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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,794,360
Total expenses
$1,267,645
Contributions and grants received
$2,793,479
Grants paid
$1,243,618
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$881
Total assets, end of year
$6,955,449
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,791,686
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,163,763
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,245,545
Management and general expenses
$22,100
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,245,545

Program services were 98.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $108,996

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,684,483

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,998

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $881 · related or exempt $881

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $881

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,243,618 · program services $1,243,618

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,400 · management and general $3,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20 · management and general $20

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,141 · program services $1,927 · management and general $214

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $18,466 · management and general $18,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,650,714 · end of year $2,722,879

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,100,500 · end of year $2,645,070

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $77,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,706 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,510,000 · end of year $1,510,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,349 · end of year $7,883

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,626,523 · end of year $2,783,803

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,637,048 · end of year $4,163,763

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FRIENDS OF AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVES, INC IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORT AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVES, LLC ("ASA") WITH RESPECT TO THE ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WHICH HOUSE AND DISPLAY THE WRITING, MUSICAL LYRICS, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER ITEMS CREATED BY, FORMERLY OWNED BY, AND ASSOCIATED WITH WOODY GUTHRIE AND BOB DYLAN. FRIENDS OF AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVES, INC ALSO PROMOTES AND FACILITATES RESEARCH ON, STUDY, PERFORMANCE, AND PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE WORKS OF WOODY GUTHRIE AND BOB DYLAN; AS WELL AS, PROVIDES ADVISORY SERVICES UPON REQUEST OF ASA, INCLUDING OFFERING STRATEGIC ADVICE, COMMUNITY NETWORKING, FUNDRAISING, AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE ASA'S EVENTS.

  • TO SUPPORT AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVES, LLC ("ASA") WITH RESPECT TO THE ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WHICH HOUSE AND DISPLAY THE WRITINGS, MUSICAL LYRICS, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER ITEMS CREATED BY, FORMERLY OWNED BY, AND ASSOCIATED WITH WOODY GUTHRIE (WOODROW WILSON GUTHRIE) AND BOB DYLAN. TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE RESEARCH ON, AND STUDY, PERFORMANCE, AND PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE WORKS OF WOODY GUTHRIE AND BOB DYLAN. TO PROVIDE ADVISORY SERVICES UPON THE REQUEST OF ASA, INCLUDING OFFERING STRATEGIC ADVICE, COMMUNITY NETWORKING, FUNDRAISING, AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE ASA'S EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,245,545 · Grants $1,243,618 · Revenue $881

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ken Levit

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred Dorwart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Stava

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Higgins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349307648

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