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← RED RIVER REVEL ARTS FESTIVAL

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RED RIVER REVEL ARTS FESTIVAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,878,094
Total expenses
$1,998,295
Contributions and grants received
$707,030
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,100,091
Investment income
$38,167
Other revenue
$32,806
Total assets, end of year
$416,139
Total liabilities, end of year
$189,026
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$227,113
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,677,190
Management and general expenses
$321,105
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,677,190

Program services were 83.9% 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

    $26,949

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $142,362

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $537,719

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $326,670

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $673,126 · related or exempt $673,126

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $190,803 · related or exempt $190,803

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BOOTH FEES

    total $109,115 · related or exempt $109,115

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $69,525 · related or exempt $69,525

  • 2e · Program service revenue: FARMERS' MARKET FEES

    total $43,485 · related or exempt $43,485

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $14,037 · related or exempt $14,037

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,167 · excluded $38,167

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $155,956

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

    $26,949

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $123,150

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $32,806 · excluded $32,806

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $127,905 · program services $127,905

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,504 · program services $14,504

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,797 · program services $9,797

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,240 · management and general $23,240

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,239 · management and general $23,239

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,571 · program services $20,571

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $108,206 · management and general $108,206

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,364 · management and general $8,364

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,952 · program services $27,952

  • 24a · Other expenses: SITE OPERATIONS

    total $618,710 · program services $552,415 · management and general $66,295

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS AND OPERATI

    total $528,027 · program services $528,027

  • 24c · Other expenses: MUSIC AND PERFORMING AR

    total $361,865 · program services $361,865

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $43,420 · management and general $43,420

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $82,495 · program services $34,154 · management and general $48,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,137 · end of year $13,630

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,131 · end of year $57,245

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,182 · end of year $31,449

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

    $57,646

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

    $34,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,543 · end of year $22,998

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $262,837 · end of year $290,817

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,515 · end of year $189,026

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,478 · end of year -$61,589

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $262,837 · end of year $288,702

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FESTIVAL IS TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL POPULACE A CELEBRATION OF THE FINEST VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCES. THE FESTIVAL PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DISPLAYS, PERFORMANCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE RED RIVER REVEL IS A MULTI-ARTS FESTIVALA CELEBRATION OF THE ARTSBRINGING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ARK-LA-TEX QUALITY IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, CHILDREN'S AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND A VARIETY OF CREATIVE EXPERIENCES. THE GOAL OF THE FESTIVAL IS TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL POPULACE A CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS, WHICH BRINGS THEM THE FINEST IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCES. THE REVEL IS DESIGNED TO BE PRIMARILY EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, ENTIRELY NON-COMMERCIAL, NON-POLITICAL, NON-PARTISAN AND NON-SECTARIAN.

  • RED RIVER REVEL ARTS FESTIVALEACH YEAR SINCE 1976, THIS NINE-DAY ARTS FESTIVAL HAS UNITED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO ENJOY A CELEBRATION OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. THE OUTDOOR FESTIVAL ATTRACTS MORE THAN 75,000 PEOPLE. MORE THAN A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS DONATE THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO HELP MANAGE THE FESTIVAL'S ACTIVITIES. THE RED RIVER REVEL ARTS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE ARTS WITH MORE THAN 75 VISUAL ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TWO PERFORMANCE STAGES THAT FEATURE LIVE MUSIC AND A LARGE AREA DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDING ARTS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,602,795 · Revenue $1,056,607

  • SHREVEPORT FARMERS' MARKETDURING THE SUMMER AND FALL SEASONS, A FARMERS' MARKET IS HELD AT THE DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL PLAZA TO UNITE LOCAL FARMERS, GARDENERS, AND OTHERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY LOCALLY GROWN FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND PLANTS; HOMEMADE BREADS AND JAMS; AND A VARIETY OF OTHER LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS. LIVE MUSIC IS FEATURED DURING THE EVENT.

    Expenses $74,395 · Revenue $43,484

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Person

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Ostendorff

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Peppper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Brady

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Hymes

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connie Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dominic Salinas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Welch

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harriett Boddie

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Latin

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kezia Swinney

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Huckaby

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Johnson-Watts

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Missildine

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Delgado

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Sour Garrett

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelvia Grant Davis

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Dubois

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Ostendorff

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Owens

    FPC REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Sullivan

    AT LARGE 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
2025
Filed
18 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632329349300538

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