Nami Acadiana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 261801727
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location: Lafayette, LA, USA
Phone: 3375044752
Rating: 74
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Mental Health Association

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $182,609
Expenses: $180,139
Assets: $129,222
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

LAURA GUIDRY (PRESIDENT)
GWEN DESCANT (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

LAURA GUIDRY (PRESIDENT)
GWEN DESCANT (VICE PRESIDENT)
SHERRY STUTES (TREASURER)

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

To improve the lives of those affected by mental illness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family support group held monthly for family members of individuals with mental illness, 10-20 attend; and connection recovery support group 3xmonth for individuals living with a mental illness, 5-10 attend; amount includes training for facilitators for family support group and connection group and supplies.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 69
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 44
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 69.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.