2023-08-09T10:41:51-07:00 2022-09-30 204994635 Iryna AC 1000 Broadway Ste 200-C Oakland CA 94607 990 2021-10-01 473955286 Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy dba Bay Area Book Festival FOUN 5102208140 1569 Solano Avenue 635 Berkeley CA 94707 Brooke Warner President 2023-08-08 true Brooke Warner 999009999 Kostyantyn Oreshkov EA P00923916 5104679506 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Cherilyn Parsons 1569 Solano Avenue 635 Berkeley CA 94707 891473 false X www.baybookfest.org X 2015 CA The organization's mission is to produce high-caliber, free and affordable literary and literacy programs for Northern California residents and visitors. 3 3 7 250 0 762932 802719 97397 88405 304 349 0 860633 891473 0 0 400907 482403 0 82052 304098 697279 705005 1179682 155628 -288209 421755 137825 2720 6850 419035 130975 X The Bay Area Book Festival celebrates a wide spectrum of literary voices, nurtures literary culture and community, cultivates literacy, and promotes great literary work, with special attention to work that engages with pressing social issues.We carry out our mission by creating relevant, thoughtful programming that we present at an annual, inclusive, weekend literary festival and in year-round literary events. The Festival features dozens of keynotes, interviews, panels and performances by hundreds of notable writers across literary genres and backgrounds. The festival also includes a robust outdoor fair with hundreds of literary exhibitors and a range of childrens activities. false true 1035840 88405 Programming was returned to in-person for the May 2022 festival. However, we were able to continue our virtual programming and reach, which continued to expand our audience beyond what a two-day in person festival could accommodate on its own. Our May 2023 in-person festival featured more than 250 authors from all over the region, nation and the world, and attracted approximately 20,000 attendees. 1035840 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 7 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Shasta Production Services 5105504200 785 7th Street Oakland CA 94607 Cherilyn Parsons Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 145461 0 40242 Brooke Warner President 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Igor Zagatsky Director 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 George Rehm Director 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 145461 40242 1 false true false 0 83777 718942 802719 Events Fees 45215 45215 Ticket Sales 43190 43190 88405 349 349 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 891473 88405 349 X 0 0 0 0 171356 77110 17136 77110 0 256344 256344 6654 6654 17032 17032 31017 25152 1066 4799 0 1600 1600 23497 23497 0 0 0 221303 221303 67887 67887 22114 15123 6848 143 0 0 0 102933 102933 0 13415 13415 0 0 0 8742 8742 Outdoor Fair 105957 105957 Indoor Literacy Programming 72198 72198 Podcasts 30686 30686 Graton Tribe Project 21623 21623 5324 2423 2901 1179682 1035840 61790 82052 53217 15367 335299 120536 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25899 1922 0 0 0 7340 0 421755 137825 2720 6850 2720 6850 X 419035 130975 419035 130975 421755 137825 -288209 149 X false false false X 721909 1000960 782762 762932 802719 4071282 0 0 721909 1000960 782762 762932 802719 4071282 1553115 2518167 1525 594 233 304 349 3005 0 0 4074287 647553 0.61810 0.66520 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X false false false false false false false false false Cherilyn Parsons Executive Dir. 145461 4364 35878 185703 Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To Services the festival returned to in-person in May 2022, after having been virtual only in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Form 990 is reviewed and signed off on by Executive Director and Board President. Once signed and filed, the completed Form 990 is retained in the official archives for the Board and organization. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Founder/Executive Director and Board President monitor activity. Any potential conflicts of interest are discussed with Board members individually and/or as part of official meetings of the Board. No such conflicts have been observed in FY 2020-21 or any fiscal year since the organizations inception. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board, meeting in executive session, carefully reviewed the information turned up in our examination of comparable compensation at similar organizations and set a middle course between the highest and lowest levels of comparable compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Documents available upon request.