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← SOMERTON TOMALE FESTIVAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOMERTON TOMALE FESTIVAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$303,813
Total expenses
$249,990
Contributions and grants received
$187,821
Grants paid
$29,600
Program service revenue
$113,819
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,173
Total assets, end of year
$82,024
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,315
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$78,709
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$220,247
Management and general expenses
$4,230
Fundraising expenses
$25,513
Program service expenses (Part III)
$220,247

Program services were 88.1% 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)

    $136,633

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $51,188

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Somerton Tamale Festival

    total $113,819 · related or exempt $113,819

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,573

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,400

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,173 · related or exempt $2,173

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,600 · program services $3,600

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $26,000 · program services $26,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,341 · program services $60,273 · fundraising $15,068

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,050 · program services $2,115 · management and general $4,230 · fundraising $705

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,936 · program services $2,349 · fundraising $587

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $488 · program services $488

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Tamale Festival Expenses

    total $134,575 · program services $125,422 · fundraising $9,153

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,179 · end of year $82,024

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $525 · end of year $3,315

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,654 · end of year $78,709

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ORGANIZE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO PROMOTE HIGHER EDUCATION IN YUMA COUNTY AND ARIZONA.

  • OUR ORGANIZATION FILLS AN IMPORTANT NEED BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS WHO WILL ATTEND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FROM YUMA COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS A VARIETY OF MAJORS AND PROFESSIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS MENTORS TO THE RECIPIENTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT OUR CAUSE. THE TAMALE FESTIVAL IS OUR MAJOR PROGRAM EVENT SUCCESS. IT ATTRACTS CLOSE TO 30,000 VISITORS TO SOMERTON AND IN SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL VENDORS, AND OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT REGIONAL AND LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT. WITH PROCEES FROM THE FESTIVAL, THE ORGANIZTION AWARDED OVER 26,000 IN SCHOLARHSIPS AND 3,600 TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, FAMILIES WHO RUN VENDOR BOOTHS, AND SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS WHO RAISE MONEY AT THE EVENT.

    Expenses $220,247 · Grants $29,600 · Revenue $115,992

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carlos Anaya

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gladys Anaya

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Luis A Heredia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349306239

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