- Revenue 2024
- $604,753
- Expenses 2024
- $574,717
Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A68
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 209 W 29TH STREET STE 262
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE FOUNDATION (NIVF) IS TO PRESERVE AND NURTURE THE ECOSYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUES AND PROMOTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY SUPPORTING A TRANSPARENT, COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE SERVING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, FANS, AND INDUSTRY WORKERS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND NURTURE THE ECOSYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUES AND PROMOTERS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. BY SUPPORTING A TRANSPARENT, COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE SERVING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, FANS AND INDUSTRY WORKERS.
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EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND: NIVF ADMINISTERS AN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND THAT PROVIDES ECONOMIC RELIEF TO INDEPENDENT LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUES AND PROMOTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCING A CRITICALLY SEVERE EMERGENCY DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. THIS WORK WAS BORN OUT OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS BUT CARRIES ON AS A CRITICAL SAFETY NET FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPACES AND WORKERS WHO SERVE AS THE HUBS AND INCUBATORS FOR CREATIVE CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND WORK HAS ALSO EXPANDED TO INCLUDE PROACTIVE PLANNING AND SUPPORT MEASURES, SUCH AS THE WEATHER EMERGENCY RESOURCE LISTING.
Expenses $198,875 · Grants $184,500 · Revenue $268,107
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: CREATING AND SHARING RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT VENUES AND PROMOTERS, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION EFFORTS REMAIN CORE TO THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. NIVF HAS DELIVERED OVER 45 FREE VIRTUAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS SERVING 5,000+ REGISTERED ATTENDEES REPRESENTING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATIONS. TO DATE, THE VENUE OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE (VOX) HAS SUPPORTED 63 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH CERTIFICATION, MENTORSHIP, AND PAID INTERNSHIPS; IN 2025, 86% OF COHORT MEMBERS SECURED EMPLOYMENT IN LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. THE NIVF TRAINING HUB SERVED 3,700+ USERS, AND 3,600 JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS UTILIZED THE INDEPENDENT VENUE JOB BOARD. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DRAKE BUSINESS INNOVATION HUB AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY'S ZIMPLEMAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, NIVF LAUNCHED A STATE FUNDING RESOURCE DATABASE, WHICH RECEIVED 2,200+ VISITS SINCE LAUNCH.
Expenses $193,554 · Revenue $71,846
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OTHER PROGRAMS: THE NIVF CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDED UP TO A $500 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR FLIGHT OR ESTIMATED FUEL COSTS TO DRIVE TO THE NIVA '25 CONFERENCE HELD IN JUNE 2025. THE REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS WERE FUNDED BY A GENEROUS DONOR AND WERE PROVIDED TO THOSE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR TRAVEL TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. IN ADDITION, NIVF ONCE AGAIN PARTNERED WITH CALLING ALL CROWS' #HEREFORTHEMUSIC PROGRAM TO PRESENT AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP AT THE NIVA '25 CONFERENCE, EQUIPPING VENUE MANAGERS WITH THE TOOLS TO TRAIN THEIR TEAMS ON WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS, POLICIES, AND PROTOCOLS. PARTICIPANTS GAINED PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO CONFIDENTLY DELIVER SENSITIVE CONTENT, NAVIGATE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS, AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF SAFETY AND RESPECT WITHIN THEIR VENUES.
Expenses $66,169 · Grants $57,321 · Revenue $65,040
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Laura Wilson
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Tobi Parks
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Annie Brinn
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jillian Sacher
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hal Real
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Taneshai Nash Laird
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David M Mayeri
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Linda Bloss-Baum
Board Member-10/14/24-5/5/25
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $604,753
- Expenses
- $574,717
- Contributions
- $579,606
- Grants paid
- $241,821
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2023
- Revenue
- $282,415
- Expenses
- $651,786
- Contributions
- $246,648
- Grants paid
- $150,846
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2022
- Revenue
- $431,560
- Expenses
- $644,773
- Contributions
- $415,810
- Grants paid
- $127,940
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,018,994
- Expenses
- $547,271
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,544,280
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,595,397
- Expenses
- $2,607,187
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,016,725
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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2024 Economic Research and Conference
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Happy Dog
$25,000
2024 Emergency Relief Grant
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998 Valencia LLC
$25,000
2023 Emergency Relief Grant
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Club Q LLC
$25,000
2023 Emergency Relief Fund
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HQ Live Denver Inc
$25,000
2023 Emergency Relief Fund
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MA Wells Enterprises LLC
$25,000
2023 Emergency Relief Fund
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RUMBA ROOM LIVE ANAHEIM LLC
$25,000
2022 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
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NICE GUYS PINTS & PIES LLC
$25,000
2022 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
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THE PARISH AUSTIN LLC
$25,000
2022 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
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Clocktower Entertainment LLC
$20,000
2024 Emergency Relief Grant
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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$78,000
2022 Program Support
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$33,000
2025 Support VOX Program in TN
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$10,854
2023
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$10,000
2023 MacKenzie Scott
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.