Acadiana Living History Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

This corporation is organized and it shall be operated exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended. Subject to the limitations contained above in this Article II, the primary purpose of this corporation shall be to preserve, interpret, promote and support the artifacts, folklife, language and cultures within the geographical region of Louisiana known as Acadiana, as well as other related programs, subject to the approval of the Foundation Board. Under no circumstances shall any of the net earnings or assets of this corporation inure to be distributed to the benefit of its members, directors, officers, or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in this Article II. The corporation shall neither participate in, nor intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may be hereafter amended or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may be hereafter Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation, transfer all of the remaining assets of the corporation to charitable, religious or educational organizations which would then qualify under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may be hereafter amended. Article III Registered Office

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: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -773.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.57; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings