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LOPA FOUNDATION

EIN 82-5225264 COVINGTON, LA

Largest nonprofits in Louisiana

Revenue 2024
$203,618
Expenses 2024
$43,518

Program services were 99.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E70
Classification
1200
Street
68190 HIGHWAY 190 SERVICE RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO ENHANCE LOUISIANA ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY'S CAPACITY IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND FAMILY SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO ENHANCE LOUISIANA ORGAN PROCUREMENT(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) AGENCY'S CAPACITY IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND FAMILY SERVICES.

  • COMMUNITY EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT - THERE ARE OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA WAITING FOR A LIFESAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS ARE AIMED AT DISPELLING MISTRUTHS SURROUNDING DONATION THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE DECISION TO JOIN THE REGISTRY.THE LOPA FOUNDATION SOLICITS AND RECEIVES DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE LOUISIANA ORGAN PROCUREMENT AGENCY'S EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE ITS CORE PURPOSE OF MAKING LIFE HAPPEN. FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THE LOPA FOUNDATION ARE USED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS LOPA'S TRANSPLANTATION (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) SCIENCE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH EVENTS INCLUDING THE TRAIL RUN 4 LIFE AND KREWE DE LIFE BRINGING AWARENESS TO ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. ONGOING SUPPORT FOR DONOR FAMILIES INCLUDING A DEDICATED MEMORIAL PARK HONORING DONOR HEROS.

    Expenses $43,084 · Grants $22,490

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • David Puckett

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related
  • Nelson Hellwig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related
  • Brittany Elliser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related
  • Ari Cohen MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related
  • Wendy Lipsey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jonathan Perry

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Brett Gordon

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $265,378
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $254,231
    Other
    $11,147
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $223,077 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $31,154 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,147 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $265,378 related
  • Mark Nelson

    DIRECOTR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $203,618
    Expenses
    $43,518
    Contributions
    $265,768
    Grants paid
    $22,490
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $203,618
    Expenses
    $43,518
    Contributions
    $290,221
    Grants paid
    $22,490
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $199,615
    Expenses
    $544,462
    Contributions
    $226,561
    Grants paid
    $519,337
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $181,662
    Expenses
    $49,043
    Contributions
    $168,895
    Grants paid
    $23,755

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,978
    Expenses
    $16,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $615,994
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $166,143
    Expenses
    $183
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,839
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $36,891
    Expenses
    $12
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,879

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Kelly Ranum
Mailing address
68190 HIGHWAY 190 SERVICE ROADCOVINGTON LA 70433

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • 2023 FUNDS FOR DONOR MEMORIAL PARK

  • 2022 HELPED SPONSOR RECIPIENTS, DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF TEAM LOUISIANA ATTEND, PARTICIPATE AND CHEER ON THEIR LOVED ONES AT AN EVENT HELD IN SAN DIEGO, CA IN 2022.

  • 2024 THROUGH OCHSNER FOUNDATION THE ORGANIZATION HELPED SPONSOR RECIPIENTS, DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF TEAM LOUISIANA ATTEND, PARTICIPATE, AND CHEER ON THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE TRANSPLANT GAMES.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SO.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.