ACADIANA AREA CENTRAL OFFICE INC
EIN 72-0972129 · Substance Abuse Prevention (F21)
What they do
CENTRAL OFFICE HAS MAINTAINED A CENTRAL BUSINESS OFFICE for ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE ACADIANA AREA, SAFEGUARDED THE TWELVE TRADITIONS of AA AS THE GROUP CONSCIENCE DICTATES, SUPPORTED LOCAL GROUPS of AA, RECEIVED and DISPURSED FUNDS AS NECESSARY to MEET THE PURPOSES and CARRY ON THE BUSINESS of THE CENTRAL OFFICE, PERORMED ANY and ALL LAWFUL ACTS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT of ITS BUSINESS AND/OR to MEET ITS PURPOSES, SERVED and FUNCTIONED AS THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER for THE MEMBER GROUPS WITH RESPECT to MATTERS of LOCAL AREA POLICY and INTEREST, and CONDUCTED SPECIAL EVENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH and IN THE FURTHERANCE of THESE OBJECTIVES.
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CHARLIE PRITCHETTCHAIRMAN
JAMES MALLIAPRESIDENT
STEPHEN MORELLATREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 115 LEONIE ST, LAFAYETTE, LA 70506-6227
- County
- Lafayette
- In care of
- CHARLIE PRITCHETT
- Primary officer
- CHARLIE PRITCHETT, Chairman
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MORELLA & MORELLA LLC
- NTEE classification
- Substance Abuse Prevention (F21)
- IRS tax category
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2016