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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TECHE PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,536
Total expenses
$112,045
Contributions and grants received
$99,536
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$46,161
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,161
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$85,748
Management and general expenses
$23,423
Fundraising expenses
$2,874
Program service expenses (Part III)
$85,748

Program services were 76.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,460

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $8,037

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $71,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,516

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $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

    $8,037

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $20,004 · management and general $20,004

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,273 · program services $77,973 · fundraising $300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $120 · management and general $20 · fundraising $100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $942 · program services $307 · management and general $633 · fundraising $2

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56 · management and general $56

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54 · management and general $54

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $401 · program services $241 · management and general $107 · fundraising $53

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,558 · program services $2,059 · management and general $2,499

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $6,219 · program services $3,959 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,260

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE FEES

    total $50 · program services $0 · management and general $50 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $213 · program services $54 · management and general $0 · fundraising $159

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $1,155 · program services $1,155 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $58,670 · end of year $46,161

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $58,670 · end of year $46,161

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WORK TO ENHANCE THE ECOLOGY OF THE BAYOU TECHE WATERSHED. TO ENCOURAGE RECREATIONAL USE OF BAYOU TECHE BY BUILDING A FIRST CLASS PADDLE TRAIL WITH ACCESS DOCKS IN ALL FIFTEEN TOWNS ALONG THE BAYOU. TO WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROMOTE TRAIL BASED TOURISM AND ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BAYOU TECHE CORRIDOR

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORK TO ENHANCE THE ECOLOGY OF BAYOU TECHE AND TO BUILD AND MANAGE THE BAYOU TECHE PADDLE TRAIL, A DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECOGNIZED NATIONAL WATER TRAIL, FOR TRAIL BASED TOURISM IN THE FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES ALONG BAYOU TECHE.

  • PROMOTED THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF BAYOU TECHE: HOSTED THE 10TH ANNUAL SHAKE YOUR TRAIL FEATHER PADDLE PARADE WITH OVER 200 ATTENDEES. LOCAL CAJUN MUSICIANS ENTERTAINED PADDLERS IN OUR ANNUAL BAYOU TECHE PADDLE PARADE. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BANQUET IN NEW IBERIA FOR 80 ATTENDEES. REPRESENTED THE TECHE PROJECT AND OUR MISSION AT SEVERAL EVENTS. ALSO GAVE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE GOALS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $7,605 · Revenue $14,000

  • PROVIDED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES: IN THE SPRING OF 2022 WE CONDUCED A TRASH PICKUP IN IN JEANERETTE (1/2 TON OF TRASH REMOVED FORM THE BAYOU AND BANK-LINE). PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA AND THE LOUISIANA IRIS CONSERVATION INITIATIVE TO PLANT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NEW IBERIA CITY PARK IRIS PLANTING PROJECT ALONG THE BAYOU BANK. WE HELD OUR ANNUAL WOOD DUCK WORKSHOP IN ARNAUDVILLE. CONTINUED WOOD DUCK PRODUCTION PROGRAM WITH OVER 56 LANDOWNERS ALONG THE BAYOU (PRODUCING OVER 300 FLEDGLINGS ANNUALLY). IN 2022 WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING TO HOST A YOUTH WORKSHOP TO EDUCATE TEENS ABOUT THE ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF TE BAYOU TECHE WATERSHED.

    Expenses $3,286 · Revenue $770

  • BUILD, MANAGE AND PROMOTE THE BAYOU TECHE PADDLE TRAIL: CONTINUED TO WORK ON AN LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM RECREATIONAL TRAILS GRANT (H.013508)TO BUILD PADDLE TRAIL ACCESS DOCKS IN EACH OF THE 15 COMMUNITIES ALONG THE BAYOU TECHE.IN 2022 THE LEONVILLE DOCK WAS INSTALLED. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA IN THE INSTALLATION OF A KAYAK PARK UNDER ANOTHER GRANT THAT THE CITY WAS ADMINISTRATING.CURRENTLY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETE TRAILHEADS TO 14. WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING TO BUILD THE LAST TRAILHEAD IN POCHE BRIDGE WHICH WILL BE COMPLETER IN 2023

    Expenses $74,857 · Revenue $68,569

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patti Holland

    Council member/ Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Dane Thibodeaux

    council Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Conni Castille

    Executive Director/President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brent Miller

    Council Member/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Martin

    Council Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Margaret Simom

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Greg Guidroz

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Jimmy Gravois

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Alex Guillory

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Thomas Holland

    Bookkeeper

    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
2022
Filed
2 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331229349300033

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