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← BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$668,672
Total expenses
$622,191
Contributions and grants received
$653,402
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,414
Other revenue
$3,856
Total assets, end of year
$487,609
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,246
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$466,363
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$469,832
Management and general expenses
$134,450
Fundraising expenses
$17,909
Program service expenses (Part III)
$469,832

Program services were 75.5% 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

    $653,402

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,593 · excluded $9,593

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $347,139

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

    securities $345,318

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,821

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,821 · related or exempt $1,821

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $3,856 · related or exempt $3,856

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,856

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,731 · program services $68,798 · management and general $18,346 · fundraising $4,587

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $56,123 · program services $36,038 · management and general $20,085

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,804 · program services $3,850 · management and general $1,466 · fundraising $488

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,861 · program services $7,570 · management and general $2,940 · fundraising $351

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,050 · management and general $1,050

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,583 · management and general $24,583

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,596 · program services $4,718 · management and general $26,898 · fundraising $980

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,778 · program services $25,700 · management and general $78

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,399 · program services $8,216 · management and general $6,108 · fundraising $3,075

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,735 · program services $4,520 · management and general $9,215

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,583 · program services $17,372 · management and general $6,401 · fundraising $810

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,176 · program services $281 · management and general $895

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,278 · program services $903 · management and general $333 · fundraising $42

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTDOOR PRODUCTION

    total $138,567 · program services $138,567

  • 24b · Other expenses: VENUE & CATERING

    total $67,304 · program services $67,304

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $32,963 · program services $32,866 · management and general $97

  • 24d · Other expenses: DESIGN SERVICES

    total $20,958 · program services $17,958 · management and general $3,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55,702 · program services $35,171 · management and general $12,955 · fundraising $7,576

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $221,578 · end of year $411,623

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,206 · end of year $21,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,235 · end of year $1,518

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $204,327 · end of year $51,068

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,871 · end of year $21,246

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $423,975 · end of year $466,363

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE POWER OF WORDS TO STIMULATE, AGITATE, UNITE, DELIGHT, AND INSPIRE BY HOLDING YEAR-ROUND EVENTS CULMINATING IN AN ANNUAL, FREE FESTIVAL THAT PROMOTES A CULTURE OF READING AND IDEAS AND ENHANCES THE VIBRANCY OF THE GREATER BOSTON REGION AND BEYOND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE POWER OF WORDS TO STIMULATE, AGITATE, UNITE, DELIGHT, AND INSPIRE BY HOLDING YEAR-ROUND EVENTS CULMINATING IN AN ANNUAL, FREE FESTIVAL THAT PROMOTES A CULTURE OF READING AND IDEAS AND ENHANCES THE VIBRANCY OF THE GREAT BOSTON REGION AND BEYOND.

  • ON OCTOBER 14, 2023, THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL PRODUCED A FREE EVENT ENTITLED THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL. IT WAS HELD IN COPLEY SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. 30,000 READERS OF ALL AGES FROM ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ATTENDED. 200 AUTHORS PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN PANELS, READINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS. THERE ALSO WAS A STREET FESTIVAL THAT FEATURED 34 EXHIBITORS AND VENDORS AND A LIVE MUSIC STAGE. IN ADDITION TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY DAY, OUR ORGANIZATION RAN JUSTKIDS! ON OCTOBER 22, A DAY-LONG LITERARY CELEBRATION FOR CHILDREN (4-14) CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

    Expenses $469,832

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jenny Dworkin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,451
    From this org
    $91,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,720
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeanne Blasberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christine Mastrangelo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valerie Rosenberg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dawn Tripp

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Usha Pasi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Callie Crossley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy MacDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erik Erlingsson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anna Kolchinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Z Porter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Mayersohn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeryl Oristaglio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Duboff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katherine Flynn

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433179349306793

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