Lafayette Central Park INC

Tax-deductible

Lafayette, LA501(c)(3)Since 2013Recreation & SportsEIN 46-2552778Revenue $3.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmoncuspark.org2851 Johnston St Pmb 164, 70503-3243 · Lafayette, LATax-exempt since Aug 2013Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Organized to plan, design, build, and maintain a community park for the City of Lafayette and its surrounding area on a plot of roughly 100 acres leased from the City.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,246 volunteers and 51 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 39% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$147K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 63% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.7M
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.8M
-51% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$26.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.8M
FY2025▼ -51%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$4.7M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$3.8M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$842K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.4M
Net assets
$26.0M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$17.9M
FY2021$18.0M
FY2022$20.2M
FY2023$21.1M
FY2024$25.7M
FY2025$26.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $2.7M Management & general 8% · $268K Fundraising 13% · $449K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $147K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Exective Dir.
$146,658Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jp Macfadyen’s $147K as Exective Dir. is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jp Macfadyen$146,658$126,584$128,017———
Jp Macfayden———$122,849$93,822—
Elizabeth Brooks————$95,683$95,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Develops and maintains a large community park for Lafayette and its neighbors.

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1 program · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Development, maintenance and operation of a public park by raising money for the design and construction of the park and for the creation of a fund for perpetual maintenance.

$2.7Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$964K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.7M
Managementcol C$268K
Fundraisingcol D$449K
Owns and owesPt X
$26.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$739K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$964K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.4M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16.1M
Other assetsLn 15$7.4M
Total assetsLn 16$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$26.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 551
VolunteersI 61,246
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M$3.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16.8M$16.1M
Total assetsLn 16$26.4M$27.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$704K$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$25.7M$26.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$147K$15K$44K$88K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$52K$153K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$34K$20K$11K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$61K$61K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$67K$24K$28K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$55K$5K$176$50K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$77K$71K$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$84K$59K$13K$13K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$906K$906K
InsuranceLn 23$147K$116K$21K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$452K$378K$7K$67K
All other expensesLn 24e$115K$42K$28K$45K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.7M$268K$449K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.8M$3.4M$318K$26.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.7M$3.1M$4.6M$25.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$2.8M$893K$21.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.7M$2.3M$2.3M$20.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.6M$151K$18.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$842K$891K$17.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,767,782 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,582,037$2,766,910
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,010,006$963,562
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $76,517$32,202
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $67,562$5,108
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,736,122$3,767,782
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,278,424$1,481,525
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,829,913$1,967,883
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,108,337$3,449,408
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,627,785$318,374
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,767,782 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $9,451 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$738,609
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,028,301
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,720
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,766,910
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $954,111$954,111
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $32,202$32,202
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $5,108$5,108
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $995,764 · Excluded from tax $5,108$3,767,782
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,449,408 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $14,666 · Management $43,997 · Fundraising $87,995$146,658
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,096,764 · Management $51,642 · Fundraising $152,824$1,301,230
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,855 · Management $11,044 · Fundraising $2,738$33,637
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $60,921$60,921
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $23,717 · Management $27,837 · Fundraising $15,000$66,554
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,029 · Management $176 · Fundraising $49,510$54,715
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $70,965 · Fundraising $6,053$77,018
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,128 · Management $12,545 · Fundraising $12,545$84,218
IX-17 TravelManagement $4,047$4,047
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $905,740$905,740
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $116,484 · Management $20,524 · Fundraising $10,371$147,379
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $377,580 · Management $7,287 · Fundraising $67,044$451,911
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $42,344 · Management $28,382 · Fundraising $44,654$115,380
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,732,272 · Management $268,402 · Fundraising $448,734$3,449,408
Part X · Balance sheet $27,771,356 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,227,376$3,392,042
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,004,224$773,921
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $258,926$21,117
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $48,350$102,462
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,763,457$16,067,846
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,116,965$7,413,968
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,419,298$27,771,356
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $149,486$184,150
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $554,803$1,553,823
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $704,289$1,737,973
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $24,221,675$24,853,497
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,493,334$1,179,886
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,715,009$26,033,383
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,419,298$27,771,356
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,033,383 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,767,782
XI-2 Total expenses$3,449,408
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$318,374
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,715,009
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,033,383

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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