The Cotillion Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320645362
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Shreveport, LA, USA
Phone
3185721000
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Community Celebrations

Reported finances

Revenue
$724,573
Expenses
$640,251
Assets
$379,522
Liabilities
$11,938

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LLOYD BROWN (2024 PRESIDENT)
  • ALVIN OLSAN (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN BRILEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK LUKACS (2025 PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHEL FRITZE (2026 BALL CHAIRMAN)
  • LAURA YERGER (2024 BALL CHAIRMAN)
  • AMY NOLES (2025 BALL CHAIRMAN)

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 establish, maintain and conduct a social club, to promote fraternal, intellectual, and social intercourse among its members, and to provide such forms of recreation, amusement, and entertainment, as appertain to the usual conduct of a social club.

What it reported doing in 2024

Grand ball held each april in conjunction with the holiday in dixie festival in shreveport, Louisiana to celebrate the arrival of spring and the Louisiana purchase, which occurred april 30, 1883. A court is made up of college age children of the members that are celebrated as well. The first cotillion ball was held back in 1949. It is held in shreveport, Louisiana. This activity has 85 percent of the club's time and expenses devoted to it. This activity is funded through costume and presentation fees, as well as court and royal membership dues. It allows all members to celebrate the Louisiana purchase as well as socialize with each other and family members. The gross receipts from program related activities as well as the expenses for program services all relate to the grand ball and jesters as described previously in this application. The income is for presentation and costume fees. The major expenses are for costs such as costumes, photography, and printing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $492K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.