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FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT INC

EIN 82-0372810 SANDPOINT, ID

Revenue 2024
$2,547,283
Expenses 2024
$2,540,477

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 695

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 BE A COMMUNITY CATALYST FOR ARTS, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION.

  • THE FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT PRESENTS AN ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES DURING THE LAST WEEKEND OF JULY AND THE FIRST WEEKEND OF AUGUST ON THE SCENIC SHORES OF LAKE PEND OREILLE IN SANDPOINT, IDAHO. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMANCES ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING REGION. THE FESTIVAL IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND SEIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE, ENLIGHTEN, AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS. WE CURATE AN ECLECTIC LINEUP FEATURING CLASSICAL SYMPHONIC, FOLK, JAZZ, BLUES, WORLD, ROCK, COUNTRY, AND POPULAR MUSIC. BY PRESENTING OUR CONCERTS IN AN INTIMATE SETTING THAT CELEBRATES THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND CHARM OF SANDPOINT, WE ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND MAKE OUR CITY AN ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION FOR VISITORS.

    Expenses $1,995,860 · Revenue $2,404,560

  • IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING OUR SUMMER PERFORMANCE SERIES, THE FESTIVAL IS DEDICATED TO ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: YOUTH MUSIC OUTREACH: WE OFFER HANDS-ON MUSIC LESSONS AND WORKSHOPS FOR PRE-K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BONNER COUNTY. THIS PROGRAM INTRODUCES CHILDREN TO DIVERSE FORMS OF MUSIC, FOSTERING A LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS. TICKET DONATION PROGRAM: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS, WE DONATE TICKETS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ENABLING THEM TO ATTEND SELECT PERFORMANCES. THESE EFFORTS FOCUS ON SUPPORTING YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SENIORS, VETERANS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO ATTEND. INSTRUMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: OUR FREE INSTRUMENT LIBRARY PROVIDES ACCESS TO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS, REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. STRINGS PROGRAMS: WE OFFER FREE BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED ORCHESTRA INSTRUCTION FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS, CULMINATING IN BIANNUAL COMMUNITY CONCERTS. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS PURSUING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, SONGWRITING, MUSIC INDUSTRY STUDIES, GRAPHIC DESIGN, OR VOCAL PERFORMANCE. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: WE OFFER EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, NONPROFIT OPERATIONS, AND FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT. INTERNS GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER RELATIONS, MARKETING, FUNDRAISING, HOSPITALITY, MERCHANDISE, ETC.

    Expenses $57,683 · Grants $22,512 · Revenue $23,263

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.

  • ALI BARANSKI

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $133,608
    From this org
    $116,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,619
    Hours/week
    40

  • KARA BERLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMY BISTLINE

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CHRIS BLANFORD

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG HAWKINS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEN HIGGS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • CARI HOUSE

    PAST VICE PR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HALI KARR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KALEB KEATON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LIZ MORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARCELLA NELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIC PAULL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KENDON PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SARAH PILLSBURY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BEA SPEAKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    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
    $2,547,283
    Expenses
    $2,540,477
    Contributions
    $635,513
    Grants paid
    $22,512
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,666,116
    Expenses
    $2,373,916
    Contributions
    $719,541
    Grants paid
    $63,580
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,543,618
    Expenses
    $2,258,842
    Contributions
    $676,169
    Grants paid
    $19,370

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
    $2,835,903
    Expenses
    $1,951,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,437,571

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,220,339
    Expenses
    $1,682,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $563,215

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $213,596
    Expenses
    $192,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,129

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,757,419
    Expenses
    $1,747,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,129

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,588,583
    Expenses
    $1,620,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,810

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,354,968
    Expenses
    $1,346,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,378

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

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.