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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FINNFEST USA EVENTS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2025 , filed 27 August 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$323,297 changed to $297,870
Other revenue
$50,854 changed to $25,427
Total assets, end of year
$222,165 changed to $196,738
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$222,165 changed to $196,738

Totals

Total revenue
$323,297
Total expenses
$281,438
Contributions and grants received
$272,443
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$50,854
Total assets, end of year
$222,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$222,165
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$281,438
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$281,438

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $272,443

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Cash Rewards Redemption

    total $427 · related or exempt $427

  • 11b · Other revenue: Gain on Debt Forgivenes

    total $25,000 · related or exempt $25,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $25,427 · related or exempt $25,427

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $50,854

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $69,392 · program services $69,392

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,640 · program services $5,640

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,719 · program services $17,719

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,781 · program services $16,781

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $470 · program services $470

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,974 · program services $38,974

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,992 · program services $4,992

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $2,005 · program services $2,005

  • 24b · Other expenses: Website

    total $731 · program services $731

  • 24c · Other expenses: License and Permits

    total $1,610 · program services $1,610

  • 24d · Other expenses: Postage

    total $264 · program services $264

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $122,860 · program services $122,860

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $163,874 · end of year $222,165

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $163,874 · end of year $222,165

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The purpose of the corporation is through the establishment, organization, operation, maintenance, & promotion of an annual festival, to provide Finnish Americans an opportunity to meet one another and to broaden & deepen their knowledge of Finland &Finnish American culture

  • The purpose of the corporation is through the establishment, organization, operation, maintenance, & promotion of an annual festival, to provide Finnish Americans an opportunity to meet one another and to broaden & deepen their knowledge of Finland &Finnish American culture

    Expenses $281,438 · Revenue $297,870

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Beth Gail W Esselstrom

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

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
20 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632109349301843

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