Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← UNITED STATES HARNESS WRITERS ASSOCIATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITED STATES HARNESS WRITERS ASSOCIATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$101,700
Total expenses
$77,464
Contributions and grants received
$8,233
Grants paid
$25,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,802
Other revenue
$88,665
Total assets, end of year
$203,327
Total liabilities, end of year
$420
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$202,907
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$52,296
Management and general expenses
$25,168
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$52,296

Program services were 67.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $8,115

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $118

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,802 · excluded $4,802

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $283,252

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $194,587

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $88,665 · excluded $88,665

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,500 · program services $25,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $6,250 · management and general $6,250

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $572 · management and general $572

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $997 · management and general $997

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,300 · management and general $1,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,300 · management and general $2,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,758 · management and general $1,758

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $860 · management and general $860

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,307 · management and general $7,307

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,067 · management and general $2,067

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $1,757 · management and general $1,757

  • 24b · Other expenses: BALLOT COUNTING

    total $2,086 · program services $2,086

  • 24c · Other expenses: HALL OF FAME EXPENSES

    total $17,024 · program services $17,024

  • 24d · Other expenses: HIRT WORKSHOP

    total $7,686 · program services $7,686

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $29,171 · end of year $88,901

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $150,315 · end of year $114,381

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $45

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $815 · end of year $420

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $178,671 · end of year $202,907

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCH O

  • 2024 ANNUAL HALL OF FAME AWARDS MEETING & DINNER HELD AT THE ROSEN CENTRE IN ORLANDO, FL HELD ON FEBRUARY 25, 2024 AND PUBLISHED A JOURNAL. THERE WERE 275 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE 2024 DINNER. THERE ARE 191 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN THE ORGANIZATION PLUS 2 YOUTH MEMBERS AND 3 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.

    Expenses $52,296

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gerald Connors Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • William MacDonald

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    From this org
    $1,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Michael Carter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $250
    From this org
    $250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Barry Lefkowitz

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Heather Vitale

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Melissa Keith

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533229349302008

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.