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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ELK RIVER ARTS & LECTURES.

Totals

Total revenue
$285,019
Total expenses
$246,535
Contributions and grants received
$219,080
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,239
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$11,700
Total assets, end of year
$148,897
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,423
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$136,474
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$187,144
Management and general expenses
$52,046
Fundraising expenses
$7,345
Program service expenses (Part III)
$187,144

Program services were 75.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $216,480

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP INCOME

    total $52,940 · related or exempt $52,940

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $1,182 · related or exempt $1,182

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BOOK SALES

    total $117 · related or exempt $117

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,700

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,700 · excluded $11,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,697 · program services $41,912 · management and general $35,785

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,287 · program services $3,287

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,138 · program services $7,138

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,921 · management and general $4,921

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,176 · program services $37,351 · management and general $600 · fundraising $2,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,346 · program services $3,226 · fundraising $5,120

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,878 · program services $3,734 · management and general $3,144

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,144 · program services $20,544 · management and general $3,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,751 · program services $55,641 · management and general $110

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,602 · program services $1,716 · management and general $3,886

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMS

    total $3,500 · program services $3,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE

    total $3,498 · program services $3,498

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $3,199 · program services $3,199

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOOKS

    total $1,443 · program services $1,443

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $955 · program services $955

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,714 · end of year $148,497

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $400 · end of year $400

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,124 · end of year $12,423

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,990 · end of year $136,474

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

ELK RIVER ARTS & LECTURES CULTIVATES AND CELEBRATES THE LITERARY ARTS IN PARK COUNTY, ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MOSTLY FREE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. THROUGH OUR LECTURE SERIES, STORYTELLING NIGHTS, WORKSHOPS, POETRY CLASSES, AND MORE, WE ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE CREATIVE, ENCOUNTER NEW IDEAS, AND CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

  • THE ORGANIZATION BRINGS IN A DIVERSE ARRAY OF WORLD-CLASS AUTHORS TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES IN PUBLIC LECTURES, THEN INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN LOCAL CLASSROOMS. EACH YEAR A WRITERS WORKSHOP IS HELD WHERE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GATHER IN PARADISE VALLEY TO SPEND A WEEK WORKING WITH A RENOWNED FACULTY OF NATURE WRITERS. OTHER PROGRAMS ENLIST THE MANY WRITERS, ARTISTS, AND CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION WITH OTHERS; WE ALSO DRAW ON THE IDEAS OF LOCAL YOUTH TO HELP THEM CREATE THEIR OWN STORIES, POEMS, AND PUBLICATIONS. ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES INCLUDE HONORARIUMS, TRAVEL, AND LODGING FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS; DESIGN AND PRINTING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUTH PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDING A BOOKLET FEATURING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POEMS); EVENT COSTS (REFRESHMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHY); AND LABOR.

    Expenses $187,144 · Revenue $54,239

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laura Prindiville

    PRIOR EXECUT

    Total calculated
    $52,548
    From this org
    $52,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yetta Stein

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $19,022
    From this org
    $19,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrea Peacock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $3,597
    From this org
    $3,597
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Beaudin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,530
    From this org
    $2,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Andrews

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Potter Atkinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen Matson Blurock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Megan Brenna

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Goddard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mitch Grady

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Heckles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Kohler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stewart Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamie Potenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maryanne Vollers

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elliot Woods

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202611419349300521

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