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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLUMBIA FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$478,660
Total expenses
$485,933
Contributions and grants received
$316,298
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$125,006
Investment income
$35,580
Other revenue
$1,776
Total assets, end of year
$715,775
Total liabilities, end of year
$239,479
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$476,296
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$323,409
Management and general expenses
$97,194
Fundraising expenses
$65,330
Program service expenses (Part III)
$323,409

Program services were 66.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $110,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $206,298

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $12,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE INCOME

    total $1,000 · related or exempt $1,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $106,000 · related or exempt $106,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $18,006 · related or exempt $18,006

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,143 · excluded $7,143

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $47,770

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $19,333

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,437

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $28,437 · excluded $28,437

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLAENOUS INCOME

    total $1,776 · related or exempt $1,776

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,776

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $57,433 · program services $28,142 · management and general $18,953 · fundraising $10,338

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $50,754 · program services $24,870 · management and general $16,748 · fundraising $9,136

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,250 · program services $4,042 · management and general $2,723 · fundraising $1,485

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,850 · program services $3,462 · management and general $3,388

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,444 · program services $1,250 · management and general $5,194

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,389 · program services $15,686 · management and general $3,816 · fundraising $4,887

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,671 · program services $2,009 · management and general $5,807 · fundraising $855

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,678 · program services $3,403 · management and general $4,249 · fundraising $26

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,504 · program services $1,257 · management and general $125 · fundraising $122

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,350 · management and general $2,350

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,079 · management and general $3,079

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,810 · management and general $11,810

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST

    total $15,295 · program services $15,295

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $30,848 · program services $12,648 · management and general $13,882 · fundraising $4,318

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES VOLUNTEERS

    total $1,112 · program services $542 · management and general $570

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

    total $244,026 · program services $209,863 · fundraising $34,163

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,440 · program services $940 · management and general $4,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,069 · end of year $100,009

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,500 · end of year $41,300

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

    $31,604

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

    $26,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,517 · end of year $5,438

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $539,293 · end of year $569,028

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,898 · end of year $149,778

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $40,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $94,837 · end of year $89,701

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $461,644 · end of year $476,296

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE COLUMBIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IS TO PRESENT A WORLD CLASS CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT THAT ATTRACTS, ENGAGES AND INSPIRES THE BROAD AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

  • COLUMBIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS A SIXTEEN DAY MULTIARTS FESTIVAL ATTRACTING 25,000 PLUS PEOPLE THAT PRESENTS 65 EVENTS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND.

    Expenses $323,409 · Revenue $125,006

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KIERA GILLOCK

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,394
    From this org
    $58,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,010
    Hours/week
    40
  • PHILIP MAHER

    PRESIDENT/ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JENNIFER JONES

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN ZICK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MAE BEALE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TOMIWA AROYEWUN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUSAN BOUCHER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALISON HICKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMANDA HOF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DENNIS MATTEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NICOLA MORGAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JACQUELINE SCOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARIA WILLIS

    TRUSTEE

    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
2023
Filed
16 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541679349300919

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