Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MASSACHUSETTS LODGING ASSOCIATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $638,535
- Total expenses
- $617,205
- Contributions and grants received
- $140,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $406,174
- Investment income
- $15
- Other revenue
- $92,346
- Total assets, end of year
- $337,413
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $98,280
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $239,133
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $0
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
Program services were 0.0% 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
$140,000
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2a · Program service revenue: DUES - PROPERTIES
total $377,324 · related or exempt $377,324
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2b · Program service revenue: DUES - ALLIED
total $26,534 · related or exempt $26,534
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2c · Program service revenue: DUES - ASSOCIATES
total $2,316 · related or exempt $2,316
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3 · Investment income
total $15 · excluded $15
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$182,474
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$142,248
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $40,226 · excluded $40,226
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11a · Other revenue: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
total $30,000 · related or exempt $30,000
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11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $17,120 · related or exempt $17,120
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11c · Other revenue: MLA EDUCATION FOUNDATION FEES
total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000
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11e · Other revenue, total
$52,120
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $80,000
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $6,567
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11a · Fees: management
total $132,000
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $39,805
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,404
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17 · Travel
total $4,205
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,321
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23 · Insurance
total $11,989
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS
total $145,500
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24b · Other expenses: LEGISLATIVE - GRANT RELAT
total $59,000
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24c · Other expenses: LEGISLATIVE
total $56,310
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24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $18,895
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24e · All other expenses
total $60,209
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $25,514 · end of year $176,143
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $30,354 · end of year $30,369
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $213,136 · end of year $111,242
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $2,161
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $53,248 · end of year $17,498
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $41,218
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $97,945 · end of year $47,945
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $5,004 · end of year $9,117
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $217,803 · end of year $239,133
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE ASSOCIATION SERVES ALL MASSACHUSETTS LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS IN MATTERS OF LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REPRESENTATION, INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INFORMATION SERVICES AND MARKETING ASSISTANCE.
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N/A
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THE MASSACHUSETTS LODGING ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST COMMITMENT IS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT AN AGRESSIVE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THE BUSINESS AND LEISURE INDUSTRY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. ITS SECOND COMMITMENT IS TO CREATE A BETTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT THROUGH LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS AND NETWORKING WITH RELATED ASSOCIATIONS. MEMBERS PAY AN ANNUAL FEE AND IN RETURN RECEIVE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS SPECIAL RATES ON MLA BENEFITS. SOME OF THESE BENEFITS INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, NEWSLETTERS AND MAILINGS ABOUT PERTINENT HOSPITALITY AND LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. GREAT ESCAPES IS A VISITOR'S GUIDE PRODUCED BY THE MLA AND IS PARTIALLY UNDER-WRITTEN BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM. IT IS A PUBLICATION FOR WINTER TOURISM PROMOTING BOSTON AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALLOWS FOR ALL MEMBERS TO BE UPDATED ON CURRENT ISSUES AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. IT ALSO SERVES AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS.
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Joe CapalboJOE CAPALBO
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Carlos BuenoCARLOS BUENO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Trish BerryTRISH BERRY
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Mark FischerMARK FISCHER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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See Schedule AttachedSEE SCHEDULE ATTACHED
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Christine PappasCHRISTINE PAPPAS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
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.
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.
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501C3 · MA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513109349302211
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