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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by NOUS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$181,118
Total expenses
$146,621
Contributions and grants received
$142,114
Grants paid
$6,438
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$9,606
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$28,726
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$672
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$145,883
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$145,883
Program service expenses (Part III)
$39,854

Program services were 27.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

THE NOUS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE REVITALIZATION OF LOUISIANA'S HERITAGE CULTURES, WITH A FOCUS ON CAJUN, CREOLE, AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES.

  • ORGANIZED AND HOSTED AN ORIGINAL EXHIBITION (HAITI-LOUISIANA: TIDES OF FREEDOM) FEATURING OVER 60 ARTWORKS BY 20 ARTISTS, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 5,000 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $27,794

  • FUNDED TWO SHORT FILMS: LES VOUESINS (DIRECTED BY BRIAN HAWKINS), AN ANIMATED SHORT FILM PRESENTED IN MISSOURI FRENCH; HERITAGE (DIRECTED BY CHARLIESE & CHASAH WEST), A SHORT FEATURE FILM PRESENTED IN LOUISIANA CREOLE

    Expenses $8,460

  • SCHOLARSHIPS: AWARDED TWO $1,300 SCHOLARSHIP TO FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS TO INVITE THEM TO COME TO LOUISIANA FOR SHORT RESEARCH STAYS; AWARDED A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO ONE TEACHER FROM LOUISIANA TO HELP THEM PARTICIPATE IN A PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING SESSION IN FRANCE.

    Expenses $3,600 · Grants $3,600

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Pamela Pryor Bonner

    DIRECTOR (TREASURER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Normann

    DIRECTOR (SECRETARY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Davon Barbour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Frazier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Hodges

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Huseman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Irvin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole McGuiness

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise St Pierre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rudy Bazenet

    DIRECTOR (PRESIDENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scott Tilton

    EMPLOYEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

    Total calculated
    $44,300
    Compensation
    $44,300
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349203515

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