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US nonprofit · EIN 720650937 · Alexandria, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 720650937) - 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 30 June 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Rapides Council on Aging's network

12 people1 organisationi12 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (2) 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

12 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 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
B J GallentDirector2023
3 yrs
Chadwick GodfreyDirector2024
2 yrs
Denise DixonDirector2024
2 yrs
Edward RachalPresident2023
3 yrs
John McBrideDirector2022
4 yrs
Latessa MatthewsDirector2024
2 yrs
Sally CowanVice President2022
4 yrs
Sandra FranklinCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Steve BerryDirector2023
3 yrs
Tamechia BeemonExecutive Dir.2024
2 yrs
Tamekia FrazierDirector2024
2 yrs
Wade JenkinsDirector2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

Officers and senior leadership

6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Betty DekezerExecutive Dir2022
Bobby HynsonPresident2021
Edward RachalPresident2022
Sandra FranklinSecretaryTreasurer2022
Steve BerryVice President2022
Tamechia BeemonExecutive Dir.2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2024iFrom 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
Tamechia BeemonExecutive Dir.40$76k
George RhoadsDirector2$0
Susie MintonDirector2$0
B J GallentDirector2$0
Sandra FranklinSecretary2$0
Edward RachalPresident2$0
Sally CowanDirector2$0
Steve BerryVice President2$0
John McBrideDirector2$0
Donna FontenotDirector2$0
Wade JenkinsDirector2$0

About

Legal name
Rapides Council on Aging
EIN
720650937
Address
Po Box 8485, Alexandria, LA, 71306-1485
State
Louisiana
Mission
To provide title iii and other services to the age 60 and over population of rapides parish (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
P81Z Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1964
Principal officer
Edward Rachal (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 1969
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsJohn McBride
≥4years on the filingsSally Cowan
≥4years on the filingsWade Jenkins
≥3years on the filingsB J Gallent

Latest return

year to 30 June 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$687k
Total liabilities
$70k
Net assets or fund balances
$616k
Contributions and grants received
$1.4m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$93k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.4m$1.5mDeficit $119k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.