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CEDAR RAPIDS FREEDOM FESTIVAL INC

EIN 42-1329035 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

Largest nonprofits in Iowa

Revenue 2024
$542,113
Expenses 2024
$649,540

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A840
Classification
1000
Street
50 2ND AVENUE BRG

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CEDAR RAPIDS FREEDOM FESTIVAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND FUN ANNUAL EVENTS THAT EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY.

  • THE CEDAR RAPIDS FREEDOM FESTIVAL IS A TWO WEEK FESTIVAL THAT CULMINATES ON THE 4TH OF JULY WITH TRADITIONS AND PROGRAMMING. THIS INCLUDES THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST, CLASSIC CAR SHOW, AND CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM FIREWORKS DISPLAY. THIS IS THE LARGEST 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN THE STATE OF IOWA. PROGRAMMING INCLUDES A CONCERT, KIDS PROGRAMMING, VENDORS, AND A 25- MINUTE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ENJOYED BY MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE EACH 4TH OF JULY.

    Expenses $515,368 · Revenue $234,959

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.

  • Jessica Mackey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Slagle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Merritt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Winters

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Brunscheen

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Eckley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Mussell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelby Vanous

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sierra Woodall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Townsend

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coady Sierra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsey Gaunitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Loney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Torri Freese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Coyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Whiting

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya Petrozzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Vorba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jess Peters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittany Barnhart

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $34,078
    From this org
    $34,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $542,113
    Expenses
    $649,540
    Contributions
    $303,484
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $477,384
    Expenses
    $435,470
    Contributions
    $367,545
    Grants paid
    $1,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $420,308
    Expenses
    $474,347
    Contributions
    $351,837
    Grants paid
    $2,325

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $416,931
    Expenses
    $473,091
    Assets (EOY)
    $205,362
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $350,320
    Expenses
    $378,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $318,944
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,892
    Expenses
    $195,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,275
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $461,665
    Expenses
    $496,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $229,567
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $464,555
    Expenses
    $502,148
    Assets (EOY)
    $261,371
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $484,434
    Expenses
    $479,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,734
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $493,559
    Expenses
    $474,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $272,833
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $494,388
    Expenses
    $474,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $240,660
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $525,580
    Expenses
    $561,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $230,205
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $540,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,118

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.