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New Orleans Steamship Association

EIN 72-0273220 · Metairie, LA

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What it says it does

Represent maritime industry members in an extensive scope of matters affecting the maritime industry in Louisiana and the gulf coast region.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)

Gulf States Maritime Association (GSMA) - represents maritime industry members in a wide range of matters affecting the maritime industry in Louisiana and in the gulf coast region.
Louisiana Maritime Association (LAMA) - represents the members in a wide range of diverse matters such as maintaining adequate deep-draft anchorages and channels throughout the Gulf. LAMA is the industrys liaison with Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Corps of Engineers, the Transportation Security Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security. One of the Associations most important functions is to disseminate timely information to its members. LAMA keeps its members updated on the status of draft conditions and related legislative and funding issues as they continue to make the Mississippi River the most productive and efficient in the nation.
Big River Coalition (BRC) - main focus is to obtain additional federal funding to supplement the shortfall in the Corps annual budget, to strive to establish a legislative firewall around the harbor maintenance trust fund, and to represent members of the Mississippi River Navigation Industry in matters related to coastal restoration.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
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? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 December 2024.
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 March 1928.
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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