Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721155668
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 2252701741
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,164,229
- Expenses
- $28,608
- Assets
- $3,732,242
- Liabilities
- $536,841
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- EVELYN AUGUSTUS-DUMAS (CHAIRMAN)
- DR THOMAS DURANT (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- IRMA WESLEY-BRIGGS (SERCRETARY-TREASURE)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To make this historical national landmark serve as a center of inspiration and education through its showcasing of the arts, entertainment, history and culture; and its museum offically preserves and keeps the chronicles of louisianas great black achieves through the Louisiana black history hall of fames unique presentations of successful african american history to the community, state and nation.
What it reported doing in 2024
The lincoln theater is offically listed on the national registry of historic places as a hisorical monument and national landmark. The lincoln theater facility is over 69 years of age and will provide arts, entertainment, education progamming and community services to the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 26
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.9%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 97.5%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 130.46; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 38.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 1.9% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.