Bienville Educational Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721348191
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Castor, LA, USA
Phone
3185483040
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,685
Expenses
$24,559
Assets
$1,587,711
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BONITA HALL (President)
  • VICKI PICKETT (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • BONITA HALL (President)
  • CATHEY CRAIN (Secretary)
  • VICKI PICKETT (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide programs and incentive awards to public school students, teachers and employees in bienville parish. The scope of the program depends on the foundations membership and donations. Funding allows monetary awards to selected students, employees, and teachers of the year choices. Annual scholarship awards are made to selected graduating seniors at castor high school and saline high school from the revenue generated from established endowments created for that purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation in conjunction with the parish school system recognizes and awards those individuals chosen annually as student of the year, teacher of the year, and employee of the year in bienville parish and recognizes students that place at the state academic rally. These monetary awards, with appropriate publicity, highlight the achievements of those selected and the schools they represent. The represented divisions include: elementary, junior high, and high school students, teachers, and support personnel. Selected students receive $75.00 cash awards, selected teachers receive $250.00 cash awards, selected support personnel receive $100.00 cash awards, and academic rally winners receive $50.00 cash awards. The recipients of these awards are selected by a committee composed of community citizens and parish educators. The committee members are rotated each year. Awards are presented by the foundation president and the activities and goals of the foundation are presented at the public meeting at which the awards are made, with an aim to increase the organizations membership.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.5%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 70.3%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 64.65; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.5% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.