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NEW ORLEANS PHOTO ALLIANCE INC

EIN 20-5899827 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$154,938
Expenses 2024
$162,720

Program services were 61.7% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A40
Classification
1000
Street
7800 OAK ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

To encourage the appreciation of photography through exhibit opportunities and educational programs. To give amateur photographers opportunities to grow and share their talent and stories through photography. NOPA strives to be a cultural stimulus which fosters artistic and economic growth while preserving the rich and diverse photographic culture of New Orleans and the Southern region.

  • We reach the entire photography community through website newsletters social media. We offer the opportunity to participate in photo exhibitions hands on workshops lectures lectures with professional photographers. We also offer the use of a fully equiped darkroom in our gallery to members and non-members.

    Expenses $17,990

  • Grants awards prizes to local artists through participation in juried exhibitions.

    Expenses $4,500

  • Annually we offer the opportunity for amateur photographers to have their personal photography portfolios reviewed by professional photographers from around the world.

    Expenses $77,841

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.

  • Bruce Barnes

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Eli Mergle

    Technology

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Susan Cates

    Accountant

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Doug Miller

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lisa Cates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $22,675
    Compensation
    $22,675
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Mina Grantos

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Leslie Tabony

    Review Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Camille Barnett

    Program Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $12,122
    Compensation
    $12,122
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Sophia Clay

    Asst Program Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $6,489
    Compensation
    $6,489
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Natalie Cooney

    Grant Writing Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $2,944
    Compensation
    $2,944
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $154,938
    Expenses
    $162,720
    Contributions
    $63,557
    Grants paid
    $4,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $52,253
    Expenses
    $67,574
    Contributions
    $34,879
    Grants paid
    $9,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $53,987
    Expenses
    $69,495
    Contributions
    $39,162
    Grants paid
    $1,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,951
    Expenses
    $16,652
    Contributions
    $46
    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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2021, reinstated 15 May 2021.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.