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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,083,388
Total expenses
$3,770,485
Contributions and grants received
$5,676,769
Grants paid
$1,329,115
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$172,630
Other revenue
-$766,011
Total assets, end of year
$6,462,634
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,133,327
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,329,307
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,899,167
Management and general expenses
$594,889
Fundraising expenses
$1,276,429
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,899,167

Program services were 50.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,665,770

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,010,999

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $896,425

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $115,461 · excluded $115,461

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $57,169

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $57,169

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $57,169 · excluded $57,169

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,438,904

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

    $2,665,770

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,206,521

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$767,617 · excluded -$767,617

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,600

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,994

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,606 · related or exempt $1,606

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,329,115 · program services $1,329,115

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $499,096 · program services $261,537 · management and general $167,535 · fundraising $70,024

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $215,844 · fundraising $215,844

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,441 · fundraising $4,441

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,842 · management and general $101,842

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,546 · program services $17,183 · management and general $10,716 · fundraising $18,647

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,259 · management and general $4,259

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,422 · management and general $69,422

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,980 · management and general $12,980

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $260,270 · program services $151,852 · management and general $56,295 · fundraising $52,123

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $94,585 · program services $12,789 · management and general $7,291 · fundraising $74,505

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $178,878 · program services $103,518 · management and general $28,594 · fundraising $46,766

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,415 · management and general $56,361 · fundraising $54

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,651 · management and general $41,651

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,633 · program services $23,173 · management and general $11,689 · fundraising $61,771

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,895 · management and general $5,895

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,222 · management and general $20,099 · fundraising $123

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $529,473 · fundraising $529,473

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUCTION COST

    total $138,272 · fundraising $138,272

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $52,094 · fundraising $52,094

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIFTS

    total $12,322 · management and general $260 · fundraising $12,062

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $230 · fundraising $230

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,192,792 · end of year $2,056,917

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $352,105 · end of year $248,587

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,197 · end of year $286,169

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

    $54,674

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

    $42,666

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,903 · end of year $12,008

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,763,016 · end of year $3,689,469

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $70,630 · end of year $169,484

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $514,604 · end of year $296,451

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $640,417 · end of year $586,335

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $207,520 · end of year $200,672

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,015 · end of year $49,869

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,728,332 · end of year $3,693,693

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,295,755 · end of year $1,635,614

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO INSPIRE, MENTOR, AND ENABLE YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL THROUGH CULINARY, NUTRITION, AND ARTS EDUCATION WITH A FOCUS ON LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.

  • COMMUNITY GRANTS: PROVIDING CAPITAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION.

    Expenses $1,143,820 · Grants $1,012,464

  • SIGNATURE PROGRAM: NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT INTEGRATES CULINARY GARDENS AND TEACHING KITCHENS IN SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $330,003 · Grants $87,177

  • AARON SANCHEZ IMPACT FUND: PROVIDING CULINARY ARTS EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMMING FOR LATINO YOUTH.

    Expenses $425,344 · Grants $229,474

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Emeril Lagasse

    CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alden Lagasse

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bridget Harrell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Pride Bryan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Goldstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Hines

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andi Oustalet

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Romig

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary N Solomon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael C Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Sanchez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Kish

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $309,792
    From this org
    $292,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,991
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,801
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,991
    Filer's total
    $309,792

  • Katie Mularz

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $114,062
    From this org
    $103,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,011
    Hours/week
    40

  • Antonia Keller

    FORMER VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $108,305
    From this org
    $103,244
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,061
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,244
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,061
    Filer's total
    $108,305

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
CHARTER TRAVEL IS OCCASIONALLY PROVIDED TO FOUNDER/ CHAIRMAN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640479349301579

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