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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$144,234
Total expenses
$180,450
Contributions and grants received
$104,921
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$42,265
Investment income
$4,470
Other revenue
-$7,422
Total assets, end of year
$127,153
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,808
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,345
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$122,398
Management and general expenses
$58,052
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$122,398

Program services were 67.8% 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)

    $80,294

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,627

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HERITAGE WEEK REVENUE

    total $30,060 · related or exempt $30,060

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAJUN CREOLE CAMP FOR

    total $12,205 · related or exempt $12,205

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $344 · excluded $344

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,126

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,126

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,126 · unrelated business $4,126

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,577

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $11,972

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$8,395 · related or exempt -$8,395

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $973 · unrelated business $973

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $973

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $49,210 · program services $12,302 · management and general $36,908

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,763 · program services $941 · management and general $2,822

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,250 · program services $500 · management and general $3,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,000 · program services $11,978 · management and general $22

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27 · management and general $27

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,164 · program services $6,649 · management and general $1,515

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,383 · program services $1,560 · management and general $2,823

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16 · management and general $16

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,480 · management and general $3,480

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACT LABOR

    total $41,252 · program services $40,660 · management and general $592

  • 24b · Other expenses: MUSICIANS & ARTISTS

    total $39,168 · program services $39,168

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $7,367 · program services $6,318 · management and general $1,049

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $2,104 · management and general $2,104

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,266 · program services $2,322 · management and general $2,944

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $52,540 · end of year $46,397

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $71,970 · end of year $48,371

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

    $10,631

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

    $10,631

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $39,774 · end of year $32,385

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $808 · end of year $2,227

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,644 · end of year $7,581

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $98,057 · end of year $61,841

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,791 · end of year $55,504

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE NURTURE, SHARE AND PERPETUATE LOUISIANA'S TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON OUR CAJUN AND CREOLE HERITAGE THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NURTURE, SHARE AND PERPETUATE TRADITIONAL EXPRESSIONS OF CAJUN AND CREOLE HERITAGE.

  • CAJUN AND CREOLE HERITAGE WEEK: A WEEK LONG PROGRAM PROVIDING FESTIVAL EVENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE FOLK ARTS, PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $54,380 · Revenue $21,665

  • CAJUN CREOLE CAMP FOR KIDS: A WEEK LONG PROGRAM TO PRESENT CAJUN AND CREOLE FOLKLORE TO CHILDREN.

    Expenses $28,066 · Revenue $12,205

  • EVENTS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC TO HIGHLIGHT CAJUN AND CREOLE CULTURE INCLUDING VERMILLIONVILLE, BLACKPOT FESTIVAL,ETC.

    Expenses $37,774

  • DIFFERENT FESTIVAL BOOTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $2,178

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

Listed in Part VII

  • LORRAINE SHELTON-GAINES

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JOEL BREAUX

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VICKI CHRISMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEAN JOHNSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHLEY SINGLETON

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHAD HUVAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN HUVAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LIZ MOHAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PORTIA METOYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DRAKE LEBLANC

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2024
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501259349302260

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