Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832235661
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Phone
2259279737
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,281,899
Expenses
$621,760
Assets
$708,218
Liabilities
$15,960

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erich Ponti (President)
  • Doreen Brasseaux (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Erich Ponti (President): $60,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads LCFOR is a nonprofit, statewide organization that advocates for improving roads and bridges. LCFOR was created on October 19, 2018 and is made up of business leaders, trade associations, and chambers of commerce who believe that a safe and efficient highway system is essential to continuing our state of Louisianas economic growth. LFCOR is governed by an eight-member board of directors compromised of business leaders and representatives of different trade associations and businesses with one mission in mind by advocating to improve the quality and safety of Louisianas roads and bridges. LCFOR is working to educate citizens and elected officials of the state of Louisiana of the poor condition of the roads and bridges statewide. LCFOR will educate by working with the legislature, continuous advocacy efforts to educate the citizens of the state of Louisiana by hopefully increasing knowledge and awareness of the need to improve the quality and safet

What it reported doing in 2024

The Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads LCFOR is a nonprofit, statewide organization that advocates for improving roads and bridges. LCFOR was created on October 19, 2018 and is made up of business leaders, trade associations, and chambers of commerce who believe that a safe and efficient highway system is essential to continuing our state of Louisianas economic growth. LFCOR is governed by an eight-member board of directors compromised of business leaders and representatives of different trade associations and businesses with one mission in mind by advocating to improve the quality and safety of Louisianas roads and bridges. LCFOR is working to educate citizens and elected officials of the state of Louisiana of the poor condition of the roads and bridges statewide. LCFOR will educate by working with the legislature, continuous advocacy efforts to educate the citizens of the state of Louisiana by hopefully increasing knowledge and awareness of the need to improve the quality and safety of the roadways across the state of Louisiana.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.5%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 55.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 60.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 13 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.