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Louisiana Engineering Society

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Baton Rouge, LA501(c)(6)Mutual / membership EIN 72-0362546Revenue $602K in FY2025Latest return filed Sep 30, 2025

On file with the IRSles-state.org9643 Brookline Ave, 70809-1488 · Baton Rouge, LATax-exempt since Jun 1944

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The organization is dedicated to the advancement of the Engineering profession by pursuing an active leadership role through: (1) providing avenues for members to evaluate their skills, competencies, and ethics. (2) communicating that Engineering work must be performed or supervised by a professional engineer. (3) public awareness activities. (4) services to the public and profession. (5) advocating registration of all engineers. (6) recognition of Engineering achievements.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$831
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$602K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$581K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$350K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$602K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$474K
FY2022$575K
FY2023$573K
FY2024$550K
FY2025$602K
Expenses
$581K
FY2025▲ +1%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$475K
FY2022$548K
FY2023$540K
FY2024$573K
FY2025$581K
Net assets
$350K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$293K
FY2022$320K
FY2023$353K
FY2024$329K
FY2025$350K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1944.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
James Ellingburg
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Gavin Gautreau
1st Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rachel Kenney
Secretary-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Oliver Neal
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Clinton C Patrick
2nd Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2021
Mary C Ruckert$86,640—
Brenda W Gajan—$74,989

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

Programs and updates

Advances the engineering profession by evaluating skills, promoting professional standards, and advocating for engineer registration.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Pt IX · col B

Funders

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 · FY2021
Mardia Family FoundationFY2021$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$602K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$449K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$146K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$581K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$350K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$349K
Total assetsLn 16$351K
LiabilitiesLn 26$831
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$146K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$449K
Investment incomeLn 3$862
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Total revenueLn 12$602K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12K
SavingsLn 2$337K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$349K
Total assetsLn 16$351K
LiabilitiesLn 26$831
Net assetsLn 32$350K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$333K$349K
Total assetsLn 16$333K$351K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$831
Net assetsLn 32$329K$350K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$86K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$63K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$48K
Office expensesLn 13$1K
Information technologyLn 14$17K
OccupancyLn 16$25K
TravelLn 17$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$89K
InsuranceLn 23$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$151K$151K
All other expensesLn 24e$42K
Total functional expensesLn 25$581K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 30, 2025 $602K$581K$21K$350K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 30, 2024 $550K$573K−$24K$329K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 6, 2023 $573K$540K$32K$353K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 16, 2022 $575K$548K$27K$320K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 24, 2021 $474K$475K−$1K$293K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $602,253 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$145,931
I-9 Program service revenue$449,281
I-10 Investment income$862
I-11 Other revenue$6,179
I-12 Total revenue$602,253
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$179,432
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$401,911
I-18 Total expenses$581,343
I-19 Revenue less expenses$20,910
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $602,253 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$142,006
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,925
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$145,931
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $449,281$449,281
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $862$862
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,251 · Unrelated business $4,928$6,179
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $451,394 · Unrelated business $4,928 · Excluded from tax $0$602,253
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $581,343 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$86,250
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$62,869
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$7,000
IX-9 Other employee benefits$11,727
IX-10 Payroll taxes$11,586
IX-11c Accounting fees$21,500
IX-11d Lobbying fees$48,000
IX-13 Office expenses$1,027
IX-14 Information technology$17,190
IX-16 Occupancy$25,159
IX-17 Travel$1,666
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$88,575
IX-23 Insurance$5,753
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $150,586$150,586
IX-24e All other expenses$42,455
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$581,343
Part X · Balance sheet $350,677 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $11,725$12,003
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $321,226$337,423
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,251
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $332,951$350,677
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,015$831
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,015$831
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $105,482$84,456
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $223,454$265,390
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $328,936$349,846
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $332,951$350,677
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $349,846 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$602,253
XI-2 Total expenses$581,343
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$20,910
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$328,936
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$349,846

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

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