LEGACY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

EIN 34-2039472 BATTLE CREEK, MI

Revenue 2023: $415,480
Expenses 2023: $254,533

Program services were 94.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B122
Classification: 1200
Street: 32 MICHIGAN AVE W STE 1

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC AND LAKEVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YOUTH MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS TO CREATE A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE IN BATTLE CREEK. CONTINUOUS SUPPORT IN ALL BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLS WITH RESOURCES, ADVISING, AND WORKSHOPS.

Expenses $239,533 · Revenue $2,330

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

VALERIE REED

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SCOTT CUBBERLY

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ASHA WRIGHT

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LORIN GRANGER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALANA WHITE

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KIMBERLY CARTER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR PAUL WATSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
WILLIAM PATTERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR RHONDA MARCUM

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR MICHELE REID

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TIM STAFFEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATELYN STANLEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRENDA L HUNT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$251,242

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$209,791

Other

$41,451

Hours/week

1 + 39 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$0 + $184,791 related

Bonus

$0 + $25,000 related

Other

$0

Deferred

$0 + $10,494 related

Nontaxable benefits

$0 + $30,957 related

Filer's total

$0 + $251,242 related
JOANN FARNHAM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$107,454

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$79,203

Other

$28,251

Hours/week

1 + 39 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$415,480

Expenses

$254,533

Contributions

$413,150

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$326,340

Expenses

$240,382

Contributions

$325,198

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$415,480	$254,533	$413,150	$0
2022	$326,340	$240,382	$325,198	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$268,999

Expenses

$234,140

Assets (EOY)

$78,159
2020 · 990

Revenue

$263,250

Expenses

$289,309

Assets (EOY)

$45,804
2019 · 990

Revenue

$114,152

Expenses

$285,928

Assets (EOY)

$60,014
2018 · 990

Revenue

$459,370

Expenses

$242,964

Assets (EOY)

$233,608
2017 · 990

Revenue

$237,749

Expenses

$264,622

Assets (EOY)

$24,846
2016 · 990

Revenue

$85,377

Expenses

$271,404

Assets (EOY)

$40,243
2015 · 990

Revenue

$420,107

Expenses

$205,187

Assets (EOY)

$227,286
2014 · 990

Revenue

$157,363

Expenses

$193,613

Assets (EOY)

$9,086
2013 · 990

Revenue

$145,354

Expenses

$293,690

Assets (EOY)

$50,312
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$288,010

Assets (EOY)

$194,076

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$268,999	$234,140	$78,159
2020	990	$263,250	$289,309	$45,804
2019	990	$114,152	$285,928	$60,014
2018	990	$459,370	$242,964	$233,608
2017	990	$237,749	$264,622	$24,846
2016	990	$85,377	$271,404	$40,243
2015	990	$420,107	$205,187	$227,286
2014	990	$157,363	$193,613	$9,086
2013	990	$145,354	$293,690	$50,312
2012	990	not reported	$288,010	$194,076

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$333,150

2023 PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM & GRANT MAKING FOUNDATION
BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$320,270

2022 EDUCATION / INSTRUCTION

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

501(C)(3) · COMM. FOUND. · MI
ENCOURAGE BC

501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY PROJECT FISCAL · MI · controlled entity
BURNHAM BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER

501(C)(2) · TITLE HOLDING · MI · controlled entity

Declared as related by

ENCOURAGE BC

On its 2023 return as a controlled entity
BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

On its 2023 return as a controlled entity
BURNHAM BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER TITLE HOLDING CORPORATION

On its 2023 return
BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC

On its 2023 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.