- Revenue 2024
- $236,275
- Expenses 2024
- $274,895
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A20
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 207 W CENTER ST
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
BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND CONCERTS/FESTIVALS THAT PROMOTE THE PERPETUATION OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN AND WORLD MUSIC, CULINARY ARTS, AND FOLK LIFE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND CONCERTS/FESTIVALS THAT PROMOTE THE PERPETUATION OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN AND WORLD MUSIC AND FOLK LIFE.
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BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND CONCERTS/FESTIVALS THAT PROMOTE THE PERPETUATION OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN AND WORLD MUSIC, CULINARY ARTS, AND FOLK LIFE.
Expenses $161,110
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A 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO CONNECT AND BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC AND FOOD. WE PRODUCE THE FAYETTEVILLE ROOTS FESTIVAL, OPERATE A HISTORIC MUSIC VENUE, THE ROOTS HQ, ON THE DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE SQUARE, AND LEAD YEAR-ROUND MUSIC AND FOOD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
Expenses $113,785 · Revenue $159,822
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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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BERNICE C HEMBREE
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $11,450
- From this org
- $11,450
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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JEREMY GAWTHROP
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
STERLING HAMILTON
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
BRYAN C HEMBREE
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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NEAL PENDERGRAFT
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
JACKIE TELFAIR
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- $236,275
- Expenses
- $274,895
- Contributions
- $27,998
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $184,466
- Expenses
- $148,614
- Contributions
- $62,746
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $535,544
- Expenses
- $859,983
- Contributions
- $24,174
- Grants paid
- $0
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
- $764,462
- Expenses
- $966,548
- Assets (EOY)
- $499,312
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $700,052
- Expenses
- $389,802
- Assets (EOY)
- $620,561
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $825,018
- Expenses
- $913,027
- Assets (EOY)
- $116,006
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,202,377
- Expenses
- $1,110,233
- Assets (EOY)
- $204,015
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $301,292
- Expenses
- $188,996
- Assets (EOY)
- $111,871
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016
- Tax period
- 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
- Principal officer
- Bryan Hembree
- Mailing address
- 865 N LewisFayetteville AR 72701
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
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2023 MOAC
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2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.