Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,797,074

Total expenses

$1,992,996

Contributions and grants received

$128,815

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,667,761

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$498

Total assets, end of year

$849,786

Total liabilities, end of year

$671,897

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$177,889

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• MEMBERSHIP:NIVA MEMBERS REPRESENT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND PUBLICLY-OWNED SPACES THAT MAKE UP MOST OF THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEM. NIVA OFFERS A RANGE OF VALUABLE MEMBER SERVICES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT ITS COMMUNITY OF NEARLY 1,500 MEMBERS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE A PLATFORM FOR NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE WITHIN THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, MONTHLY TOWN HALL MEETINGS, EXCLUSIVE PARTNER DISCOUNTS, AND ADVOCACY ON THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. NIVA ALSO HAS A GROUP DISCOUNT PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE THE COLLECTIVE BUYING POWER OF OUR MEMBERS TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS ON EVERY-DAY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES USED BY OUR MEMBERS . NIVA AIMS TO PROVIDE EVERY MEMBER THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE, WHICH IN TURN CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR SECTOR AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

• ADVOCACY:NIVA ENGAGES WITH CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ON BEHALF OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO UPLIFT AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF OUR MEMBERS. SPECIFICALLY, TO PROTECT FANS AND ARTISTS FROM SPECULATIVE TICKETS, DECEPTIVE MARKETING, AND HIDDEN COSTS. NIVA CREATED THE "FIX THE TIX COALITION," A BROAD COALITION OF LIVE EVENT INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS FORMED TO COLLECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR A TICKETING EXPERIENCE BETTER THAN THE NIGHTMARE MANY FANS AND ARTISTS CURRENTLY NAVIGATE. NIVA EMPOWERS ITS CHAPTERS AND MEMBERS WITH RESOURCES, CONTACTS, AND TRACKING TOOLS TO ENGAGE WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO UPLIFT AND ADVOCATE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. NIVA'S STATE AND LOCAL WORK PROVIDES RESOURCES AND MODEL ADVOCACY STRATEGIES FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. NIVA EMPOWERS ITS MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE ON THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL FOR THE POLICIES THAT MATTER MOST TO THEM. NIVA HAS LAUNCHED A STATE POLICY TRACKING PROGRAM WHICH WILL ALLOW ANY MEMBER TO SEARCH, TRACK, AND RECEIVE TIMELY NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT STATE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS. MEMBERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO A DATABASE OF EVERY STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEIR STAFF THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

• CONFERENCE:NIVA'S INAUGURAL CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN JULY 2022. NIVA'S FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE - NIVA '22 - BROUGHT OVER 600 MEMBERS TOGETHER FROM THE INDEPENDENT LIVE CONCERT, COMEDY, PROMOTER AND FESTIVAL INDUSTRY. THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN CLEVELAND JULY 11TH AND 12TH ACROSS MULTIPLE NIVA MEMBER VENUES AND INCLUDED THE FIRST-EVER INDEPENDENT AWARDS FORMAL (INDEPENDENT AF) AT THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. THE NIVA'22 CONFERENCE PROVIDED ITS DIVERSE MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS WITH TWO DAYS OF PROGRAMMING, EDUCATION, NETWORKING AND ENTERTAINMENT. SESSION TOPICS INCLUDED MARKETING, NEW INDUSTRY PARADIGMS, FESTIVALS, DIVERSITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND INSURANCE. IN SPRING 2023, NIVA BEGAN PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS FOR OUR SECOND CONFERENCE. NIVA '23 TOOK PLACE IN JULY 2023 IN WASHINGTON DC. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE OVER 3 DAYS AND INCLUDED 1,065 REGISTRANTS, OVER 100 SPEAKERS, AND 48 EVENTS AT 11 LOCAL VENUES. IMPORTANT TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDED INDUSTRY DIVERSITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY, INSURANCE, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, BOOKING, ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, TICKETING, AND THE ROLE OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN POLICYMAKING. ALSO AS PART OF THE CONFERENCE, NIVA DELIVERED ITS FIRST EVER ADVOCACY "FLY-IN", WITH OPENING REMARKS FROM SENATOR CORNYN AND SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

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.

• NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUES ASSOCIATION PAC

  527 · PAC · KS · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by NIVA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

8 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202430999349300903

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