Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024
Filed by LOUISIANA HUMANITIES FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $35,651
- Total expenses
- $187,949
- Contributions and grants received
- $31,129
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $2,042
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $2,480
- Total assets, end of year
- $27,231
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $591,301
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$564,070
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $187,949
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
THE FOUNDATION LAUNCHED THE HELIS FOUNDATION JOHN SCOTT CENTER IN 2022. THE CENTER PRESENTS EXPANSIVE IDEAS OF HERITAGE AND SYMBOLISM INTERPRETED THROUGH THE LENS OF ARTIST, EDUCATOR, AND HUMANIST JOHN T. SCOTT'S LIFE, ART, AND LEGACY WHILE PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT NURTURE CONNECTIONS, ENHANCE HUMAN POTENTIAL, AND DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. FIFTY-ONE WORKS OF ART IN A 6,000-SQUARE-FOOT GALLERY SPACE PRESENT SCOTT'S VISIONARY APPROACH TO ART, CULTURE, AND STORYTELLING. BY EXAMINING SCOTT'S ART, WHICH UPLIFTS HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED AND MARGINALIZED VOICES, THE CENTER IMMERSES OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES IN THE HERITAGE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY UNDERLYING CRITICAL PRESENT-DAY ISSUES FROM EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
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DURING THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 31, 2025, THE HELIS FOUNDATION JOHN SCOTT CENTER CONTINUED TO FULFILL ITS MISSION DESPITE THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ITS FACILITY DUE TO ONGOING BUILDING STABILIZATION AND RENOVATION EFFORTS. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH CENTERED ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS, AND OFF-SITE PROGRAMMING, THE CENTER EXTENDED THE REACH OF JOHN T. SCOTT'S LEGACY BEYOND ITS PHYSICAL WALLS.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, MORE THAN 2,500 GUESTS ENGAGED WITH WORKS FROM THE CENTER'S PERMANENT COLLECTION THROUGH EXHIBITIONS HOSTED BY PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, WHILE AN ADDITIONAL 500 PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN OFF-SITE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND HANDSON ART-MAKING EXPERIENCES. COLLECTIVELY, THESE INITIATIVES ENGAGED MORE THAN 3,000 INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, ARTISTS, LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND VISITORS, DEMONSTRATING THE CENTER'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO MAKING ART, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY DESPITE THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ITS BUILDING.
Expenses $187,949
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Miranda RestovicMIRANDA RESTOVIC
PRESIDENT/EXEC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Melinda MintzMELINDA MINTZ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Randy HaynieRANDY HAYNIE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sharonda WilliamsSHARONDA WILLIAMS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Sharlene Sinegal-DecuirSHARLENE SINEGAL-DECUIR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Linda HolyfieldLINDA HOLYFIELD
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mark GremillionMARK GREMILLION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mimi Moyse SchlesingerMIMI MOYSE SCHLESINGER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Rebecca CollinsREBECCA COLLINS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kellen MathewsKELLEN MATHEWS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Faye FlanaganFAYE FLANAGAN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Holly WilsonHOLLY WILSON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202622549349201317
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