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← FLORIDA LITFEST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FLORIDA LITFEST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$464,718
Total expenses
$503,513
Contributions and grants received
$454,275
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,443
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,910
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,046
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,864
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,887
Management and general expenses
$7,648
Fundraising expenses
$4,978
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,887

Program services were 97.5% 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)

    $141,701

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $312,574

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCESSION AND TICKET SALES

    total $7,993 · related or exempt $7,993

  • 2b · Program service revenue: VENDOR FEES

    total $2,450 · related or exempt $2,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $32,917 · program services $26,333 · management and general $4,938 · fundraising $1,646

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,500 · management and general $1,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $204,021 · program services $204,021

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,647 · program services $63,315 · fundraising $3,332

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,652 · program services $15,510 · management and general $1,142

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,731 · program services $57,731

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $676 · program services $608 · management and general $68

  • 24a · Other expenses: FESTIVAL SITE COSTS

    total $123,369 · program services $123,369

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $71,873 · end of year $12,910

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,214 · end of year $4,046

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $47,659 · end of year $8,864

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AREA COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING A PUBLIC LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

  • THE WORD OF SOUTH FESTIVAL IS OUR SIGNATURE EVENT. THIS ANNUAL EVENT WAS HELD IN APRIL 2024 AND FEATURED BOTH TICKETED AS WELL AS FREE EVENTS. PERFORMERS INCLUDED OVER 80 MUSICIANS, WRITERS, AND POETS. THE TWO DAYS OF FREE EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $490,887 · Revenue $10,603

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Marchessault

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $32,917
    From this org
    $32,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Berniece Cox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Blake Dowling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Eggers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Fortunas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Garner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Giudice

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chrys Goodwyne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Calynne Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ravi Howard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Kile

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raoul Lavin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Mustian

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nan Nagy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie O'Steen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Parker-Flynn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Rogers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Schulte

    BAORD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Self

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angie Sipple

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lamar Taylor

    TREASURER-SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katee Tully

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
21 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500599349300345

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