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FRESH COAST FILM FESTIVAL

EIN 81-2422755 MARQUETTE, MI

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Revenue 2024
$128,460
Expenses 2024
$133,479

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
2000
Street
221 W WASHINGTON 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

Primary exempt purpose

FRESH COAST FILM FESTIVAL IS A FILM FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION CELEBRATING THE OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE, WATER-RICH ENVIRONMENT AND RESILIENT SPIRIT OF THE GREAT LAKES AND UPPER MIDWEST. THE FESTIVAL WILL GATHER THE BEST IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL FILMMAKING FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHILE CREATING A VENUE FOR, AND BUILDING A CULTURE OF, GREAT LAKES STORYTELLING. THE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ANNUALLY IN OCTOBER DURING THE HEIGHT OF FALL COLOR SEASON IN MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN AND HOLD A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING CELEBRATING THE ENVIRONMENT AND GREAT LAKES CULTURE, OFFERING BOTH FREE AND TICKETED EVENTS AND PROGRAMS OVER THE EVENT'S WEEKEND, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, FILMMAKERS, AND STUDENTS FRESH COAST WILL MEAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL THINKERS, OUTDOORS ATHLETES AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE OUTDOORS INDUSTRY. A KEY COMPONENT OF THE FRESH COAST EXPERIENCE WILL BE GUIDED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE VISITORS TO THE OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND OF TH

  • THE 2024 FRESH COAST FILM FESTIVAL OCCURRED OCTOBER 17-20, 2024. DURING THE EVENT, WE SHOWED 82 FILMS THAT CELEBRATE THE NATURAL RESOURCES, BEAUTY, DIVERSITY, AND PEOPLE OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WE HELD 15 OUTDOORS TOURS, HAD 132 ARTISTS AND SUBJECTS IN ATTENDANCE AT 11 VENUES WITH OVER 1600 PARTICIPANTS IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKEND. WE HELD OUR FRESH COAST FREE EVENT ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAD OVER 500+ PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT INCLUDES AN ESTIMATED 1.25 MILLION GOING BACK TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND MARQUETTE COUNTY.

    Expenses $103,236

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.

  • Aaron Peterson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Justin Sailor

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joseph Beyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jacob Rosenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bill Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jamie Dolan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andrea Pink

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3
  • April Lindala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $128,460
    Expenses
    $133,479
    Contributions
    $38,686
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $93,329
    Expenses
    $105,001
    Contributions
    $13,639
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $67,996
    Expenses
    $63,334
    Contributions
    $114
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $77,911
    Expenses
    $38,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,343
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $51,260
    Expenses
    $47,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,915

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 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Aaron Peterson
Mailing address
132 West Washington StreetMarquette MI 49855
Website
https://freshcoastfilm.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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 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.