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← LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,571,597
Total expenses
$1,443,353
Contributions and grants received
$1,258,465
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$219,167
Other revenue
$93,965
Total assets, end of year
$6,061,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,916
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,056,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,255,096
Management and general expenses
$112,208
Fundraising expenses
$76,049
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,255,096

Program services were 87.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $294,684

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $963,781

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $155,792 · excluded $155,792

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $24,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $24,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $24,000 · excluded $24,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,024,000 · other assets $300,000

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

    securities $2,024,000 · other assets $236,625

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $63,375

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $63,375 · excluded $63,375

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $208,521

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $138,556

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $69,965 · excluded $69,965

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $125,935 · program services $56,670 · management and general $37,781 · fundraising $31,484

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $34,998 · management and general $17,499 · fundraising $17,499

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,311 · program services $4,335 · management and general $4,229 · fundraising $3,747

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $575 · management and general $575

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,126 · management and general $21,126

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9 · management and general $9

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $39,973 · program services $18,798 · management and general $11,550 · fundraising $9,625

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,689 · program services $4,781 · management and general $3,433 · fundraising $2,475

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,923 · program services $865 · management and general $577 · fundraising $481

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,989 · program services $2,245 · management and general $1,497 · fundraising $1,247

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,598 · program services $719 · management and general $479 · fundraising $400

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,023 · management and general $1,023

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,081 · program services $3,198 · management and general $3,119 · fundraising $2,764

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROJECTS

    total $625,384 · program services $625,384

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECTS - FISHERIES SEIS

    total $224,550 · program services $224,550

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECTS - REF

    total $192,030 · program services $192,030

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROJECTS - WCR

    total $117,296 · program services $117,296

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,863 · program services $4,225 · management and general $9,311 · fundraising $6,327

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $977,080 · end of year $884,437

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $786,078 · end of year $1,879,324

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,092 · end of year $44,758

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $275,000

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

    $1,293,628

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

    $39,473

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,475,178 · end of year $1,254,155

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,641,045 · end of year $1,723,436

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,746 · end of year $4,916

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $899

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,711,778 · end of year $2,976,958

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,172,050 · end of year $3,079,236

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENHANCE THE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN LOUISIANA. TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES (DEPT.) AND THE LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION (COMM.). TO DEVELOP, EXPAND AMD IMPROVE THE FACILITIES OF THE DEPT. AND COMM. IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM THEIR MISSION, ENCOURAGE PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND USE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN LOUISIANA AND TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES HABITATS. TO FURTHER AID THE DEPT., THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPS PROGRAMS THAT WILL COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC, THE AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND NEEDS OF THE DEPT. AND COMM.

  • WHOOPING CRANE REINTRODUCTION THE FOUNDATION IS WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES, THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION AND THE LA COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT TO RESTORE THE WHOOPING CRANE WITHIN LOUISIANA.

    Expenses $117,296

  • RESTORE THE EARTH FOUNDATION/FORESTRY GRANT THIS FOUNDATION IS WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOUNDATION TO FUND FOR THE RESTORATION AS WELL AS DONATION OF LAND ADDING TO THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF SALVADOR WMA.

    Expenses $192,030

  • FISHERIES SEISMIC - LAKE MAUREPAUS THE FISHERIES SEISMIC LAKE MAUREPAS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES SEISMIC TESTING CONDUCTED BENEATH LAKE MAUREPAS TO EVALUATE STORAGE GEOLOGY FOR A CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROJECT TIED TO A LARGE HYDROGEN PLANT. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES HAS BEEN MONITORING THE TESTING DAILY. LDWF IS MONITORING ANY TYPE OF IMPACT TO WILDLIFE AND ENSURING THERE ARE NO ISSUES OF CONCERN.

    Expenses $224,550

  • ENHANCE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN LOUISIANA THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND MARINE HABITATS.

    Expenses $721,220

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melissa Fox

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $125,935
    From this org
    $125,935
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kenneth Guidry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • A Kell McInnis III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mac Bullock Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffery Svendson Sr

    ASSISTANT SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cliff Penick

    ASSISTANT TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John W Barton Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert E Bush

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clayton Dickson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John J Jackson III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Mula MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bart Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John F Schneider

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Hebert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Hogan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russ Settoon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Gattle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
2 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503009349300445

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