Bossier Parish 4-H Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721295576
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Benton, LA, USA
- Phone
- 3189652326
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development - Agricultural
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,019
- Expenses
- $64,740
- Assets
- $80,552
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIAN WHITTINGTON (PRESIDENT)
- ROBIN DEAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JULIAN WHITTINGTON (PRESIDENT)
- ROBIN DEAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ANN ALLEN (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Youth development
What it reported doing in 2024
4-h camps: description of services provided: the 4-h program provides several one-day to one-week long camps for youth to develop subject matter, leadership skills and social skills. Events held:3 conferences, 2 camps and 1 tour were held for a total of 99 youth benefitted: 4-h camp for 9-12 year old youth was conducted as a four-day camp at grant walker educational center in pollock, la. Bossier parish had 63 campers, 6 adult leaders and 3 youth volunteers particpate in this camp. Challenge camp for 7th & 8th grade youth was conducted as a one-day event and bossier parish had 5 youths particpate, 4-h university for 8th to 12th graders was held at lsu baton rouge. Bossier parish had 15 contestants who won 3 blue ribbons and 2 adult volunteers. Fashion and beyond on tour had 5 participants and 2 adult leaders attended. Junior leadership conference for 14-19 year old youth was conducted as a three-day event held at grant walker educational center and bossier had 3 members attend. The welead conference was a two-day event held at lsu campus in baton rouge and bossier had 3 state board members attend this leadership activity.objectives: youth to learn leadership skills, healthy eating and exercise habits, positive environmental activities, social interaction and a variety of other subjects.accomplishments: youth development research indicates that the development of a sense of belonging is connected to psychological well-being. Youth who feel they belong have a greater sense of independence and are more intrinsically motivated. Some research also indicates that youth who are involved in positive experiences where they develop connections with peers and adults have fewer behavior problems in school. The Louisiana 4-h youth development program strives to build youths' feelings of belonging through experimental learning opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.