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← RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,079,077
Total expenses
$2,731,414
Contributions and grants received
$3,050,035
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29,042
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,504,451
Total liabilities, end of year
$203,655
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,300,796
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,887,580
Management and general expenses
$843,834
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,887,580

Program services were 69.1% 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

    $3,050,035

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,042 · excluded $29,042

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,107 · management and general $7,107

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $256,340 · management and general $256,340

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,723 · management and general $6,723

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,553 · management and general $2,553

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $1,448,872 · program services $1,448,872

  • 24b · Other expenses: WRITER'S PROGRAMS

    total $430,438 · program services $430,438

  • 24c · Other expenses: STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT R

    total $315,797 · management and general $315,797

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $76,669 · management and general $76,669

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $186,915 · program services $8,270 · management and general $178,645

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,876,986 · end of year $2,184,813

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $456,088 · end of year $309,738

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,481 · end of year $9,900

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,487 · end of year $45,155

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $440,000 · end of year $158,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,899,068 · end of year $2,300,796

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ORGANIZE AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR WRITERS AND READERS WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE AND TO RAISE FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.

  • A WRITERS AND READERS ANNUAL FESTIVAL

    Expenses $1,887,580

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Downs

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $71,594
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $40,223
    Other
    $31,371
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jamie Kabler

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Davis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Helene Galen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Salta

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Weill

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $59,843
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $40,254
    Other
    $19,589
    Hours/week
    10

  • Aaron Espinosa

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $301,451
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $255,733
    Other
    $45,718
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $212,573 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $43,160 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $40,868 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $303,101 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE

    GOVERNMENT · CITY GOVERNMENT · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510249349301301

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