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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TECHE PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$52,533
Total expenses
$35,683
Contributions and grants received
$52,533
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$62,350
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$62,350
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,772
Management and general expenses
$21,723
Fundraising expenses
$188
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,772

Program services were 38.6% 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

    $4,795

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $6,778

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $23,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,210

  • 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

    $6,778

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $25,629 · program services $5,625 · management and general $20,004

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $182 · program services $182

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $510 · program services $390 · management and general $120

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $538 · management and general $538

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $564 · program services $500 · management and general $64

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $365 · program services $148 · management and general $217

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,615 · program services $835 · management and general $780

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $3,590 · program services $3,590 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: meetings

    total $148 · program services $148 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: bank fees

    total $282 · program services $94 · management and general $0 · fundraising $188

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fabrication

    total $2,260 · program services $2,260 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $44,712 · end of year $62,350

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 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 $44,712 · end of year $62,350

Mission and programs · 2024

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 12TH ANNUAL SHAKE YOUR TRAIL FEATHER PADDLE PARADE AND FESTIVAL WITH OVER 250 ATTENDEES ENJOYING THE LIVE MUSIC AND PADDLE EXCURSION. LOCAL CAJUN MUSICIANS ENTERTAINED PADDLERS IN OUR ANNUAL BAYOU TECHE PADDLE PARADE. THE TECHE PROJECT HOSTED OUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BANQUET IN ARNAUDVILLE AT NUNU ARTS AND CULTURE COLLECTIVE WITH OVER 130 ATTENDEES. A CULTURAL PRESENTATION PERTAINING TO THE EVOLUTION OF ARTWORK INSPIRED BY BAYOU TECHE WAS GIVEN. WE REPRESENTED THE TECHE PROJECT AND OUR MISSION AT SEVERAL EVENTS. WE ALSO GAVE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE GOALS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $13,228 · Revenue $17,366

  • Enhancing the ecology of Bayou Teche: We took part in the spring Love the Boot campaign by cleaning trailhead parks at our dock sites. We also hosted a clean up day at various sites on the bayou and periodically pulled trash with boats to account for over 60 tons of trash in the past 14 years. We partnered with the Iris Conservation Initiative to plant irises at our paddle trail dock sites. We gave guidance to interested parties regarding wood duck nest box management. We have 60 participants in our program to rear ducks along the bayou, and are hatching over 800 ducklings annually. We hosted a youth workshop (Geaux Paddle) in June of 2024 with the goal of getting kids paddling on the bayou and teaching them about riparian ecology. We plan to continue this workshop each summer.

    Expenses $544 · Revenue $620

  • Encouraging Recreational Use on Bayou Teche: The Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail infrastructure was completed at the end of 2023, however, we plan to continue our work to add features to improve paddle trail usage into the future. Now that installation work is completed, we have shifted to promotion. In 2024, we got the Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail listed on the national trail finder platform, ALLTrails. We also worked with local governments and tourism offices to post information including our paddle trail maps and paddle trail planning tool that gives guidance to potential users about what to see and do for 1-day and weekend paddle excursions. In 2024, we worked with local outfitter, Wanderlust rentals to assist their proposal to install passive kayak kiosk rental stations at our dock sites and hope to have the first station installed in the summer of 2025.

    Revenue $21,250

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erin Bass

    administrative assistant

    Total calculated
    $23,004
    From this org
    $23,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Patti Holland

    Council member/ Secretary/Exucitive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Dane Thibodeaux

    council Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Miller

    Council Member/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Martin

    Council Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Simom

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Guidroz

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmy Gravois

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Guillory

    COUNCIL MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Conni Castille

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Holland

    Bookkeeper

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
10 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511309349301026

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