Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MACON GEORGIA CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,471,654
- Total expenses
- $1,412,385
- Contributions and grants received
- $343,532
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,069,519
- Investment income
- $38,236
- Other revenue
- $20,367
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,733,994
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $206,353
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,527,641
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $948,717
- Management and general expenses
- $234,807
- Fundraising expenses
- $228,861
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $948,717
Program services were 67.2% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$343,532
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2a · Program service revenue: Festival Event Income
total $660,323 · related or exempt $660,323
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2b · Program service revenue: Hotel Motel Tax Revenue
total $409,196 · related or exempt $409,196
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3 · Investment income
total $38,236 · related or exempt $38,236
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$35,139
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$20,857
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $14,282 · related or exempt $14,282
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11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $6,085 · related or exempt $6,085
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,085
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $141,300 · program services $14,130 · management and general $21,195 · fundraising $105,975
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $354,831 · program services $187,696 · management and general $125,263 · fundraising $41,872
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,435 · program services $7,906 · management and general $5,736 · fundraising $5,793
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $51,098 · program services $20,787 · management and general $15,085 · fundraising $15,226
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $30,114 · program services $12,250 · management and general $8,890 · fundraising $8,974
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11a · Fees: management
total $1,153 · management and general $1,153
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,035 · management and general $15,035
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $12,814 · program services $3,462 · management and general $6,852 · fundraising $2,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $15,600 · program services $7,800 · fundraising $7,800
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,275 · program services $2,146 · management and general $1,557 · fundraising $1,572
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14 · Information technology
total $15,228 · program services $7,614 · fundraising $7,614
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $7,169 · program services $7,169
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $2,264 · program services $921 · management and general $668 · fundraising $675
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20 · Interest
total $5,567 · management and general $5,567
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $21,255 · program services $8,646 · management and general $6,274 · fundraising $6,335
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23 · Insurance
total $32,260 · program services $25,933 · management and general $3,587 · fundraising $2,740
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24a · Other expenses: Festival Expenses
total $610,785 · program services $610,785
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs and maintenance
total $30,785 · program services $12,523 · management and general $9,088 · fundraising $9,174
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24c · Other expenses: Telephone
total $16,013 · program services $6,514 · management and general $4,727 · fundraising $4,772
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24d · Other expenses: Utilities
total $11,352 · program services $4,618 · management and general $3,351 · fundraising $3,383
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24e · All other expenses
total $13,052 · program services $7,817 · management and general $779 · fundraising $4,456
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $142,381 · end of year $210,601
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $827,970 · end of year $959,454
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $69,906 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $123,045 · end of year $74,189
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $12,462 · end of year $9,975
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $6,513 · end of year $5,092
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$572,014
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$185,956
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $71,017 · end of year $386,058
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $71,733 · end of year $78,790
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $13,619 · end of year $9,835
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $43,225 · end of year $44,562
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $13,500
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $142,404 · end of year $138,220
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $13,739 · end of year $10,071
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $992,719 · end of year $1,448,851
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $146,559 · end of year $78,790
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Macon, Georgia's International Cherry Blossom Festival works to enhance the quality of life, community fellowship, and civic pride of all Macon and Middle Georgia residents through the encouragement, development, and coordination of selected recreational, cultural, educational and social activities. Through each activity the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the Macon and Middle Georgia Community by honoring "love, beauty, and international friendship".
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Macon, Georgia's International Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated its 43rd festival as it showcased the best of Macon and Middle Georgia for 10 days, guests from all around Georgia, the country and the world celebrated the beauty of the Yoshino Cherry trees in Macon, Georgia, a town referred to by congressional records as the Cherry Blossom Capital of the World. The community and visitors celebrated the 41st festival by walking and driving the cherry blossom trail, participating in cornerstone and community favorite events, and joining in the fun of new programming put on by Macon, Georgia's International Cherry Blossom Festival and its umbrella, sanctioned events. With 80 percent of International Cherry Blossom Festival's in-house produced events free or at a nominal admission fee, all residents and visitors were able to put on their pink, join in the festivities, and celebrate "love, beauty, and international friendship", the Festival's founding principles.
Expenses $948,717
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Stacy Laine Moore
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $130,000
- From this org
- $130,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jonathan Barton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patty Gibbs
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carolyn Crayton
Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenny Burgamy
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill Fickling III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephen Daugherty
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Jimmy Asbell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gregory Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Bowman-Hampton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karla Redding Andrews
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cassandra Cox
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr LaToya Smith
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Vernard Hodges
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robby Redmond
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kenna Scragg
Festival Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yvonne Gabriel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Daniel Tate
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chrissy Miner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Danzie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tiffany Harvey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kaitlynn Kressin
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
- 10 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503149349301815
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