Legend Springs Elementary PTO
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882732195
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Glendale, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6233764500
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $89,546
- Expenses
- $39,685
- Assets
- $101,185
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Heather Nielsen (President)
- Cassie Woolgar (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Heather Nielsen (President)
- Cassie Woolgar (Vice President)
- Rachel Balcitis (Secretary)
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
To support the educational experience of students at Legend Springs Elementary School by funding teacher and staff resources, classroom and campus improvements, and community-building events for students and families.
What it reported doing in 2025
The three largest program services: Program 1 - Teacher & Staff Appreciation and Support Description: Provided appreciation events, meals, gifts, and supplies for teaching and support staff throughout the school year, including back-to-school and staff appreciation week luncheons, seasonal staff parties, and daily/weekly recognition efforts. These activities support staff morale and retention, benefiting the school's 44 teachers and 35 support staff members at Legend Springs Elementary School. Program 2 - Campus & Classroom Improvements Description: Funded classroom technology, educational software licenses, and campus equipment to enhance the learning environment, including instructional software subscriptions, chromebook charging equipment, playground/recess equipment, and general campus improvements. These investments benefited all 670 students and 44 teachers at Legend Springs Elementary School. Program 3 - Family & Community Events Description: Organized community-building events for students and families, including father-daughter and mother-son dances, family movie nights, a Veterans Day observance, and a back-to-school welcome event for teachers. These events strengthened the school community, benefiting the school's 670 students and their families, along with 44 teachers and 35 staff members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.3%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.