Legacy Impact

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863923783
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Manassas, VA, USA
Phone
7037320168
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,477
Expenses
$24,032
Assets
$18,935
Liabilities
$168

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Peter Christophersen (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher Coleman (Board Chair)
  • Robert Seagears (Board Member)
  • Chris Greene (Board Member)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Create an environment where families transform their narratives from poverty to possibility

What it reported doing in 2025

The 202 programs of Legacy Impact include English as a Second Language ESL classes, Women Empowerment Workshops, English Conversation Class, and the Teacher Assistant program. ESL classes are for adults in Manassas City, who are considered low-income. Classes are both affordable and accessible as they are facilitated out of the Georgetown South Community Center as well as Metz Middle School. Women Empowerment Workshops are hosted in the Georgetown South Community Center and are focused on empowering women in the areas of mental health and physical health. Workshops include topics such as financial literacy, nutrition, self-defense situation awareness, stress relief, family connecitonand exercise. The Teacher Assistant program is an employment opportunity for adult ESL students. Legacy Impact employs higher level ESL student to assist in lower-level classes giving individuals the space to be a part of the impact in their community as well as having a unique employment experience.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.4%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.4% of revenue deployed · 52.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.