Totals
- Total revenue
- $501,021
- Total expenses
- $330,096
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $501,015
- Investment income
- $6
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $317,135
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $438
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $316,697
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $272,516
- Management and general expenses
- $38,403
- Fundraising expenses
- $19,177
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $272,516
Program services were 82.6% 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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2a · Program service revenue: Book Festival
total $501,015 · related or exempt $501,015
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3 · Investment income
total $6 · related or exempt $6
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $90,833 · program services $63,583 · management and general $18,167 · fundraising $9,083
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,687 · program services $5,381 · management and general $1,537 · fundraising $769
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $600 · program services $420 · management and general $120 · fundraising $60
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11g · Fees: other
total $122,707 · program services $106,451 · management and general $10,837 · fundraising $5,419
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,028 · program services $719 · management and general $206 · fundraising $103
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,157 · program services $4,310 · management and general $1,231 · fundraising $616
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17 · Travel
total $12 · program services $8 · management and general $2 · fundraising $2
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20 · Interest
total $4,083 · program services $2,858 · management and general $817 · fundraising $408
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23 · Insurance
total $1,471 · program services $1,030 · management and general $294 · fundraising $147
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24a · Other expenses: Event Expenses
total $50,286 · program services $50,286
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24b · Other expenses: Author Programming
total $19,477 · program services $19,477
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24e · All other expenses
total $25,755 · program services $17,993 · management and general $5,192 · fundraising $2,570
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $134,360 · end of year $309,516
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $6,156 · end of year $6,162
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year -$3,533
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,106
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$649
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,457 · end of year $1,457
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year -$408 · end of year $310
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year -$3,783 · end of year $128
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $142,631 · end of year $316,697
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The mission is to encourage a love of reading, inquiry, and conversation in people of all ages, and to build an enthusiastic and inclusive community of readers and writers throughout the south, sparking social, creative, and intellectual engagement.
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The annual Decatur Book Festival is a community event open to the public and supported by cash contributions from the corporate community and others as well as in-kind donations. It is one of the largest Book Festivals in the United States and brings authors from around the country.
Expenses $272,516
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Leslie Wingate
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $100,000
- From this org
- $100,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Tara Y Coyt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shelbia L Jackson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ian Webb
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robin Morris
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill Joplin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Weissinger
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Mathwon R Howard
President Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Adam Rosenkoetter
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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FeFe Handy
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Steely
Secretary
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202501679349301470
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