Legacy 56

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922848842
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Skokie, IL, USA
Phone
6307155649
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,001
Expenses
$7,134
Assets
$1,735
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY ESHLEMAN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • AMY ESHLEMAN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • ANGELA HOLDREN (SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)
  • MADONNA HOWARD (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Legacy 56 will work alongside key stakeholders and community partners to highlight and further the positive work and impact of chicago's 56th mayoral administration.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization hosts several events involving residents, civic and business leaders and other elected officials to highlight the programmatic accomplishments of chicago's 56th mayoral administration. Residents were given opportunities to learn about these programs and initiatives, creating avenues for future advocacy efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.1%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -197.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -145.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -115.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.1% of revenue deployed · 0.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.