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LOUISIANA ASSN FOR THE BLIND INC

EIN 72-0408981 SHREVEPORT, LA

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Revenue 2024
$1,506,006
Expenses 2024
$2,514,465

Program services were 28.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1750 CLAIBORNE AVE

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

LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND'S CORE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STABLE EMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, ALONG WITH EMPLOYMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN LOUISIANA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EVALUATE, TRAIN, AND PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND.

  • SELLING PROGRAM - SHOPPING WITH LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND SERVES THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, FOR WHOM THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 70 PERCENT. YOUR SUPPORT ALSO GENERATES FUNDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND TRAINING TO THOSE SEEKING A MORE INDEPENDENT LIFE.

    Expenses $674,688 · Revenue $1,107,378

  • LOW VISION PROGRAM - OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION OFFERS LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS. THESE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDE: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (AT), WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS (ILS), AND MORE.

    Expenses $29,755 · Revenue $103,006

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Sarah Chaudhari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jimbo Yocom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Geri Venable

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Renee King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amanda Nottingham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Smith

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Josh Trahan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Patchett

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $317,626
    From this org
    $317,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,626
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $317,626
  • Shun Washington

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $189,675
    From this org
    $158,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,428
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,428
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,819
    Filer's total
    $189,675
  • William Redcliff

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIO

    Total calculated
    $170,293
    From this org
    $155,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,467
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,293
  • Audra Muslow

    VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $152,905
    From this org
    $136,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,786
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,960
    Filer's total
    $152,905
  • Heather McKenzie

    DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND

    Total calculated
    $137,651
    From this org
    $122,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,826
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yolanda Lars

    VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RE

    Total calculated
    $140,887
    From this org
    $124,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,872
    Hours/week
    40
  • Avery C Enders

    VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $139,044
    From this org
    $109,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,652
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $1,506,006
    Expenses
    $2,514,465
    Contributions
    $99,699
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,071,944
    Expenses
    $8,084,220
    Contributions
    $518,580
    Grants paid
    $11,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,803,136
    Expenses
    $5,327,581
    Contributions
    $545,967
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $4,793,252
    Expenses
    $4,226,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,947,904
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,008,985
    Expenses
    $3,991,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,579,658
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,820,782
    Expenses
    $3,916,895
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,543,299
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,510,935
    Expenses
    $4,096,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,809,185
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,857,798
    Expenses
    $4,231,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,723,792
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,749,623
    Expenses
    $4,381,164
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,235,718
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,532,412
    Expenses
    $4,393,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,704,207
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,400,793
    Expenses
    $4,337,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,433,543
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,082,081
    Expenses
    $4,447,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,482,452
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,353,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,036,917

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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 PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.