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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLOSSOM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$553,300
Total expenses
$588,769
Contributions and grants received
$109,024
Grants paid
$11,000
Program service revenue
$444,276
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$135,970
Total liabilities, end of year
$220,110
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$84,140
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$572,160
Management and general expenses
$16,609
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$572,160

Program services were 97.2% 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)

    $56,324

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $52,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $297,775 · related or exempt $297,775

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BEVERAGE SALES

    total $96,975 · related or exempt $96,975

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FESTIVAL SALES

    total $42,325 · related or exempt $42,325

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FEES

    total $7,201 · related or exempt $7,201

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,000 · program services $11,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,824 · program services $74,824

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,698 · management and general $8,698

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,595 · program services $3,595

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,221 · program services $8,221

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION:TALENT

    total $216,482 · program services $216,482

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION:OTHER RENTALS

    total $44,401 · program services $44,401

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION:TALENT BUYER

    total $28,778 · program services $28,778

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRODUCTION:STAGE RENTAL

    total $26,914 · program services $26,914

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $165,856 · program services $157,945 · management and general $7,911

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,975 · end of year $74,850

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,177 · end of year $56,324

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

    $4,796

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,796 · end of year $4,796

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $132,619 · end of year $58,110

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $162,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$48,671 · end of year -$84,140

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED IS TO NURTURE THE CULTURE OF LAKE WALES BY PRESENTING A SPECTACULAR GATHERING OF MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS THAT LEADS TO A GREATER AWARENESS AND SUPPORTS LAKE WALES ARTS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE MAKING OF DISTRIBUTIONS THAT QUALIFY AS AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER 501 (C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF ANY FUTURE FEDERAL TAX CODE.

  • WE'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO ENRICHING THE CULTURE OF LAKE WALES BY SHOWCASING AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS, FOSTERING INCREASED CULTURAL AWARENESS. THESE EVENTS ARE MORE THAN JUST CELEBRATIONS; THEY'RE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. THE PROCEEDS ARE CHANNELED INTO VITAL COMMUNITY SERVICES, INCLUDING TUTORING, ARTS EDUCATION, AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE GAPS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM'S OFFERINGS. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE BY ENSURING EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT BROADEN THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND ENHANCE THEIR GROWTH. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGES WE'VE FACED, NOTABLY THE DECREASED ATTENDANCE DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA AND COVID-19, WHICH HAS LED TO A FINANCIAL SHORTFALL. DESPITE THESE OBSTACLES, OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A MORE VIBRANT, EDUCATED, AND JOYFUL LAKE WALES REMAINS UNWAVERING.

    Expenses $572,160 · Grants $11,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carlie W Cosce

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John Reid Hardman

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Roger A Ingley Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

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

  • LAKE WALES ARTS COUNCIL INC

    $10,000

    ARTS EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501199349301135

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