- Revenue 2024
- $631,139
- Expenses 2024
- $655,107
Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A20
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 1500 MAHAN DR STE 200
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 FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AREA COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING A PUBLIC LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
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THE WORD OF SOUTH FESTIVAL IS OUR SIGNATURE EVENT. THIS ANNUAL EVENT WAS HELD IN APRIL 2025 AND FEATURED BOTH TICKETED AS WELL AS FREE EVENTS. PERFORMERS INCLUDED OVER 80 MUSICIANS, WRITERS, AND POETS. THE TWO DAYS OF FREE EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PEOPLE.
Expenses $633,276 · Revenue $76,190
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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Berniece CoxBERNIECE COX
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Blake DowlingBLAKE DOWLING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric EggersERIC EGGERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paula FortunasPAULA FORTUNAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rob GarnerROB GARNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill GiudiceBILL GIUDICE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chrys GoodwyneCHRYS GOODWYNE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ravi HowardRAVI HOWARD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brad KileBRAD KILE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Raoul LavinRAOUL LAVIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark MustianMARK MUSTIAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Nan NagyNAN NAGY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julie O'SteenJULIE O'STEEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James Parker-FlynnJAMES PARKER-FLYNN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laura RogersLAURA ROGERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy SchulteWENDY SCHULTE
BAORD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David SelfDAVID SELF
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Angie SippleANGIE SIPPLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stacy SlavichakSTACY SLAVICHAK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lamar TaylorLAMAR TAYLOR
TREASURER-SE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Katee TullyKATEE TULLY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sara MarchessaultSARA MARCHESSAULT
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- $631,139
- Expenses
- $655,107
- Contributions
- $554,949
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $464,718
- Expenses
- $503,513
- Contributions
- $454,275
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $651,523
- Expenses
- $737,217
- Contributions
- $541,246
- 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
- $342,006
- Expenses
- $359,657
- Assets (EOY)
- $135,256
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $180,693
- Expenses
- $259,706
- Assets (EOY)
- $153,164
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $288,840
- Expenses
- $125,857
- Assets (EOY)
- $230,017
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $453,139
- Expenses
- $417,390
- Assets (EOY)
- $223,236
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $349,893
- Expenses
- $275,422
- Assets (EOY)
- $81,287
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $288,674
- Expenses
- $362,288
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,814
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $203,516
- Expenses
- $430,563
- Assets (EOY)
- $124,492
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $311,570
- Expenses
- $106,281
- Assets (EOY)
- $205,289
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
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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2024 SPONSORSHIP
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2023 SPONSORSHIP
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 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.