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← NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,850,237
Total expenses
$4,599,260
Contributions and grants received
$4,231,762
Grants paid
$14,500
Program service revenue
$341,235
Investment income
$115,480
Other revenue
$161,760
Total assets, end of year
$2,938,921
Total liabilities, end of year
$109,940
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,828,981
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,466,952
Management and general expenses
$692,019
Fundraising expenses
$440,289
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,466,952

Program services were 75.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $105,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,014,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,112,262

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $247,315 · related or exempt $247,315

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FESTIVAL FEES

    total $93,920 · related or exempt $93,920

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,528 · excluded $116,528

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $157,899 · excluded $157,899

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

    other assets $1,048

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,048

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,048 · excluded -$1,048

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $103,426

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $105,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $118,772

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$15,346 · excluded -$15,346

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $33,423

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $23,347

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $10,076 · related or exempt $10,076

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,131 · related or exempt $9,131

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,131

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,500 · program services $14,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $387,687 · program services $93,656 · management and general $153,415 · fundraising $140,616

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $902,545 · program services $550,002 · management and general $149,209 · fundraising $203,334

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,567 · program services $14,561 · management and general $4,180 · fundraising $3,826

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,095 · program services $53,551 · management and general $22,522 · fundraising $24,022

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,339 · program services $51,542 · management and general $21,676 · fundraising $23,121

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,364 · management and general $14,364

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,895 · management and general $17,895

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $907,801 · program services $853,903 · management and general $21,998 · fundraising $31,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $410,079 · program services $408,848 · management and general $631 · fundraising $600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $270,015 · program services $190,784 · management and general $67,274 · fundraising $11,957

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $71,208 · management and general $71,208

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,906 · program services $58,732 · management and general $12,174

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,883 · program services $107,042 · management and general $18,928 · fundraising $913

  • 20 · Interest

    total $736 · management and general $736

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,388 · management and general $10,388

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $101,335 · program services $9,144 · management and general $92,191

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $1,071,417 · program services $1,058,187 · management and general $13,230

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,825,683 · end of year $2,084,234

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $756,849 · end of year $793,105

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $36,274 · end of year $17,283

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $7,903 · end of year $434

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,589 · end of year $1,014

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

    $88,745

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

    $66,234

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $31,065 · end of year $22,511

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,340

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $88,059 · end of year $108,740

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,300 · end of year $1,200

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,578,004 · end of year $2,828,981

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PLAN, COORDINATE AND PROMOTE THE NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DESIGNED TO MAKE AMERICANS MORE AWARE OF THE LASTING TIES, VALUES AND CULTURE SHARED BY JAPAN AND THE US.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PLAN, COORDINATE AND PROMOTE THE ANNUAL NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • A MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL IN DC TO CELEBRATE THE GIFT OF CHERRY TREES TO THE US BY JAPAN. COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ENRICHING PROGRAMMING FOR THE MILLIONS WHO TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL EACH YEAR TO TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE BLOSSOMS.

    Expenses $1,735,291 · Grants $14,500 · Revenue $360,442

  • A PARADE IN DC TO CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AND PROMOTE JAPANESE CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.

    Expenses $1,298,903

  • Expenses $432,758

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Diana Mayhew

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $277,610
    From this org
    $253,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,716
    Bonus
    $31,258
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,369
    Filer's total
    $277,610
  • Lillian Iversen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $151,693
    From this org
    $136,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,895
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,312
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,986
    Filer's total
    $151,693
  • Morgan Hannel

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $112,083
    From this org
    $102,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,056
    Hours/week
    40
  • Caryn Fraim

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPS

    Total calculated
    $42,119
    From this org
    $39,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,252
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Moran

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Hartman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Bradley

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Norton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Allan Perraud

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Abrams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Bank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly A Bassett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Belpulsi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Chick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lizette Corro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Ehrlich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Franco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Gittens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chinyere Hubbard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chiyo Kobayashi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karyn Le Blanc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Lojacono

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emeka Moneme

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • I-Shi Patterson-Stuart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Porter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Shaffer

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES INCLUDE DISCRETIONARY AMOUNTS BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512259349302151

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