2025-11-17T10:47:21-06:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 810594076 BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL & FOUNDATION BATO 2259078771 PO BOX 5332 BATON ROUGE LA 70821 ETHAN ALLEN TREASURER 2252965150 2025-11-17 0 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z BILL BRYAN PO BOX 5332 BATON ROUGE LA 70821 313533 0 X WWW.BRBLUESFOUNDATION.ORG X 2003 LA THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STRIVING TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE BATON ROUGE BLUES CULTURE AND BRING THE BEST OF LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES MUSIC TO THE WORLD. 8 8 1 0 0 0 147028 204736 102912 108797 0 0 0 0 249940 313533 0 0 0 0 80912 77508 0 0 0 255290 308504 336202 386012 -86262 -72479 87756 23387 0 8110 87756 15277 X THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STRIVING TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE BATON ROUGE BLUES CULTURE AND BRING THE BEST OF LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES MUSIC TO THE WORLD. 0 0 310768 313533 ORIGINATING IN 1981, THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BLUES FESTIVALS IN AMERICA, FIRST HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.THE FESTIVAL HONORS THE LEGEND OF HOME-GROWN BLUES ARTIST LIKE SLIM HARPO, RUDY RICHARD, SILAS HOGAN, WHISPERIN' SMITH, GUITAR KELLY, SCHOOLBOY CLEVE, CHEWIN' GUM JOHNSON AND RAFUL NEAL. EXPANDING OUTSIDE OUR BACKYARD, THE FESTIVAL HAS BROUGHT IN NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECONIZED NAMES LIKE BOBBY BLUE BLAND, MARICA BALL, PHIL GUY, LARRY GARNER AND CHARLIE MUSSLEWHITE - INCLUDING RECENT GRAMMY-NOMINEE RUTHIE FOSTER, WHO WON THE HEARTS OF THE FESTIVAL GOERS IN 2009. 310768 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X ETHAN ALLEN CPA 2252965150 PO BOX 5332 BATON ROUGE LA 70821 ETHAN ALLEN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL BRYAN CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WESLEY SHRUM DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN GRAY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC DEXTER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRYCE BOURQUE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAROMITA SAHA KILLELEA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR JOYCE JACKSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAUREN LAMBERT TOMPKINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 72000 0 0 72000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50000 154736 204736 BATON ROUGE BLUES FEST 711130 108797 108797 108797 313533 108797 0 0 72000 12000 60000 5508 918 4590 850 850 11695 11695 8859 8859 945 945 PRODUCTION 282094 282094 FESTIVAL STORAGE 4061 4061 386012 310768 75244 0 64799 13187 22957 10200 87756 23387 0 8110 0 8110 X 87756 87756 0 0 0 -72479 87756 15277 87756 23387 -72479 0 X 0 0 0 X 133679 91109 157088 147028 204736 733640 1480 6694 81012 102912 108797 300895 135159 97803 238100 249940 313533 1034535 0 0 0 1034535 1 2 3 1 2 3 11262 92061 103323 135159 109066 330163 249940 313533 1137861 0.90920 0.87220 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 LINE OF CREDIT 8110 8110 FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1 THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STRIVING TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE BATON ROUGE BLUES CULTURE AND BRING THE BEST OF LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES MUSIC TO THE WORLD. TODAY THE FOUNDATION SPONSORS A BLUES EDUCATION PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL. OUR BLUES EDUCATION PROGRAM PROMOTES THE HISTORY OF LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES AND TEACHES LOCAL YOUTH HOW SWAMP BLUES IS SHAPED BY AND CONTRIBUTES TO LOUISIANA CULTURE. THE BLUES MUSIC HISTORY PROJECT DOCUMENTS LOCAL PERFORMANCES, INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL BLUES MUSICIANS AND NARRATIVES ABOUT THE ROOTS OF SWAMP BLUES AND ITS IMPACT ON OTHER MUSICAL FORMS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE ARE ENCOURAGED TO FURTHER THEIR BATON ROUGE BLUES EXPERIENCE BEYOND THE FESTIVAL AT HANGOUTS LIKE PHIL BRADY'S (WITH THE LONGEST-RUNNING 21-YEAR THURSDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM AROUND) AND THE INIMITABLE TEDDY'S JUKE JOINT IN ZACHARY, LOUISIANA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AT BOARD MEETINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST