Rail Association in Louisiana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
334549005
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,085
Expenses
$709
Assets
$118,876
Liabilities
$500

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTOINE HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PETER PREVOT JR (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • ANTOINE HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • ELIZABETH LAWLOR (SECRETARY/TR)

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 railroad association in Louisiana (rail) represents and promotes the interests of freight railroads operating in Louisiana by facilitating collaboration among members, engaging policymakers and regulators on issues affecting rail transportation, advancing public understanding of the rail industry, and supporting a safe, efficient, and economically competitive freight rail network throughout the state.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rail seeks to strengthen Louisiana's freight rail industry by fostering cooperation among railroads, encouraging sound transportation policy, improving communication between the industry and government, and increasing public awareness of the vital role rail transportation plays in Louisiana's economy. Through these efforts, the association works to support a safe, efficient, and reliable freight transportation network that benefits businesses, communities, and consumers throughout the state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 99.4%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 167.67; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.