2026-07-27T18:15:01-05:00 2025-12-31 844049075 HALEY & WOODS LLP 4220 CAHABA HEIGHTS COURT SUITE 201 BIRMINGHAM AL 35243 990 2025-01-01 822030366 LEGADO INC LEGA 8012109094 PO BOX 173 JACKSON NH 03846 MARIA MAJKA BURHARDT CEO 8012109094 2026-07-27 1 JESSICA WOODS P02351080 2052432715 2026-07-27 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MARIA MAJKA BURHARDT PO BOX 173 JACKSON NH 03846 2663742 0 X WWW.LEGADOINITIATIVE.ORG X 2017 NH LEGADO IS A WOMAN-LED, GLOBAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE (CONT'D ON SCHEDULE O) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PLACES OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR BIODIVERSITY AS THEY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING THAT BENEFIT BOTH THEIR LANDSCAPES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES - AN OUTCOME WE CALL THRIVING FUTURES. WE DO THIS BY ACTIVATING THE POWER OF LEGACY AROUND THE WORLD. 10 9 6 9 0 0 2054969 2628327 0 0 7337 35384 55471 31 2117777 2663742 91161 73729 0 0 743662 1030652 0 0 175400 629440 740712 1464263 1845093 653514 818649 1521746 2335309 89294 84208 1432452 2251101 X LEGADO IS A WOMAN-LED, GLOBAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PLACES OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR BIODIVERSITY AS THEY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING THAT BENEFIT BOTH THEIR (CONT'D SCHEDULE O) LANDSCAPES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES - AN OUTCOME WE CALL THRIVING FUTURES. WE DO THIS BY ACTIVATING THE POWER OF LEGACY AROUND THE WORLD. 0 0 540179 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. 412000 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. 423965 73729 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. 195162 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. 7813 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. 1584 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. 204559 1580703 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NH X MARIA MAJKA BURHARDT 8012109094 PO BOX 173 JACKSON NH 03846 MARIA MAJKA BURHARDT CEO 40.00 X X 181059 0 0 ERIC LUNDGREN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 PETE VORBRICH PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DAN SARLES MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SEID AMAN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SANDRA CRAMOLINI MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 TOM DENTE TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTABELL MAKOKHA VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LUCIA RUIZ MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 OSMAN SIDDIQI SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANA ALVIRA SENIOR NETWORK WEAVER 40.00 X 129680 0 0 MARIE-EVE MONETTE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT(FIRST HALF OF YEAR) 40.00 X 43434 0 0 EMMA IMPINK SR DIRECTOR PROGRAMS(1/1/25-5/28/25) 40.00 X 38167 0 0 KAYLEIGH MENCIA DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT(8/11/25-PRESENT) 40.00 X 39035 0 0 KATIE BERNHARD HEAD OF IMPACT 40.00 X 74819 0 0 RAISA MIRZA SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS 40.00 X 77372 0 0 ELIZABETH CORBISHLEY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 40.00 X 137500 0 0 721066 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2628327 2628327 29539 29539 5845 0 5845 5845 5845 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 31 31 31 2663742 5876 0 29539 X 73729 73729 771296 627829 50576 92891 142935 112647 12470 17818 20416 16087 1787 2542 48156 37946 4215 5995 47849 37705 4211 5933 26905 22116 1722 3067 302853 257290 10836 34727 20293 20168 125 32533 30141 732 1660 85989 78980 120 6889 6098 4958 376 764 CONTRACT LABOR 150796 150796 PROGRAM EXPENSES 67965 67378 365 222 FIELD AND OFFICE SUPPLI 36046 33749 796 1501 BUSINESS FEES 9185 7269 686 1230 2049 1915 98 36 1845093 1580703 88990 175400 1085388 121636 270413 1417095 125540 740953 20684 31646 19721 23979 1521746 2335309 68883 67817 20411 16391 89294 84208 X 939332 2126205 493120 124896 1432452 2251101 1521746 2335309 818649 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 724860 696169 1415113 2054969 2628327 7519438 724860 696169 1415113 2054969 2628327 7519438 143442 7375996 739 286 94 5252 29539 35910 1625 8247 12538 55471 5876 83757 7639105 0.96560 0.96830 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 16391 16391 X 2668542 4800 4800 2663742 0 2663742 1849893 4800 4800 1845093 0 1845093 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS ORGANIZED AS A DELAWARE NON-STOCK NON-PROFIT CORPORATION AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) SECTION 501(A) AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN IRC SECTION 501(C)(3), QUALIFIES FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION, AND HAS BEEN DETERMINED NOT TO BE A PRIVATE FOUNDATION. THE ORGANIZATION IS ANNUALLY REQUIRED TO FILE A RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX (FORM 990) WITH THE IRS. IN ADDITION, IT IS SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX ON NET INCOME THAT IS DERIVED FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX AND HAS NOT FILED AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION BUSINESS INCOME TAX RETURN (FORM 990-T) WITH THE IRS. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THE ORGANIZATION HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN AFFECTING ITS ANNUAL FILING REQUIREMENTS, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION WOULD RECOGNIZE FUTURE ACCRUED INTEREST AND PENALTIES RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS AND LIABILITIES IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE IF SUCH INTEREST AND PENALTIES ARE INCURRED. 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2 11 PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM SERVICES IN REGION 960000 SOUTH AMERICA 1 2 PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM SERVICES IN REGION 424000 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1 PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM SERVICES IN REGION 195000 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) 2 PROGRAM SERVICES CONTRACTORS WORKING IN EUROPE 108000 3 16 0 0 3 16 1687000 0 1687000 SOUTH AMERICA PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT WORK IN PERU 73729 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARIA MAJKA BURHARDT CEO 181059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181059 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 THE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USES COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE CEO REVIEWED A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND THE TREASURER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED EDITS TO THE TAX PREPARER. THEREAFTER, THE FORM 990 WAS SENT TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO BEING FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE PURPOSE OF LEGADO'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF LEGADO WHEN IT IS CONTEMPLATING ENTERING INTO A TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE PRIVATE INTEREST OF AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OR MIGHT RESULT IN A POSSIBLE EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE CORPORATION OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTANT WITH ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS PROVIDED TO AND APPLIES TO ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD, AND EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD AFFIRMS COMPLIANCE THEREWITHIN, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS. COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE INDUSTRY SOURCES FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR IS SECURED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF OFFICER'S SALARY. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WEIGHED BY THE BOARD INCLUDE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS, THE OFFICER'S PERFORMANCE, AND THE COST OF REPLACING THE OFFICER. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS GUIDELINES AND THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 NO OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 246,992. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 10,034. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 33,301. TOTAL EXPENSES 290,327. PAYROLL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 9,454. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 736. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,311. TOTAL EXPENSES 11,501. OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 844. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 66. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 115. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,025. FORM 990 PART XII LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION HAS A COMMITTEE WHO OVERSEES THE AUDIT.