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US nonprofit · EIN 475377647 · Shreveport, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 475377647) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2017.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 October 2015. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 December 2013 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Shreveport Common Inc's network

27 people28 organisationsi27 people and 28 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (27). Violet dotted lines (29) 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

27 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 24 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 27 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Shelly Ragle ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Aaron StorerVice Chairman2019
7 yrs
Adam BaileyBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Alan WarrenBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Ben MossBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Bonnie MooreBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Cameron JonesBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Cole AndersonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Connor PetersonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Dannye MaloneBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Debra SeamsterCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Dominique McLemoreBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Gary BrooksBoard Member2023
3 yrs
JB BeairdVice Chairman2019
7 yrs
Jack AllenBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Janie LandryBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jason HollandBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Jeff EversonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Kent RogersBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Lemar FlukersBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Liz SwaineBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Melinda SchimbergTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Pam AtchisonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Taylor JamisonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Tim WrightBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Torri SmithBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Victor ThomasBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 27 →

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
Wendy BenscoterExecutive Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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
Wendy BenscoterExecutive Director50$60k
Shelly RagleChairman4$0
Aaron StorerVice Chairman0.5$0
JB BeairdVice Chairman2$0
Melinda SchimbergTreasurer1$0
Debra SeamsterSecretary0.5$0
Bob TharnesBoard Member0.5$0
Rebecca BonnevierBoard Member4$0
Adam BaileyBoard Member0.5$0
Cole AndersonBoard Member0.5$0
Jeff EversonBoard Member0.5$0
Torri SmithBoard Member0.5$0
Lemar FlukersBoard Member0.5$0
Shonda ReynoldsBoard Member0.5$0
Gary BrooksBoard Member0.5$0
Victor ThomasBoard Member0.5$0
Jason HollandBoard Member0.5$0
Betsy LevelsBoard Member0.5$0
Cameron JonesBoard Member0.5$0
Dannye MaloneBoard Member0.5$0
Bonnie MooreBoard Member0.5$0
Karen BarnesBoard Member0.5$0
Connor PetersonBoard Member0.5$0
Kent RogersBoard Member0.5$0
Janie LandryBoard Member0.5$0

About

Legal name
Shreveport Common Inc
EIN
475377647
Address
801 Crockett St Ste 206, Shreveport, LA, 71101-3435
State
Louisiana
Mission
Shreveport Common Inc mission is to facilitate public/private partnerships to implement the Shreveport Common Vision Plan for an Arts-Inspired revitalization of Shreveport Common to an UNcommon Creative Cultural Community. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S20 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
Wendy Benscoter (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2015
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsShelly Ragle
≥7years on the filingsAaron Storer
≥7years on the filingsAdam Bailey
≥7years on the filingsAlan Warren

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$681k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$681k
Contributions and grants received
$105k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
25