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← AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$342,121
Total expenses
$265,851
Contributions and grants received
$266,007
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$23,242
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$52,872
Total assets, end of year
$307,033
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,641
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$301,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$222,398
Management and general expenses
$43,453
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$222,398

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $266,007

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WESTOBOU GALLERY ART S

    total $23,242 · related or exempt $23,242

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $8,198

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $8,198

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $8,198 · related or exempt $8,198

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $44,674 · related or exempt $44,674

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $44,674

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $65,100 · program services $48,825 · management and general $16,275

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $58,940 · program services $44,205 · management and general $14,735

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,425 · program services $5,569 · management and general $1,856

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,231 · program services $6,923 · management and general $2,308

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,085 · program services $3,268 · management and general $817

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,221 · program services $5,221

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,808 · program services $4,808

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,311 · program services $29,849 · management and general $7,462

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,037 · program services $3,037

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $827 · program services $827

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,964 · program services $1,964

  • 24a · Other expenses: SERIES EVENTS

    total $58,877 · program services $58,877

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH EXPENSE

    total $3,885 · program services $3,885

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,759 · program services $2,759

  • 24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE & SERVICES

    total $1,973 · program services $1,973

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $408 · program services $408

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $229,113 · end of year $303,739

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

    $17,164

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

    $13,870

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,121 · end of year $3,294

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $555 · end of year $568

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,557 · end of year $5,073

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $225,122 · end of year $301,392

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WESTOBOU FOSTERS A VIBRANT, CULTURALLY-RICH COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND THEIR IDEAS TO PRESENT ENGAGING, CREATIVE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES.

  • WESTOBOU GALLERYDESIGNED AS A CONTEMPORARY VENUE FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WESTOBOU GALLERY OFFERS CURATED EXHIBITIONS BY NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTS WITH A FOCUS ON EMERGING AND MID-CAREER CONTEMPORARY AND EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS. WESTOBOU GALLERY OPENED IN MAY 2015. SINCE THEN, THE GALLERY HAS PRESENTED VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS THAT INCLUDED WORK BY A MULTITUDE OF ARTISTS. ANNUALLY, WESTOBOU PRESENTS 5-6 EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING CURATED SHOWS, A LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE, STUDENT SHOW, AND A JURIED SMALL WORKS SHOW. EXHIBITIONS ARE TYPICALLY OPEN FOR 6-8 WEEKS AND INCLUDE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE ARTIST TALKS, GALLERY TOURS, AND WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTIONS.PROJECT COMMISSIONSWESTOBOU SUPPORTS CREATIVE, CULTURAL, CONTEMPORARY AND EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MURALS, INSTALLATIONS, SMALL CONCERTS, SHORT FILMS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, POP-UP EXHIBITIONS, SPOKEN WORD AND FOOD EVENTS.INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR ONE OR MORE PROJECTS. THOSE CHOSEN ARE COMMISSIONED UP TO $5,000 TO IMPLEMENT THEIR PROJECT.WESTOBOU ARTIST IN RESIDENCEWESTOBOU AIMS TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY IN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. THIS INSPIRED US TO CREATE A YEAR-LONG ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS AND CREATIVES IN THE AUGUSTA AREA.THE WESTOBOU ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM AWARDS FREE STUDIO SPACE TO AN EMERGING OR MID-CAREER AUGUSTA-BASED VISUAL ARTIST FOR ONE YEAR AT THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART (GHIA). THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A STIPEND FOR RESEARCH, TOOLS AND SUPPLIES TO BUILD A BODY OF WORK FOR AN EXHIBITION AT WESTOBOU GALLERY. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GHIA, THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE TEACHES A YEAR-LONG WORKSHOP SERIES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $222,398 · Revenue $76,114

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Ferrara

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Wes Childers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Halley Badger

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Claire Riche

    FUNDRAISING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mafia Cartwright

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Price

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Anthony Robinson

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Grace Wynn

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shell Berry

    MEMBER EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Porter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,100
    From this org
    $65,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
28 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349303697

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