Mi Leyenda Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883478800
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Thornton, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9703136702
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,219
- Expenses
- $1,500
- Assets
- $5,719
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Royer Lopez (President)
- Angelica Chavez-Lopez (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Royer Lopez (President)
- Angelica Chavez-Lopez (Executive 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
Mi Leyenda Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting first generation students pursuing higher education. The foundation provides scholarships financial assistance mentorship and community support to help students access and complete college while promoting educational opportunity and leadership development.
What it reported doing in 2025
Mi Leyenda Foundation provides scholarships and mentorship to first generation college students pursuing higher education. The organization works to increase access to college for students by providing financial assistance community support and leadership development opportunities designed to help students succeed in their academic journey.
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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 13.9%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 79.2%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.81; rating input score 79; 79th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 13.9% of revenue deployed · 66.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.