Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association
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What it says it does
THE ASSOCIATION SEEKS TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE THOROUGHBRED BREEDING INDUSTRY WITHIN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. THE ASSOCIATION IS ENGAGED IN PROGRAMS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF BREEDING THOROUGHBRED HORSES IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
- Income
- $10.7 million
- Spending
- $11.2 million
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 7
- Highest pay
- $163,957, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)
- THE ASSOCIATION IS AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM, LEGISLATIVELY PUT IN PLACE AS THE OFFICIAL REGISTRAR OF LOUISIANA BRED THOROUGHBREDS AND FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PAYMENT OF BREEDERS AWARDS TO BREEDERS OF ACCREDITED LOUISIANA-BRED HORSES, SUPPLEMENTING PURSES FOR RACES WRITTEN FOR ACCREDITED LOUISIANA-BRED HORSES, AND PAYMENT OF STALLION AND WORLD WIDE BREEDERS AWARDS.
- THE ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES THE LOUISIANA HORSE MAGAZINE, THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION, ON A SEMIANNUAL BASIS, AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL STALLION REGISTER.
- SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: DRAWINGS WERE HELD TO GIVE OUT $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS IN FEBRUARY AT DELTA DOWNS, IN MAY AT EVANGELINE DOWNS IN AUGUST AT LOUISIANA DOWNS AND IN DECEMBER AT THE FAIR GROUNDS. ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WAS PRESENT AND CURRENTLY ENROLLED AS A FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENT WAS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DRAWING. THE PROCEEDS WERE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1971.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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