Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,555,272

Total expenses

$2,624,996

Contributions and grants received

$54,043

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$2,486,214

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$15,015

Total assets, end of year

$495,143

Total liabilities, end of year

$386,978

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$108,165

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 · 2023

• 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 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEADERS 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. IN FY 2024, NIVA ENGAGED ON LEGISLATION ACROSS 20 STATES, LED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FANS FIRST ACT IN CONGRESS, AND WORKED ACROSS A VARIETY OF SMALL BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT POLICY ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERSHIP. NIVA CONTINUES TO LEAD THE "FIX THE TIX COALITION," A BROAD COALITION OF LIVE EVENT INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS FORMED TO COLLECTIVELY ADVOCATE AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL 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 CONTINUES ITS GROWING AND INCREASINGLY IMPACTFUL CONFERENCE. NIVA HAS GROWN FROM A 550-ATTENDEE CONFERENCE IN 2022 TO A 1,300 ATTENDEE CONFERENCE IN 2024. NIVA'S CONFERENCE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN CLEVELAND, WASHINGTON (D.C.), AND NEW ORLEANS. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDES ITS DIVERSE MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS WITH FOUR DAYS OF PROGRAMMING, EDUCATION, NETWORKING AND ENTERTAINMENT. 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. PLANNING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR NIVA'S FOURTH CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN MILWAUKEE FROM JUNE 22 TO JUNE 25 IN 2025.

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

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

2023

Filed

14 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521049349301622

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