California · Nonprofit
LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP
LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP (California) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,872,200 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,500,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Legacy la Youth Development Corp does
Mission
To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. Legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student success program: legacy la's student success program is a comprehensive academic intervention and youth development program designed to address and remove the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral barriers that prevent youth from achieving long-term educational success. Through a holistic approach rooted in mentorship, case management, academic enrichment, leadership development, and social-emotional support, the program supports youth from middle school through college and career pathways. During the fiscal year, legacy la provided more than 32,000 hours of academic support services, including tutoring, mentoring, sat preparation, college readiness workshops, college access support, leadership development, and individualized case management. The program served over 400 youth ages 10-25 from boyle heights, ramona gardens, and surrounding east los angeles communities, helping participants strengthen academic performance, increase school engagement, build leadership skills, and advance toward higher education and career goals.
$2,305,862 spentof which $19,473 as grants72% of program spendingYouth leadership program: legacy la's youth leadership program is a social justice and civic engagement program that empowers youth to become advocates, organizers, and change agents in their communities. Through political education, leadership development, community organizing, and advocacy training, participants develop the skills and confidence to address systemic inequities impacting boyle heights, ramona gardens, and surrounding communities. Youth engaged in more than 10,000 hours of leadership development services, including workshops, community campaigns, public speaking, civic participation, peer leadership, and organizing activities. Approximately 75 youth participated in monthly youth leaders in action (yla) meetings hosted both in-person at legacy la and virtually. Participants also earned college scholarships for each successfully completed year in the program, supporting their long term educational and leadership goals.
$875,208 spentof which $41,813 as grants28% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,181,070.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.2M to $11M (+150%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 52% · 2018 64% · 2019 17% · 2020 42% · 2021 43% · 2022 20% · 2023 46% · 2024 44% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lucy Maria Herrera
Executive director
Board chair
Sara Sgarlata
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $382k → $728k.
7 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 50% · 2019 60% · 2020 37% · 2021 23% · 2022 46% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
89% of LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 852 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 852 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $950k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$950k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP?
- LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP (California) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,872,200 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,500,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $7,872,200 in grants to LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing