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BABES FEST INC

EIN 81-5349740 AUSTIN, TX

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Revenue 2024
$489,973
Expenses 2024
$418,616

Program services were 76.4% 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
5201 PARK AT WOODLANDS DR

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

TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUITY IN CREATIVE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS THROUGH FESTIVALS, MARKETS, EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING.

  • WE HOSTED 100+ FREE CREATIVE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AT THE FUTURE FRONT HOUSE - FROM CRAFT WORKSHOPS AND ART SHOWS (INCLUDING MADLY INVOLVED, A PATH OF IMPERMANENCE AND BRING IT FROM THE BACK) TO PANELS AND PERFORMANCES. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WAIVE OUR SLIDING SCALE RENTAL FEES FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS NEARLY 75% OF THE TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING WEVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR 10 YEARS! WE PRESENTED 25+ COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR FREE ARTS HEALING AND CREATIVE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, LIKE BROAD STUDIOS CLUBHOUSES CERAMICS FELLOWSHIP (WHICH PROVIDED 16 AUSTIN RESIDENTS WITH FREE SIX-WEEK CERAMICS PROGRAMS) AND BLACK GIRLS IN ART SPACES X ANGA HAUS PALETTE TO PIXEL WORKSHOP (WHICH PROVIDED FREE AUGMENTED REALITY TRAINING). (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $143,903 · Revenue $313,887

  • ACROSS THE FRONT MARKETS SPRING AND FALL SEASONS, WE EXHIBITED 437 INDEPENDENT CREATIVES, DESIGNERS, MAKERS, ARTISTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND CHEFS FROM TEXAS. WE ALSO TOOK THE FRONT MARKET TO OUR LARGEST PUBLIC VENUE YET - WATERLOO GREENWAY - IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. THIS WAS A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR OUR TEAM AND THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $136,563 · Revenue $136,563

  • THE FRONT FESTIVAL HAD ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR, SUPPORTING 65 WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ ARTISTS AND 1300 VISITORS ACROSS FOUR DAYS OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, FILM AND ART.

    Expenses $34,198 · Revenue $34,198

  • THROUGH THE THE WORK CONFERENCE, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 300+ CREATIVE LEADERS IN AUSTIN TO SKILL-BUILD AND RESOURCE-SHARE AROUND COMMUNITY-BUILDING, SMALL BUSINESS EDUCATION, STORYTELLING AND ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $5,325 · Revenue $5,325

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.

  • Jane Hervey

    FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,969
    From this org
    $70,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,300
    Hours/week
    45
  • Xochi Solis

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $13,400
    From this org
    $13,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hali Martin

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leslie Fender

    BOARD TREASURER

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $489,973
    Expenses
    $418,616
    Contributions
    $392,865
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $343,025
    Expenses
    $349,634
    Contributions
    $243,339
    Grants paid
    $12,823
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $310,200
    Expenses
    $346,300
    Contributions
    $236,371
    Grants paid
    $205

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
    $340,992
    Expenses
    $303,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,452
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $208,968
    Expenses
    $222,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,321
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $217,046
    Expenses
    $208,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,694

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 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
Jane Hervey
Mailing address
4810 OAK CLIFF DRAUSTIN TX 787211538
Website
bossbabes.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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

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.