NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

06

NTEE code

S41

Classification

2000

Street

209 W 29TH STREET 263

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

• MEMBERSHIP:NIVA MEMBERS REPRESENT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND PUBLICLY-OWNED SPACES THAT MAKE UP MOST OF THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEM. NIVA OFFERS A RANGE OF VALUABLE MEMBER SERVICES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT ITS COMMUNITY OF NEARLY 1,500 MEMBERS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE A PLATFORM FOR NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE WITHIN THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, MONTHLY TOWN HALL MEETINGS, EXCLUSIVE PARTNER DISCOUNTS, AND ADVOCACY ON THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. NIVA ALSO HAS A GROUP DISCOUNT PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE THE COLLECTIVE BUYING POWER OF OUR MEMBERS TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS ON EVERY-DAY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES USED BY OUR MEMBERS. NIVA AIMS TO PROVIDE EVERY MEMBER THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE, WHICH IN TURN CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR SECTOR AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

• ADVOCACY: NIVA ENGAGES WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL POLICYMAKERS TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE INDEPENDENT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF INDEPENDENT VENUES, PROMOTERS, FESTIVALS, AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN FY 2025, NIVA ENGAGED ON LEGISLATION ACROSS 24 STATES AND CONTINUED LEADING THE FIX THE TIX COALITION, A BROAD ALLIANCE OF LIVE EVENT INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING TO COMBAT PRICE GOUGING, SPECULATIVE TICKETING, DECEPTIVE MARKETING, HIDDEN FEES, AND OTHER HARMFUL PRACTICES IMPACTING FANS, ARTISTS, AND INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. TO FURTHER SUPPORT THESE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, NIVA LAUNCHED THE STATE OF LIVE, THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOCUSED ON THE INDEPENDENT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR. RELEASED ON JUNE 23, 2025, THE REPORT QUANTIFIES THE INDUSTRY'S ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS, EXAMINES THE CHALLENGES THREATENING ITS SUSTAINABILITY, AND PROVIDES CRITICAL DATA TO INFORM POLICYMAKING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS EFFORTS. THE STUDY EMPOWERS NIVA MEMBERS WITH STATE AND LOCALIZED ECONOMIC IMPACT DATA AND INDUSTRY INSIGHTS TO STRENGTHEN ADVOCACY EFFORTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVEL AND REINFORCE THE ESSENTIAL ROLE INDEPENDENT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT PLAYS IN COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL ECONOMIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

• CONFERENCE: NIVA CONTINUES ITS GROWING AND INCREASINGLY IMPACTFUL CONFERENCE. NIVA HAS GROWN FROM A 550 ATTENDEE CONFERENCE IN 2022 TO A 1400 ATTENDEE CONFERENCE IN 2025. NIVA'S CONFERENCE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN CLEVELAND, WASHINGTON (D.C.), NEW ORLEANS AND MILWAUKEE. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDES ITS DIVERSE MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS WITH FOUR DAYS OF PROGRAMMING, EDUCATION, NETWORKING AND ENTERTAINMENT. IMPORTANT TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDED INDUSTRY DIVERSITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY, INSURANCE, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, BOOKING, ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, TICKETING, AND THE ROLE OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN POLICYMAKING. MONUMENTAL MOMENTS FROM NIVA '25 INCLUDED THE DEBUT OF THE STATE OF LIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MINNEAPOLIS AS THE HOST CITY FOR NIVA '26, DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE LIVE NATION MONOPOLY AND PROS NOT PAYING SONGWRITERS. NIVA '26 PLANNING, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 7 TO JUNE 10, 2026, IS WELL UNDERWAY.

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,714,382

  Expenses

  $2,158,491

  Contributions

  $348,461

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,555,272

  Expenses

  $2,624,996

  Contributions

  $54,043

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,797,074

  Expenses

  $1,992,996

  Contributions

  $128,815

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,749,967

  Expenses

  $1,524,145

  Assets (EOY)

  $748,093

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,857,632

  Expenses

  $3,820,687

  Assets (EOY)

  $376,677

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

• NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE FOUNDATION

  $42,788

  2024 · Economic Research and Conference

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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