Grant Legacy Group, a death-care and estate-services company founded by attorney and entrepreneur Lila Grant, said it held a free bilingual community event in Houston’s historic Third Ward and announced a new fund focused on funeral assistance, scholarships and homeowner legal support.

The company described The Legacy Homecoming as a daylong public event featuring a neighborhood procession, Black-owned restaurants, local musicians and access to legal, health and financial services. According to the press release, no ticket or purchase was required to attend.

Grant Legacy attorneys provided guidance in English and Spanish for residents beginning wills or directives, the company said. Programming also included a workshop on protecting homes and land across generations, health screenings, financial-literacy sessions and supervised childcare.

During an evening-stage announcement, Grant introduced the Third Ward Legacy Fund, which the company characterized as a permanent Houston commitment. The fund is intended to provide funeral aid to families unable to afford funeral expenses, scholarships for local students pursuing law, business or mortuary science, and the Homeowner Legacy Program.

The homeowner program is expected to offer free legal assistance to longtime families working to retain homes and land that may be at risk of loss, according to the release. Grant Legacy Group did not provide further details on eligibility, funding levels, application procedures or the program’s planned start date.

Grant linked the announcement to Third Ward’s historical connection to Emancipation Park, saying freed men and women purchased the land in 1872. “My job is to make sure your children never have to buy that ground back,” Grant said in the release.

Grant Legacy Group said the Houston gathering is part of its broader national expansion, with flagship locations open in cities across the country and community programming associated with new markets. The company did not identify the cities involved or say how the Third Ward fund would be administered.

The event’s mix of estate-planning guidance, funeral support and home-retention services aligns with the company’s work in death care, probate law and end-of-life planning. The release framed the initiative around family wealth, property ownership and long-term planning.

“A legacy is land you hold, a name you protect, and a family nobody can move off the ground they built,” Grant said.