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← MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,989,871
Total expenses
$4,455,755
Contributions and grants received
$807,882
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,133,458
Investment income
$43,899
Other revenue
$4,632
Total assets, end of year
$3,377,624
Total liabilities, end of year
$198,271
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,179,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,959,622
Management and general expenses
$353,795
Fundraising expenses
$142,338
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,959,622

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $153,775

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $629,107

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Advertising Income

    total $2,347 · unrelated business $2,347

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Jazz Education

    total $81,229 · related or exempt $81,229

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Monterey Jazz Festival

    total $3,043,430 · related or exempt $3,043,430

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Music Instrument Income

    total $6,452 · related or exempt $6,452

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,430 · excluded $17,430

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,017,190

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,990,721

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $26,469

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $26,469 · excluded $26,469

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $89,392

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $153,775

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $84,760

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,632 · excluded $4,632

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $446,265 · program services $378,888 · management and general $67,377

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $847,059 · program services $763,699 · management and general $37,526 · fundraising $45,834

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,839 · program services $3,135 · management and general $34,704

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,753 · program services $42,754 · management and general $42,340 · fundraising $659

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $102,857 · program services $86,786 · management and general $12,698 · fundraising $3,373

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,297 · program services $2,497 · management and general $4,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,513 · program services $216 · management and general $29,297

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $21,850 · management and general $21,850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $194,338 · program services $168,376 · management and general $218 · fundraising $25,744

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $384,463 · program services $376,236 · management and general $500 · fundraising $7,727

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,210 · program services $1,884 · management and general $2,995 · fundraising $14,331

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,361 · program services $1,344 · management and general $30,017

  • 17 · Travel

    total $253,570 · program services $245,350 · management and general $6,228 · fundraising $1,992

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $8,073 · management and general $8,073

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,273 · management and general $11,273

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,859 · management and general $28,859

  • 24a · Other expenses: Artist Fees

    total $820,727 · program services $808,727 · fundraising $12,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: Facility Rental

    total $274,982 · program services $274,982

  • 24c · Other expenses: Stage Expense

    total $272,981 · program services $257,249 · fundraising $15,732

  • 24d · Other expenses: Security

    total $147,035 · program services $144,954 · fundraising $2,081

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $430,450 · program services $402,545 · management and general $15,040 · fundraising $12,865

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $379,443 · end of year $262,910

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $517,411 · end of year $37,098

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $112,750 · end of year $93,509

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $39,013 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,805 · end of year $10,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $844,051

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $568,509

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $286,815 · end of year $275,542

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,140,413 · end of year $2,506,874

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $130,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $61,691 · end of year $61,691

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,267 · end of year $105,489

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $104,829 · end of year $92,782

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,090,230 · end of year $2,761,149

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $315,015 · end of year $418,204

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Monterey Jazz Festival's mission is to inspire the discovery and celebration of jazz, anchored by an iconic festival.

  • Monterey Jazz Festival - The nonprofit Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world, and has presented nearly every major jazz artist every year since its inception in 1958. Held annually on the 20-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds, the Festival is considered an international icon and model for all subsequent multi-stage music festivals. Five-hundred top jazz artists perform throughout the weekend on eight stages over three nights and two days each third full weekend in September. Every year, through its marketing and promotional efforts, the Festival gathers over 60 million impressions in local, national, and international print and digital media outlets, on the ground, and through its web site.

    Expenses $3,407,717 · Revenue $3,045,777

  • The Festival provides 3,000+ young people with direct access to the nationally recognized jazz musicians and music instructors. These programs fill an educational gap in our schools underfunded music programs and provide mentorship and performance opportunities to foster creativity for the next generation's jazz musicians. The education programs include: the MJF Regional All Star Band and Vocal Ensemble, MJF All Star Middle School Combo, Summer Jazz Camp, Jazz Uplifts!, master classes and workshops, and an instrument bank & sheet music library. National programs include the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and the Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo as well as our HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Partnership Program, which brings students from HBCUs throughout the U.S. to Monterey to provide career and performance opportunities.

    Expenses $551,905 · Revenue $87,681

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tim Jackson

    Artistic Dir.

    Total calculated
    $191,588
    From this org
    $189,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,916
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,672
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,916
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $191,588
  • Colleen Bailey

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $138,555
    From this org
    $123,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,696
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tony Caparelli

    Finance Dir.

    Total calculated
    $116,123
    From this org
    $107,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,999
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tom LaFaille

    Chair Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherol Chen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Williams Sr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clint Eastwood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Gordon

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cydney Payton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Barnett

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharon Wesley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Garcia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Ella Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Brusa

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Knapek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Zehm

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Cartwright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mimi Hahn

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
The Executive and Artistic Directors are given small discretionary accounts to use on meals and entertainment. These are part of the budget, which is approved and monitored by the board.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349304585

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