LEGADO INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 173

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 · 2025

• LEGADO: NAMULI IS LEGADO'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WORKING WITH THE LOMWE COMMUNITIES ENCIRCLING MOUNT NAMULI, MOZAMBIQUE, A KEY BIODIVERSITY AREA. NAMULI IS WHERE, IN 2014, WE BEGAN WITH A HARD-EARNED $11,000 AND A PASSIONATE INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, BIOLOGISTS AND MORE. SINCE THEN OUR LEGADO:NAMULI TEAM HAS WORKED WITH EIGHT COMMUNITIES AND 24,000 PEOPLE ON THE MOUNTAIN TO REALIZE THE LEGACIES THEY HAVE DEFINED. OUR WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE REGION AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS HELPED CREATE OUR PHILOSOPHY OF LEGACY AND BELIEF THAT WHEN PEOPLE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING, THEY CREATE SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES CALLED THRIVING FUTURES.

  Expenses $540,179

• LEGADO: NKISHON SUPAT E NGILAI, WHICH TRANSLATES FROM SAMBURU TO "NGILAI'S THRIVING FUTURE," IS A PROJECT CREATED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NGILAI COMMUNITY, LEGADO, THE NGILAI WILDLIFE COMMUNITY CONSERVANCY AND NORTHERN RANGELANDS TRUST. THE CONSERVANCY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 11,000 PRIMARILY SAMBURU PEOPLE AND CONTAINS THE CORE OF THE MATHEWS RANGEA SPIRITUAL HOME OF THE SAMBURU, A KEY SOURCE OF WATER FOR THE SURROUNDING VALLEYS AND THE CORE GRAZING AREA THAT SUPPORTS THE LIVELIHOODS OF ITS STEWARDS.

  Expenses $412,000

• FUTUROS VIVOS:MEGANTONI-MACHIGUENGA IS A COLLABORATION TO CO-CREATE THRIVING FUTURES WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES STEWARDING PERU'S MEGANTONI NATIONAL SANCTUARY AND MACHIGUENGA COMMUNAL RESERVE. THE PROGRAM IS A MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT THE CO-CREATION OF THRIVING FUTURES WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ASHNINKAS, MATSIGENKAS, YINE YAMI, QUECHUA, AND KAKINTE, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING LOCAL COMMUNITIES KEY STEWARDS OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL REGIONS FOR BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY.

  Expenses $423,965 · Grants $73,729

• IN 2024, LEGADO BEGAN A PARTNERSHIP TO INTEGRATE OUR THRIVING FUTURES METHODOLOGY INTO PLANET INDONESIA'S WORK SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE INDONESIAN PROVINCE OF WEST KALIMANTAN, LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF BORNEO. LEGADO'S PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANET INDONESIA STARTS BY WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS DAYAK COMMUNITIES IN MELAWI DISTRICT, NESTED IN THE TWO MILLION-HECTARE ARABELLA SCHWANNER LANDSCAPE, HOME TO BORNEO'S LARGEST REMAINING ORANGUTAN POPULATION. PLANET INDONESIA AND LEGADO WILL WORK TOGETHER ALONGSIDE FOUR VILLAGES IN MELAWI TO SECURE LAND RIGHTS, REDUCE POVERTY, AND LEAD ACROSS THEIR HOLISTIC PRIORITIES TOWARDS THRIVING FUTURES. OUR PARTNERSHIP BUILDS ON PLANET INDONESIA'S DEEP EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY-LED GOVERNANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. WORKING TOGETHER, WE WILL CREATE AN UPDATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING TOOL THAT EMBEDS 360 COMMUNITY-LED CHANGE INTO PLANET INDONESIA'S CORE MODEL APPROACH. THE TOOL WILL BE USED TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARTICULATE THEIR LEGACIES AND THE PRIORITIES THEY WANT TO PURSUE FOR THEIR OWN THRIVING FUTURES. THE RESULTING LEGACY PLANS WILL BECOME THE BACKBONE FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL GOVERNANCE, GRANT PROPOSALS, AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTIONS THAT BENEFIT BOTH THEMSELVES AND THEIR LANDSCAPES.

  Expenses $195,162

• IN 2024, LEGADO LAUNCHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PANGOLIN PROJECT TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP OF THE LARGER NYEKWERI ECOSYSTEM IN NAROK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KENYA. LEGADO SUPPORTED THE PANGOLIN PROJECT TO USE THRIVING FUTURES MODEL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAASAI LANDOWNERS.

  Expenses $7,813

• FULL SPECTRUM IS A COALITION THAT WE SUPPORTED TO LAUNCH. THE FULL SPECTRUM COALITION (FSC) BRINGS TOGETHER LEADING ORGANIZATIONS WITH PROVEN COMMUNITY-LED APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING COMMUNITY WELLBEING. CURRENT MEMBERS OF THIS EMERGENT COALITION INCLUDE ONE VILLAGE PARTNERS, LEGADO, TOSTAN, PASTORAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL, HEALTH IN HARMONY AND PLANET INDONESIA. EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS, IN TURN, A RANGE OF LOCAL PLACES AND COMMUNITIES IT ENGAGES WITH IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: IN AFRICA: KENYA, TANZANIA, MOZAMBIQUE, SENEGAL, THE GAMBIA, GUINEA BISSAU, MALI; GUINEA; NIGERIA, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, GHANA, AND MADAGASCAR; IN SOUTH AMERICA: BRAZIL AND PERU; IN ASIA: INDONESIA.

  Expenses $1,584

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,663,742

  Expenses

  $1,845,093

  Contributions

  $2,628,327

  Grants paid

  $73,729

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,117,777

  Expenses

  $1,464,263

  Contributions

  $2,054,969

  Grants paid

  $91,161

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,428,623

  Expenses

  $918,422

  Contributions

  $1,415,113

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $704,454

  Expenses

  $959,205

  Contributions

  $696,169

  Grants paid

  $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

  $807,224

  Expenses

  $751,705

  Assets (EOY)

  $555,888

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $467,806

  Expenses

  $473,019

  Assets (EOY)

  $475,200

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $654,804

  Expenses

  $286,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $482,050

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $654,804

  Expenses

  $286,946

  Assets (EOY)

  $482,050

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $376,299

  Expenses

  $287,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,046

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $376,299

  Expenses

  $287,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,046

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $376,299

  Expenses

  $287,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,046

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $33,546

  Expenses

  $17,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,462

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.

Grants made

• ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO (DBA SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE)

  $91,161

  2024 · PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT WORK IN PERU

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $285,350

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $126,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $124,000

  2024 · HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $115,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $105,000

  2023 · POVERTY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $99,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $78,580

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $73,700

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $50,250

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $50,000

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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