations that normally fall outside its standard guidelines, including certain faith based organizations and units of government when the proposal extends beyond traditional functions and benefits the broader community.
Health and technology relevance
Programmatic categories include Basic Needs, where Mental and Physical Health is expressly listed alongside education, food access, housing and transportation. Other categories include disability services and advocacy, public safety and community needs. Capacity building grants may support organizational technology upgrades and management systems, although that pathway is intended for internal organizational effectiveness rather than the creation or expansion of a new service.
Legacy Foundation’s general grant guidelines contemplate equipment and materials purchased with Foundation funds becoming the grantee’s permanent property unless the award states otherwise. The Foundation does not typically fund medical, scientific or academic research.
Match and procurement
A financial match or the ability to leverage other resources is identified as a characteristic of strong proposals, but the public Transform Lake County guidance does not impose a universal mandatory application match. Legacy Foundation’s Board may impose a matching requirement on a specific award. Professional services are encouraged to be procured through competitive negotiation for quality and best pricing.
N9+ and vendor fit
Atlas Opportunity Score: 93/100. N9+ Fit Score: 84/100 conditional. A legitimate applicant led role for the Nonagon N9+ device and platform may exist in a qualifying Lake County mental or physical health project involving guided remote physical examinations, vitals or telehealth enabled clinical encounters. General equipment treatment supports a plausible pathway, but the current public materials do not specifically preapprove N9+, QC Healthcare, telehealth equipment, platform costs, software, implementation, training or outside vendor services.
This is not a direct procurement or direct applicant opportunity for Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare. Before any outreach or budgeting, Atlas must verify the specific applicant, current portal questions and attachments, project classification, cost allowability, any award specific match, and applicable procurement controls.
Next action
Identify a qualified Lake County organization with a documented mental or physical health access need. Verify current portal requirements and the allowability of the proposed equipment, platform and vendor costs, then clear all CRM recipient, opt out, bounce, deduplication and exactly two organization specific PDF gates before any outreach.
Authoritative sources: Legacy Foundation — Transform Lake County and Legacy Foundation — Grant Guidelines.