Legenade Childrens Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 371575618
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location: Elk Grove, CA, USA
Phone: (916) 234-0331
Rating: 81
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Senior Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,947
Expenses: $4,823
Assets: $1,573
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Maria Black (Board President)

People named in this filing

Maria Black (Board President)
Marcus Matt (Board Member)
Daisy Santos (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission is to 0help kids become legendary1, through educational and enrichment programs for gifted and underprivileged kids in the US and in the Philippines.

What it reported doing in 2025

Serving the needs of underprivileged children thru various programs and services like Back to School Programs, Scholarship Funding, Community Outreach Program and Christmas Food Baskets Program

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 74
Sustainability: 26
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -63.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th 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: -40.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
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.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.