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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOUISIANA ASSN FOR THE BLIND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,071,944
Total expenses
$8,084,220
Contributions and grants received
$518,580
Grants paid
$11,000
Program service revenue
$390,291
Investment income
$363,597
Other revenue
$7,799,476
Total assets, end of year
$35,054,829
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,823,229
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,231,600
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,274,450
Management and general expenses
$4,809,770
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,274,450

Program services were 40.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $14,420

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $492,667

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,493

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOW VISION

    total $390,291 · related or exempt $390,291

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $293,519 · excluded $293,519

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $70,078

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $70,078

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,078 · excluded $70,078

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,956

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $14,420

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $954

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,002 · excluded $9,002

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $79,300

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $26,543

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $52,757 · excluded $52,757

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $26,702,124

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $19,016,306

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,685,818 · related or exempt $7,685,818

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $51,899 · related or exempt $51,899

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51,899

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,000 · program services $11,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,171,482 · program services $1,221,641 · management and general $1,949,841

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $213,801 · program services $144,702 · management and general $69,099

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,232 · management and general $62,232

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $461,509 · program services $311,202 · management and general $150,307

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,518 · management and general $11,518

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $31,855 · management and general $31,855

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,838 · management and general $24,838

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $239,453 · management and general $239,453

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,235 · management and general $61,235

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $121,124 · management and general $121,124

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,932 · program services $84 · management and general $86,848

  • 17 · Travel

    total $181,035 · program services $28,626 · management and general $152,409

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,604 · program services $248 · management and general $2,356

  • 20 · Interest

    total $76 · management and general $76

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $527,044 · program services $342,220 · management and general $184,824

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $756,611 · management and general $756,611

  • 24a · Other expenses: LOW VISION SUPPORTIVE S

    total $909,538 · program services $909,538

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES & TELEPHONE

    total $324,528 · program services $108,945 · management and general $215,583

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $321,715 · management and general $321,715

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $192,162 · program services $158,709 · management and general $33,453

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $331,928 · program services $37,535 · management and general $294,393

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,954,496 · end of year $4,989,178

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,232,235 · end of year $2,509,983

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,422,039 · end of year $2,892,826

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,833,829 · end of year $3,795,088

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $107,788 · end of year $197,724

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,115,301

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,021,080

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,549,931 · end of year $7,094,221

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,633,677 · end of year $13,575,809

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $157,588 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,192,205 · end of year $1,823,229

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $566,962

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $143,640 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,981,953 · end of year $33,219,587

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,823 · end of year $12,013

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND'S CORE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STABLE EMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, ALONG WITH EMPLOYMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN LOUISIANA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EVALUATE, TRAIN, AND PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND.

  • SELLING PROGRAM - SHOPPING WITH LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND SERVES THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, FOR WHOM THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 70 PERCENT. YOUR SUPPORT ALSO GENERATES FUNDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND TRAINING TO THOSE SEEKING A MORE INDEPENDENT LIFE.

    Expenses $2,364,913 · Grants $11,000 · Revenue $7,737,717

  • LOW VISION PROGRAM - OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION OFFERS LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS. THESE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDE: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT), WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS (ILS), AND MORE.

    Expenses $909,537 · Revenue $390,291

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Geri Venable

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Taylor Jamison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • William Smith

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Josh Trahan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Suzanne Ellis

    2ND VICE CHAIR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Chris Kevil

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brian Patchett

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $236,222
    From this org
    $193,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,941
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,281
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,941
    Filer's total
    $236,222

  • Audra Muslow

    VICE PRESIDENT/INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $131,229
    From this org
    $117,323
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,906
    Hours/week
    55

  • Shun Washington

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $163,154
    From this org
    $137,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,794
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,360
    Filer's total
    $163,154

  • William Redcliff

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $130,062
    From this org
    $116,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,906
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather McKenzie

    DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND

    Total calculated
    $127,350
    From this org
    $113,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,906
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522269349302732

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