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← ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,684,141
Total expenses
$1,790,904
Contributions and grants received
$1,076,104
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$486,361
Investment income
$92
Other revenue
$121,584
Total assets, end of year
$1,682,199
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,109,828
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$572,371
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,432,466
Management and general expenses
$251,457
Fundraising expenses
$106,981
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,432,466

Program services were 80.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $3,636

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $145,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $927,468

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ticket Sales

    total $486,361 · related or exempt $486,361

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92 · excluded $92

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $182,367

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $60,783

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $121,584 · related or exempt $121,584

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,201 · program services $63,362 · management and general $19,440 · fundraising $14,399

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $133,652 · program services $84,400 · management and general $49,252

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,872 · program services $2,873 · management and general $1,999

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,817 · program services $15,220 · management and general $7,142 · fundraising $1,455

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,470 · management and general $54,470

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $367,326 · program services $270,116 · management and general $27,676 · fundraising $69,534

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $244,157 · program services $241,956 · management and general $451 · fundraising $1,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,363 · program services $7,660 · management and general $7,660 · fundraising $43

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,578 · program services $10,660 · management and general $11,018 · fundraising $3,900

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,279 · program services $19,521 · management and general $7,758

  • 20 · Interest

    total $47,933 · management and general $47,933

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,047 · program services $16,047

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,622 · program services $40,056 · management and general $4,566

  • 24a · Other expenses: Talent Fees

    total $410,700 · program services $410,479 · management and general $221

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event Supplies

    total $142,877 · program services $138,207 · fundraising $4,670

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staging and Lighting

    total $84,763 · program services $84,763

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,247 · program services $27,146 · management and general $11,871 · fundraising $11,230

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $411,994 · end of year $337,770

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,429 · end of year $64,305

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $659,412 · end of year $582,864

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,500 · end of year $5,651

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $641,891

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $18,722

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $639,216 · end of year $623,169

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $84,235 · end of year $68,440

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $203,822 · end of year $191,388

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $850,000 · end of year $850,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $82,830 · end of year $68,440

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $262,634 · end of year $100,871

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $416,500 · end of year $471,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The organization will plan and produce an annual festival in Rochester NY, which will showcase institutions and individuals engaged in performance, visual or graphic arts; develop connections between such artists and the business community; (continued on Schedule O)encourage creativity, cooperation and interaction among art institutions and educational institutions; and to promote the study and improvement of all art forms and foster aesthetic awareness of culture and art within the community.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Plan and produce an annual festival.

  • Production of the Rochester Fringe Festival in September 2025. This program is primarily funded by contributions.

    Expenses $1,432,466 · Revenue $607,945

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Fee

    CEO & Founding Festival Producer

    Total calculated
    $87,450
    From this org
    $87,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • Robert M Vigdor

    Corporate Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mark A Costello

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alexa Scott-Flaherty

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Melissa Pfohl Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Erin DiVincenzo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dorian Hall

    Director (Through March 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Jefferson Svengsouk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Presberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Rivello

    Director

    Total calculated
    $200
    From this org
    $200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maya Temperley

    Director

    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
22 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202632659349301308

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