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501(c)(3) Nonprofit · St. Petersburg, FL
Every family has a story. Every story deserves to be preserved.
We help families own land, build wealth, and pass both down.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
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What We Do
Three Ways We Help Families Build Legacy
Every program connects land, wealth, and story — across generations.
Legacy Land Campus
A family farm in Palatka, Florida becoming a living classroom — where families learn to grow food, protect land, and build something that lasts.
The Wealth Classroom
Free community classes in financial literacy, business credit, heirs' property prevention, and estate planning — so families keep what they build.
The Digital Memoir Pavilion
We record elders, veterans, and farmers — preserving their voices in a permanent archive so their wisdom outlives them.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
Pull up a chair at the Big Table.
Every family deserves a seat. Every seat changes a generation.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
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Our Story
We Didn't Start a Nonprofit. We Answered a Call.
Some families lose land through tax sales, missing wills, and knowledge that dies with elders. We exist so that stops.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
The Founder's Story
A Father Who Taught His Daughter to Grow Food Before They Ever Talked About Money
Our founder grew up watching her grandparents tend land in Palatka, Florida. They didn't talk about wealth — they demonstrated it. They grew food. They owned their ground. They passed down something most families never get: a place to return to.
Her father continued that tradition. Before she ever learned about savings accounts or credit scores, she learned how to plant, how to harvest, and how to respect the land beneath her feet. That education — rooted in soil and story — became the foundation for everything Legacy Table does today.
But she also saw the other side. Families who lost land through tax sales. Elders who passed away before anyone wrote down their stories. Heirs who inherited confusion instead of clarity. The Legacy Table Foundation exists because that pattern is not inevitable — it is preventable.
The Big Table Philosophy
Everyone Gets a Seat. Everyone Learns to Set One for the Next Generation.
The Big Table is more than a metaphor. It is the organizing principle of everything we do. At our table, there is no income threshold, no education requirement, no zip code that disqualifies you. We believe every family — regardless of where they are starting — deserves access to the knowledge, land, and community that makes legacy possible.
💰 The Financial Table
Business credit, estate planning, heirs' property protection, and wealth-building basics.
🌾 The Agricultural Table
Land ownership, food growing, farm-based education, and connecting families to the soil.
🌿 The Health Table
Brain-healthy nutrition, wellness education, and the connection between land and longevity.
📖 The Legacy Table
Story preservation, digital memoirs, family history, and passing wisdom to the next generation.
Our Mission
Families lose what they were never taught to keep. We teach families to keep what they build — land, wealth, health, and story.
The Legacy Table Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in St. Petersburg, Florida. We serve families across the Gulf Coast and beyond — connecting them to land, knowledge, and each other.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
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Legacy Land Campus
A Half-Acre of Promise in Palatka, Florida
This is where the program lives. A family land project becoming a farm-based education campus — built by families, for families.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
Built in Phases
From Raw Land to Living Classroom
Every phase brings more families closer to the land — and to each other.
Phase 1: Securing the Land
Clearing, surveying, and preparing the half-acre property in Palatka, Florida. Establishing legal ownership structures to protect the land for generations.
Phase 2: The Gardens
Planting the Brain-Healthy Nutrition Garden — blueberries, blackberries, leafy greens, and medicinal herbs. Raised garden beds named for families and donors. Food that feeds both body and memory.
Phase 3: The Open-Air Classrooms
Building the Wealth Classroom pavilion and the Digital Memoir Pavilion — open-air spaces where families gather to learn, record, and remember.
Phase 4: Wellness & Technology
A wellness showcase connecting land, nutrition, and health. Technology stations for digital storytelling, family history research, and legacy planning.
The Legacy Land Bridge
From Palatka, Florida to Yaoundé, Cameroon
Legacy doesn't stop at the water's edge. Through our Legacy Land Bridge program, we connect American families to partner land near Yaoundé, Cameroon — creating a living exchange of agricultural knowledge, cultural memory, and cross-continental community.
Families learn that the African diaspora's relationship to land is not broken — it is waiting to be rebuilt. The Legacy Land Bridge is how we begin that rebuilding, one family at a time.
The soil remembers what history tried to erase.
Plant Your Legacy
Help Us Build the Campus, One Gift at a Time
Every contribution is named. Every dollar goes to the land.
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Sponsor a Fruit Tree
$150
Your family's name is placed on a fruit tree at the Palatka campus. It will grow and give for decades.
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Build a Garden Bed
$1,500
A raised garden bed named in your honor — growing food, teaching families, and feeding the community.
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Send a Family on a Field Trip
$500
Cover the cost of transportation, meals, and materials for a family visiting the Legacy Land Campus.
The Legacy Table Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 41-5188817. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
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Our Programs
Free Programs That Change What Families Pass Down
No experience required. No income threshold. All are welcome at the table.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
Program 1
The Open-Air Wealth Classroom
Free community education — held on the land, built for real life.
Most financial education is designed for people who already have money. Ours is designed for families who are building it. We meet people where they are — with plain language, practical tools, and no judgment.
- Financial literacy and household budgeting
- Business credit basics and how to build it
- Heirs' property: what it is and how to prevent it
- Wills, trusts, and estate planning for everyday families
- Youth money education — the Legacy Readers Program
- Land ownership and how to protect it
Every class is free. Every seat matters.
Program 2
The Digital Memoir Pavilion
Every elder has a story. We make sure it outlives them.
The Digital Memoir Pavilion is a recording studio without walls — a space where elders, veterans, farmers, and community leaders sit down and tell their stories. We capture those stories in high quality and preserve them permanently.
Veteran interviews are submitted to the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, ensuring that the service and sacrifice of our community members becomes part of the national record.
- Elder life story recordings
- Veteran oral history interviews (submitted to Library of Congress)
- Family farm and business histories
- Community leader legacy interviews
- Digital archive access for families
Their voices are the inheritance.
Program 3
Field Trips & Family Days
The campus is a classroom. The land is the teacher.
We bring youth groups, school classes, senior centers, and families out to the Palatka campus for hands-on learning days. Participants plant seeds, tour the gardens, hear stories from elders, and leave with a deeper connection to the land — and to each other.
- Youth and school group visits
- Senior center field trips
- Family heritage days
- Seed-starting workshops
- Farm-to-table cooking demonstrations
- Intergenerational storytelling circles
Some lessons can only be learned with your hands in the soil.
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Events
Come to the Table
Every event is a gathering. Every gathering plants a seed.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
Featured Event · Free Admission
The Big Table at Childs Park: A Family Legacy Day
Join us for a full day of planting, learning, storytelling, and celebration. This is not just an event — it is a gathering of families who are ready to build something that lasts.
- Seed-starting workshop — plant seedlings that will travel to the Palatka campus
- Story-recording corner — elders share their memories on camera
- Mini-class: How to protect your family's land
- Kids' activities and games
- Live music and food
What we plant today, our grandchildren will harvest.
More Ways to Gather
Monthly Workshops & Annual Celebrations
We gather year-round — in classrooms, on the land, and around the table.
Monthly Workshops
Every month we host free community workshops covering financial literacy, land protection, estate planning, and storytelling. Held in St. Petersburg and virtually. Open to all families. No registration required for most sessions.
- Wealth Classroom sessions
- Heirs' property clinics
- Story-recording open hours
- Youth Legacy Readers meetups
The Annual Harvest Big Table Dinner
Once a year, we gather the full community — donors, families, volunteers, and partners — for a celebration of what we've built together. A harvest dinner on the land. Stories shared. Seeds planted for the year ahead.
Every seat at this table is earned by showing up.
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Donate
Help a Family Keep Their Land and Their Story.
Your gift doesn't just fund a program. It changes what a family passes down.
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
Ways to Give
Every Gift Has a Name. Every Dollar Has a Purpose.
Choose the gift that speaks to you. All are meaningful. All are needed.
🌳
$150 — Plant a Fruit Tree
Your family's name goes on a fruit tree at the Palatka campus. It will grow, give fruit, and stand for generations.
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$500 — Send a Class on a Field Trip
Cover transportation, meals, and materials for a youth or family group visiting the Legacy Land Campus.
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$1,500 — Build a Named Garden Bed
A raised garden bed built and named in your honor — growing food, teaching families, and feeding the community.
✈️
$5,000 — Send a Family on a Legacy Journey
Sponsor a family's full participation in a legacy travel experience — connecting them to land, history, and heritage.
The Legacy Table Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 41-5188817. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Why Your Gift Matters
One Gift. One Family. One Generation Changed Forever.
When a family learns to protect their land, that knowledge doesn't stop with them. It travels to their children, their grandchildren, and the generations they will never meet. Your gift is not a transaction — it is a seed.
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of our programs are free to participating families
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program pillars: Financial, Agricultural, Health, and Legacy
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continents connected through the Legacy Land Bridge
What we plant today, our grandchildren will harvest.
LEGACY TABLE FOUNDATION
501(c)(3) Nonprofit · St. Petersburg, FL
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EIN: 41-5188817
Legal Name: The Legacy Table Foundation Inc.
Active 501(c)(3) Public Charity
Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Mission
Preserving Stories. Protecting Land. Building Legacy.
© 2026 The Legacy Table Foundation Inc. All rights reserved.
The Real Reason We Fight for the Land
The Real Reason We Fight for the Land
Most people think land ownership is about having a place to grow food or a piece of property to pass down. And it is. But Legacy Table Foundation goes deeper than that.
The land is the foundation of an entirely different financial identity.
Every family we serve learns one principle that changes everything they thought they knew about wealth.
Own nothing personally. Control everything through structure.
When you place land inside a properly formed LLC or trust that entity has its own identity. Its own EIN. Its own nine digit number completely separate from your Social Security number. That entity builds its own credit history. Its own financial footprint. Its own relationship with lenders that has nothing to do with your personal credit score.
And here is why that matters more than most people understand.
You get one Social Security number. One personal identity. One point of failure. One lawsuit, one medical crisis, one natural disaster, one financial setback can reach everything attached to your personal name. Your home. Your savings. Your business. Everything.
But when your land is in a trust your house is in an LLC your business equipment is in its own entity and each one has its own EIN — one bad day cannot reach all of it at once. The structure protects each asset separately. And the structure survives you. When you leave this earth your children do not fight over what you built. They inherit it whole, protected, and already in the right name.
This is not a wealthy family secret. This is a human right that every family deserves to know.
Every race. Every background. Every generation. Every family that has ever worked hard and wondered why the wealth never seemed to stay.
This is why we fight for the land. Not just to grow food from it. But to build the structure around it that makes everything else possible.
Land. EIN. Trust. Entity. Legacy.
Own nothing. Control everything. Even on your last day.
A Word From Our Founder
I Didn't Start a Nonprofit. I Answered a Call.
I am a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. I have spent over 20 years watching what happens to families when they have nothing to pass down — no land, no business, no plan. I watched elders leave this earth with wisdom that had nowhere to go. I watched children grow up disconnected from the earth, from their history, from themselves. And I said: not on my watch.
Legacy Table Foundation was born at a real table — the kind where decisions get made, where elders speak and children listen. We named it that on purpose. Because the table is where legacy lives. It's where you learn what your family stands for. It's where you decide what you will not let die.
We are not here to hand anyone a fish. We are here to help families own the pond, build the business around it, and eat well from it for generations. Land. Business. Life. That is the whole system. That is the table.
— Tamika R. Ngaham, LNHA | Founder & President, The Legacy Table Foundation Inc.
Why We Exist
Not Just Fed. Nourished.
Not Just Taught. Awakened.
Not Just Taught. Awakened.
The Problem
Generations of underserved and historically disconnected communities in the South lost land through heirs' property disputes, economic pressure, and systemic neglect. With the land went wealth, food sovereignty, and community identity.
Today, youth are disconnected from the earth. Elders carry knowledge no one has asked for — yet.
Our Response
Legacy Table Foundation restores the connection — land to family, elder to youth, soil to body. We provide tools, training, and community so that no family has to say goodbye to what their grandparents fought to keep.
We show up where systems have fallen short — with practical guidance and deep cultural care.
Our Land
Our Land
This is where the program lives. This is where the journey begins. Two continents. One family. One mission.
Palatka, Florida — 1672 S State Road 19 — Our domestic demonstration farm site on the FL-207 heritage corridor. Aquaponics, hydroponics, and a living closed-loop ecosystem where fish and plants sustain each other naturally — producing food, filtering water, and demonstrating the kind of sustainable agriculture that families can replicate on their own land.
Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa — Our international demonstration site. Land owned across two continents. Legacy built across generations.
From Palatka to Cameroon — the land knows our names.
The Fourth Pillar
We Travel to Remember.
Our ancestors were offered money, trades, promises — and they said no.
Not because they didn't understand the offer. Because they understood something deeper: that land is not a transaction. It is identity. It is inheritance. It is life itself.
The Legacy Table Foundation takes families back to the soil their ancestors refused to surrender. We journey domestically and internationally to agricultural sites, to living farms, to the land that remembers us — so our children can feel what their great-grandparents knew in their bones.
We travel to reconnect. We return to rebuild. We purchase land to restore what was never meant to be lost.
Land. Legacy. Liberation.
Who We Serve
Every Generation Has a Seat at the Table
Youth Ages 5–24
- Land education & food sovereignty
- Agricultural business training
- Mentorship from elders
- Financial literacy & entrepreneurship
Seniors Ages 60+
- Traditional farming knowledge sharing
- Wellness circles & land-based healing
- Community mentorship roles
- Land retention support
Every generation deserves a seat at this table. We serve youth ages 5 to 24 and elders ages 60 and above from all backgrounds and all communities. If your family has worked hard and wondered why the wealth never seemed to stay — this table was built for you.
Our 2026 to 2027 program goal is to serve 25 to 50 intergenerational families across our Rooted and Rich seasonal program, Big Table Community Gatherings, and Land Preservation Advisory services. Every family we serve receives personal guidance, not a pamphlet.
Get Involved
Show Up for the Table
Legacy Table Foundation thrives because of people who believe that land, community, and legacy matter. Whether you are a farmer, educator, healthcare professional, or neighbor — there is a role for you here.
Volunteer
Bring your skills to the field — literally. We welcome garden volunteers, mentors, event helpers, and skills-based professionals.
Partner With Us
We collaborate with Hope Services, CareerSource Tampa Bay, Publix, The Greenhouse St. Petersburg, and SpaceLab St. Pete to expand workforce access, host workshops, support youth summer employment, and strengthen community impact.
Spread the Word
Follow us, share our story, and help connect families who need us. Visibility is a form of generosity.
Hire Through Our Network
We partner with Hope Services and CareerSource Tampa Bay to connect trained youth and adults to meaningful employment. We also work with a global remote workforce including team members from the Philippines and Pakistan. Contact us to hire from our network.
Stay Connected
Get Rooted. Join Our Table.
Join our community of land owners, farmers, healers, and legacy builders. We send seasonal updates, program announcements, USDA resources, and stories from the table — straight to your inbox.
🌱 Seasonal Program Updates
📋 USDA Resources & Guides
🏡 Family Land Ownership Tips
To join our community send your name and email to [email protected] with the subject line Join The Table. We will add you to our seasonal updates list personally.
We respect your privacy. No spam — ever. Unsubscribe anytime.
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“Every seed you plant outlives you.”
Give
Your Gift Plants Something That Outlives You.
Legacy Table Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every contribution directly funds land assistance, youth agriculture programs, senior wellness, and the operational infrastructure that keeps this work alive and growing.
$50
Seeds, soil supplies, and growing materials for one youth participant.
$150
Supports one family session of land acquisition technical assistance.
$500
Funds a full intergenerational wellness gathering for youth and seniors.
$2,500+
Becomes a Legacy Partner — named supporter of a seasonal program cohort.
Impact
The Table Is Growing
Every program we run creates a ripple — a family that keeps its land, a young person who learns to grow their own food, a senior whose knowledge finally has an audience. From Publix donating $150 to our Summer Youth Program, to presenting at The Greenhouse St. Petersburg and SpaceLab St. Pete on business credit — the table is growing one seat at a time.
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Program Pillars
Land, Business, Wellness & International Travel
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Global Farm Sites
Palatka FL, Cameroon Africa
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Workforce Partners
Hope Services & CareerSource Tampa Bay
$150
First Youth Program Donation
Generously gifted by Publix for our Summer Youth Program
The Greenhouse St. Petersburg
Alternative Lending for Small Business (June 24, 2026)
SpaceLab St. Pete
Business Credit Presentations
SCORE Speaker
Why Trust Us
Your Trust Is Sacred to Us.
IRS 501(c)(3) Public Charity
Confirmed March 20, 2026
EIN 41-5188817
Federal Employer Identification Number
Florida Charitable Solicitation Registration
CH83467 — Expires May 15, 2027. FDACS Registered.
Incorporated in Florida
March 31, 2026
IRS Determination Letter
Available upon request
Form 990
Filing due May 15, 2027
Board of Directors
Tamika R. Ngaham — President and Founder. Charles Ngaham — Vice President. Cassandra Wesley — Secretary and Treasurer.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law under IRC Section 170.
Contact Us
Come to the Table
We would love to hear from you — whether you are a family seeking land assistance, a potential partner, a donor, or simply someone who feels called to this work. Reach out and let's begin the conversation.
Our Address
100 2nd Ave. S, Suite 205N
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Email Us
Website
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Hours & Availability
We serve families across St. Petersburg and surrounding regions. Program scheduling, site visits, and consultations are available by appointment.
"With the land beneath our feet, food grown from living earth, the wisdom of elders, and the next generation ready to receive what was always meant for them."
Land. Business. Life. Legacy.
Legal & Transparency
Your Trust Is Sacred to Us.
- Legal Name: The Legacy Table Foundation Inc.
- EIN: 41-5188817
- Status: Active 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- State of Registration: Florida
Our full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are available via the links in the footer.
Our Programs
What We Do
Rooted and Rich — Seasons of Wisdom
Our flagship year-long intergenerational program pairs grandparents and grandchildren together across four seasons — Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox, and Winter Solstice. Participants travel to real working land in Palatka, Florida and Lake Butler, Florida domestically and to Yaoundé, Cameroon internationally. They learn to own land, protect it in a trust, grow food from it, and publish their family story in the annual Legacy Memoir. Every season brings families back to the land and back to each other.
The Big Table Community Gatherings
Free community events in South St. Petersburg where families come together around a shared meal to learn about land ownership, generational wealth, and business structure. No experience required. No income threshold. Just a willingness to sit down and learn something different. Priority zip codes: 33705, 33711, and 33712. All are welcome at the table.
The Legacy Memoir
Every program participant writes their chapter — their land ownership journey, their business credit story, their vision for the next generation. Those chapters are compiled and published annually. Elders are named as co-founders on every memoir they contribute to. Their story does not disappear when they leave. It grows.
Land Preservation Advisory
For families sitting on land they are about to give up. Legacy Table Foundation provides free guidance on every option available before a sale — USDA programs, agricultural tax classifications, conservation easements, trust structures, and income-producing strategies that remove the burden without removing the asset. We show up before the land is gone.
Land Scouting Expeditions
Domestic and international travel to agricultural land where families from historically underserved communities are already owning, farming, and building. Participants stand on the land. They touch the soil. They sit with the families who refused to sell. Domestic sites include Palatka, Florida; Lake Butler, Florida; Leesburg, Florida; and Saint Augustine, Florida. International sites include Yaoundé, Cameroon. The inaugural international Land Scouting Expedition to Cameroon is planned for Fall 2027.
Our Rhythm
The Four Seasons of Legacy
We gather with the earth. Four times a year. Four seasons. One unbroken cycle.
Spring Equinox
Planting.
Families come to the land and plant together. Each seed is named for an ancestor. New participants are welcomed to the table for the first time.
Summer Solstice
Growing.
The longest day of the year. Business credit building and land ownership education are in full session. The land is alive and so is the work.
Fall Equinox
Harvesting.
Families harvest what they planted in spring and eat together at the Big Table. What you planted you now eat. What you built you now hold.
Winter Solstice
Legacy.
Participants share their Legacy Memoir chapters. The annual memoir is published. Families who completed land purchases are celebrated. Seeds are saved for spring. The cycle begins again.
LEGACY TABLE FOUNDATION INC.
Rooted in Rich | Our History. Our Table. Our Future.
Address
100 2nd Ave S Suite 205N
Saint Petersburg FL 33701
Legal
EIN: 41-5188817
Status: 501(c)(3) Confirmed March 20, 2026
© 2026 Legacy Table Foundation Inc. — EIN 41-5188817 — 501(c)(3) Confirmed March 20, 2026 — All rights reserved.