Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,061,931
- Total expenses
- $565,737
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,001,495
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $21,178
- Other revenue
- $39,258
- Total assets, end of year
- $998,617
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $38,362
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $960,255
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $434,511
- Management and general expenses
- $118,539
- Fundraising expenses
- $12,687
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $434,511
Program services were 76.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,001,495
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3 · Investment income
total $14,529 · excluded $14,529
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $179,439
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $172,790
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $6,649
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $6,649 · related or exempt $6,649
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$90,356
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$53,188
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $37,168 · excluded $37,168
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES
total $2,090 · related or exempt $2,090
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,090
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $104,167 · program services $78,126 · management and general $20,833 · fundraising $5,208
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $63,546 · program services $33,380 · management and general $30,166
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $10,601 · program services $7,062 · management and general $2,899 · fundraising $640
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $13,738 · program services $10,253 · management and general $3,162 · fundraising $323
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,015 · management and general $10,015
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11g · Fees: other
total $34,674 · program services $6,124 · management and general $28,550
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $26,443 · program services $26,443
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,387 · program services $7,582 · management and general $805
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14 · Information technology
total $12,508 · program services $5,093 · management and general $7,415
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16 · Occupancy
total $16,751 · program services $11,235 · management and general $4,978 · fundraising $538
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17 · Travel
total $4,794 · program services $3,187 · management and general $1,607
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23 · Insurance
total $1,183 · program services $820 · management and general $363
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24a · Other expenses: OUTDOOR PRODUCTION
total $150,617 · program services $150,017 · management and general $600
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24b · Other expenses: VENUE & CATERING
total $39,978 · program services $39,978
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24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE & PRINTING
total $36,038 · program services $32,655 · management and general $3,383
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24d · Other expenses: DESIGN SERVICES
total $9,700 · program services $9,700
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24e · All other expenses
total $22,597 · program services $12,856 · management and general $3,763 · fundraising $5,978
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $411,623 · end of year $935,651
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $21,750 · end of year $60,999
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,518 · end of year $1,967
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $51,068 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,650 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $21,246 · end of year $38,362
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $466,363 · end of year $930,255
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $30,000
Mission and programs · 2024
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.
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ON OCTOBER 26, 2024, THE BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL (BBF) PRODUCED A FREE EVENT IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. 20,000 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 LITCRAWL ON JUNE 6, A FREE 3 HOUR EVENT OF IRREVERENT LITERARY PROGRAMMING IN VENUES ACROSS UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE. BBF ALSO RAN JUSTKIDS! ON NOVEMBER 9, A DAY-LONG FREE LITERARY CELEBRATION FOR CHILDREN (AGES 3-14) HELD AT THE HYDE PARK BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Expenses $434,511
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Jeanne BlasbergJEANNE BLASBERG
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christine MastrangeloCHRISTINE MASTRANGELO
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Valerie RosenbergVALERIE ROSENBERG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dawn TrippDAWN TRIPP
CLERK
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Usha PasiUSHA PASI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Callie CrossleyCALLIE CROSSLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Amy MacDonaldAMY MACDONALD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Erik ErlingssonERIK ERLINGSSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Anna KolchinskyANNA KOLCHINSKY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Deborah Z PorterDEBORAH Z PORTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeff MayersohnJEFF MAYERSOHN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeryl OristaglioJERYL ORISTAGLIO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robert DuboffROBERT DUBOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Katherine FlynnKATHERINE FLYNN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Danielle CastelliDANIELLE CASTELLI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jenny DworkinJENNY DWORKIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $108,334
- From this org
- $104,167
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,167
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543169349307714
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