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← RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,202,215
Total expenses
$2,831,040
Contributions and grants received
$2,638,524
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$465,020
Investment income
$98,671
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,314,198
Total liabilities, end of year
$565,264
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,748,934
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,161,652
Management and general expenses
$669,388
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,161,652

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,638,524

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WRITERS FESTIVAL

    total $465,020 · related or exempt $465,020

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $98,671 · excluded $98,671

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,545 · management and general $5,545

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $305,734 · management and general $305,734

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,989 · management and general $63,989

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,634 · management and general $34,634

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,315 · management and general $26,315

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,735 · management and general $15,735

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,806 · management and general $2,806

  • 24a · Other expenses: WRITER'S PROGRAM

    total $920,494 · program services $920,494

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $855,073 · program services $855,073

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $334,342 · program services $334,342

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $59,536 · management and general $59,536

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $156,837 · program services $1,743 · management and general $155,094

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,184,813 · end of year $2,966,090

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $309,738 · end of year $337,134

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,900 · end of year $10,974

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,155 · end of year $6,262

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $158,500 · end of year $559,002

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,300,796 · end of year $2,748,934

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ORGANIZE AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR WRITERS AND READERS WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE AND TO RAISE FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.

  • THE RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL IS A WORLD-CLASS GATHERING OF WRITERS, THINKERS, AND READERS WHO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF IDEAS AND THE BEAUTY OF THE WRITTEN WORD. EACH YEAR, THE FESTIVAL BRINGS LITERARY GIANTS, EMERGING VOICES, AND THOUGHT LEADERS TO THE DESERT FOR ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS, INSPIRING DISCUSSIONS, AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS.KNOWN AS THE "COACHELLA FOR THE BRAIN," THE FESTIVAL OFFERS AUDIENCES THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM BESTSELLING AUTHORS, PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS, AND INFLUENTIAL VOICES ACROSS LITERATURE, POLITICS, HISTORY, AND CULTURE-ALL IN AN INTIMATE AND WELCOMING SETTING.

    Expenses $2,161,652 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $465,020

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jamie Kabler

    CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Davis

    VICE-PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jan Salta

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Downs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,247
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $47,600
    Other
    $34,647
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $40,400 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,200 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,647 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $82,247 related

  • Ted Weill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,509
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $44,300
    Other
    $21,209
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $37,100 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,200 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,239 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $65,539 related

  • Helene Galen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Espinosa

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $322,277
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $278,811
    Other
    $43,466
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $235,602 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $43,209 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $45,117 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $323,928 related

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

None.

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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE

    GOVERNMENT · CITY GOVERNMENT · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349306791

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