Acadian Brown Cotton
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873009307
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Lafayette, LA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,245
- Expenses
- $70,445
- Assets
- $46,494
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- RANDON DUFRENE (OFFICER)
- SHARON DONNAN (OFFICER)
- JENNIE LALLANDE (OFFICER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Corporation is organized to preserve heirloom Acadian Brown Cotton hereinafter referred to as ABC seed; to revitalize the local production of ABC with farmers who are committed to regenerative agricultural growing practices which are chemical free and climate beneficial; to create a traceable supply chain to support a sustainable regional fiber manufacturing industry using Acadian Brown Cotton and other locally produced fiber; and to develop a manufacturing system to regionalize the production of textiles that supports local economies and contributes to climate change solutions as outlined by the Fibershed Regional Manufacturing Initiative.
What it reported doing in 2025
Preservation of 300 pounds of heirloom ABC seed crop
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -22.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.