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US nonprofit · EIN 720794863 · New Orleans, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 720794863) - 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, related organisations (Schedule R).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.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Economic Development Unit Inc's network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 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.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 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Mr Charles L RiceVice President2020
6 yrs
Mr James H RabyPresident2020
6 yrs
Mrs Lisa Y JosephBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Ms Cheryl PhoenixCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Ms Ivory L Williams-Shelby (also filed as Ms Ivory Williams-Shelby)Board Member2020
6 yrs
Ms Pearlie ElloieTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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
Ms Cheryl PhoenixSecretary40$146k
Ms Pearlie ElloieTreasurer0.25$0
Ms Ivory L Williams-ShelbyBoard Member0.25$0
Mr James H RabyPresident2$0
Mrs Lisa Y JosephBoard Member0.25$0
Mr Charles L RiceVice President0.25$0

About

Legal name
Economic Development Unit Inc
EIN
720794863
Address
11448 S Easterlyn Cir, New Orleans, LA, 70128-5204
State
Louisiana
Mission
Provides rental facility for a non-profit organization and assists in providing technical assistance in economic development goals. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S31Z 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
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1976
Principal officer
Ms Cheryl Phoenix (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 1984
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsMr Charles L Rice
≥6years on the filingsMr James H Raby
≥6years on the filingsMrs Lisa Y Joseph
≥6years on the filingsMs Cheryl Phoenix

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
$255k
Total liabilities
$371k
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $116k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
1