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← SOMERTON TOMALE FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOMERTON TOMALE FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$246,437
Total expenses
$237,546
Contributions and grants received
$74,800
Grants paid
$18,200
Program service revenue
$172,400
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$763
Total assets, end of year
$87,600
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$87,600
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$216,962
Management and general expenses
$16,744
Fundraising expenses
$3,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$216,962

Program services were 91.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $54,800

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Somerton Tamale Festival

    total $172,400 · related or exempt $172,400

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,812

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,575

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$763 · related or exempt -$763

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,200 · program services $12,200

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,700 · management and general $15,700

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,885 · program services $11,108 · fundraising $2,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,740 · program services $522 · management and general $1,044 · fundraising $174

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,447 · program services $3,558 · fundraising $889

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Tamale Festival Expenses

    total $183,574 · program services $183,574

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $82,024 · end of year $87,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,315

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $78,709 · end of year $87,600

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ORGANIZE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION IN YUMA COUNTY AND ARIZONA.

  • THE 17TH ANNUAL EVENT TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 21, 2024, STARTING AT 11 A.M. ON MAIN STREET IN SOMERTON, ARIZONA. MORE THAN 20 TAMALE BOOTHS AND A VARIETY OF FOOD DRINK VENDORS PARTICIPATED, OFFERING A BROAD RANGE OF CULINARY OPTIONS. THE FESTIVAL FEATURED LIVE MUSIC, FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT, AND NOTABLE COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING A TAMALE-EATING CONTEST AND A JUDGED TAMALE COMPETITION. PROCEEDS FROM THE FESTIVAL BENEFITED THE ASU EL DIABLITO ALUMNI CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS LOCAL STUDENTS ATTENDING ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE FESTIVAL CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A MAJOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC EVENT, DRAWING SIGNIFICANT LOCAL ATTENDANCE AND SHOWCASING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH FOOD, MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY VENDORS. SUPPORTED LOCAL STUDENT GROUPS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO FUNDRAISE AT THE EVENT, WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS.

    Expenses $216,962 · Grants $18,200 · Revenue $171,637

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carlos Anaya

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gladys Anaya

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Luis A Heredia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513159349306571

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