Plaquemines Heritage and Seafood Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202583147
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Belle Chasse, LA, USA
Phone
5049139938
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fairs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,685
Expenses
$47,390
Assets
$75,010

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dondra Kientz (President)
  • Kellen Fincher (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dondra Kientz (President)
  • Ernest Kientz (Treasurer)
  • Kellen Fincher (Vice President)

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

See line 28

What it reported doing in 2024

To hold Heritage and Seafood Festival and to make donations to various localcharities and educational organizations. Also to promote Plaquemines Parishseafood, culture, tourism, and economic Development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.