Highland Area Partnership Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581995073
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Shreveport, LA, USA
Phone
3184018301
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,398
Expenses
$128,638
Assets
$4,088
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTENA FRANCIS (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH BURKHOLDER (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • EMERIE HOLTZCLAW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/FESTIVA)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTENA FRANCIS (PRESIDENT)
  • KIRA YEATES WALLACE (TREASURER)
  • ANGELA MYLES (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The highland area partnership is an arts and culture nonprofit organization that is dedicated to cultivating and connecting our community through music, food, and the arts. The purpose of this festival is to give the community access to the arts through jazz and blues music, hands-on art activities, and a variety of vendors. Over the years, the highland jazz and blues festival has brought an ever-growing number of people to columbia park in the heart of shreveport, Louisiana, to appreciate the talents of local, regional and national musicians, artists, artisans/crafts persons, and culinary artists. The unique culture of the surrounding highland neighborhood and the day of festivities itself has made the highland jazz and blues festival a favorite event of the community and beyond. The festival is free to attend for the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Highland jazz and blues festival

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.