Smoketown Neighborhood Association Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Evaluation of current and future initiatives in the Smoketown neighborhood or affecting Smoketown and other low-income Louisville residents.
- Income
- $55,000
- Spending
- $38,451
- Reserves
- 10.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $34,000, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $12,822 spent. Anti-displacement ordinance and commission: Collaborated with Metro Louisville to implement the ordinance and seat the commission to protect residents against inordinate gentrification. Meeting supplies-268.50 office accounting-1,220.14 staff-11,333.33 total rounded to 12,822. Estimated beneficiaries: 110,205 half of the 15.8% of the 1,395,000 Metro Louisville residents living below the poverty rate.
- $12,845 spent. College Court campaign: Collaborated with Simmons College of KY and new property manager to bring about an ownership transition characterized by ethical treatment of the low-income residents of a former condominium purchased from a receiver. Meeting supplies-250.89 office accounting printing-1,260.64 staff-11,333.33 total rounded to 12,845. Estimated beneficiaries: 300 100 units average 3 residents per unit.
- $12,783 spent. Research: Collaborated with Age-Friendly Louisville Boston University Cornell University Center for Health Equity New Economy Coalition and Policy Link to design and conduct research on gentrification. Meeting supplies-230.00 office accounting-1,220.14 staff-11,333.34 total rounded to 12,783. Estimated beneficiaries: Number unknown owing to potentially worldwide scope of research.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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