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← GARDERE INITIATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GARDERE INITIATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$481,962
Total expenses
$432,446
Contributions and grants received
$481,962
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$281,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$281,648
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$432,446
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$432,446

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $19,157

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $110,093

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $228,909

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $123,803

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $58,128 · program services $58,128

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,864 · program services $10,864

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,351 · program services $4,351

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,134 · program services $58,134

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,090 · program services $34,090

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $112,354 · program services $112,354

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,970 · program services $15,970

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,302 · program services $23,302

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,739 · program services $10,739

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $104,514 · program services $104,514

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $175,319 · end of year $281,648

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $175,319 · end of year $281,648

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Our mission is to provide children and families throughout the Gardere Community with fundamental services and resources that are ultimately unavailable to them. Through spiritual intervention, local partnerships and selfless volunteering, we touch the lives of many individuals that strive for the same opportunities as surrounding Baton Rouge areas, to learn, to grow and to succeed. To address substance abuse and other social ills in the Gardere area that adversely affect the children, neighboring subdivisions and the city in general through collaboration, partnership and Spiritual intervention

Activities or mission (Part I)

To address substance abuse and other social ills in the Gardere area that adversely affects the children, neighboring subdivisions, and the City-Parish in general through spiritual intervention, collaboration and partnerships.

  • Meals served (days of all holiday programs) We provide a substantial snack during the afterschool and holiday programs. Breakfast and lunch are provided during the 8-week summer program. We also provide meals at all of our annual events. (Served 18,220 Meals)

    Expenses $10,059 · Revenue $10,059

  • Average Daily Attendance in Afterschool and Summer Programs 68 Children and 13 Parents, 87

    Expenses $33,000 · Revenue $33,000

  • Amount saved on childcare for families: (10$/hr): Children from 3 years and up attend our several programs ensuring parents that their children are in a healthy and safe environment. Helping families get kids into school. Impacted 55 Children.

    Expenses $43,000 · Revenue $43,000

  • Youth Employed- : We provide a 9-month afterschool program, 8-weeks summer program and activities for major holidays when children are out of school.

    Expenses $58,134 · Revenue $58,134

  • Partnerships with ___ organizations, extending the opportunity for _50__ - Youth are exposed to college experience while experiencing the gift of mentorship with law enforcement professionals. Within the past year we developed partnerships with ___ organizations, extending the opportunity for ______ - Youth are exposed to college experience while experiencing the gift of mentorship with law enforcement professionals. 50 Partners for 91 Youth

    Expenses $58,500 · Revenue $58,500

  • Rent/Utilities/Healthcare, Through a funding from Capitol Area United Way, we are able to assist families with rent, utilities, and healthcare. -Service Hours (connecting youth to caring adults). Students are LSU and Southern University as well as community adults interact with our middle and high school students during the 9-month afterschool program and 8-week summer program. 540 hours/week - Increasing physical activity/safe access to outdoors: 240 Hours 2552 Hours

    Expenses $61,743 · Revenue $61,743

  • Helping Adults with Financial Literacy . Funding from the Wilson Foundation helps us to provide financial literacy and support for emergencials to Asset Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed families to gain stable incomes. 381.6 Hours

    Expenses $60,000 · Revenue $60,000

  • Brought 80 children to two weeks of swim lessons. - Swim Lessons

    Expenses $18,010 · Revenue $18,010

  • Resource Referrals: Throughout year, estimate: the movement of new people moving into the community that use our services to navigate the court, social service, school systemes and others as needed. About 317 Helping families get kids into schools: we assist newly arrived families to enroll their children in the EBRPSS. Our staff, Martha Espinoza was recently certified via EBRPSS to be a registered -

    Expenses $90,000 · Revenue $90,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Vilas

    President -Attorney

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Carol Goldsmith

    Faith Based

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • M Schneider

    Community Based

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joel Scales

    Business

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frank Klein

    Community Based

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nikki Godfrey

    Media

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related

  • Mike Zaunbrecher

    Human Resources

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Barry Gahagan

    Bussines Owner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eddie Parfait

    Business

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robin Bennett

    Community Based

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202620849349301802

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