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US nonprofit · EIN 461272712 · New Orleans, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 461272712) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SO), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Chalk 17 Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$0
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$2k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$0
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.7 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Paul Hilliard
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Exemption reinstated on 15 November 2010. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 November 2010 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Chalk 17 Inc's network

8 people7 organisationsi8 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (23) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Paul Hilliard ChairOutgoing Chair2018
8 yrs
Cathy Green RosensteinDirector2021
5 yrs
John HairstonCo-Secretary2021
5 yrs
John KoernerChairmain2022
4 yrs
Rebecca Albrecht Mackie (also filed as Rebecca Mackie)Director2018
8 yrs
Stephen J Watson (also filed as Stephen Watson)President2021
5 yrs
Suzanne MestayerTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Ted WeggelandCo-Secretary2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Stephen J WatsonPresident & CEOsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Stephen J WatsonPresident & CEO0.3$0$778k$125k
Cathy Green RosensteinDirector0.3$0$482k$17k
Ted WeggelandPast Chair0.3$0
Suzanne MestayerChair0.3$0
John HairstonCo-Secretary0.3$0
Jimmy MaurinCo-Secretary0.3$0
Pete NovemberTreasurer0.3$0
Rebecca Albrecht MackieExecutive Vp&coo(Resigned 7/31/23)0$0$357k

About

Legal name
Chalk 17 Inc
EIN
461272712
Address
945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA, 70130-3813
State
Louisiana
Mission
Further the charitable and educational purposes of the national world war ii museum by aquiring and preserving the patrol-torpedo (pt) boat, pt-305. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
J11 Employment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Employment
Size band
0 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2006
Principal officer
Stephen J Watson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
SO (contributions deductible)

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Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedPUBLIC MUSEUMThe National World War II Museum IncRelatedSUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF NATIONAL WWIIWorld War II Pavilions IncRelatedSUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF NATIONAL WWIIWorld War II Campaigns IncRelatedSUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF NATIONAL WWIIWorld War II Theatre Inc

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsPaul Hilliard
≥8years on the filingsRebecca Albrecht Mackie
≥8years on the filingsSuzanne Mestayer
≥7years on the filingsTed Weggeland

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$0
Total liabilities
$1.5m
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $1.5m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0