RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL LTD: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization
RIVERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL LTD (EIN 71-0736493)
Tax period
2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed
2015-05-12
IRS object ID
201501329349300535
Schema version
2014v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Tax Period End2014-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Shannon Nelke IncBusinessNameLine1Txt

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PersonElizabeth NelkePersonNm
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (20 entries)

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DORI COLSTON
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JUNIOR PUGH
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CHARLES ALLEY
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FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,712OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11The Governing Body examines the return for any errors.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15aNone of the officers including but not limited to the CEO, Executive Director, and top management receive compensation of money, goods, or services at this time.
Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15bNone of the officers including but not limited to the CEO, Executive Director, and top management receive compensation of money, goods, or services at this time.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19Documents are made available to the public upon request.
List of other expenses Part IX line 24eList of other expenses Part IX Line 24e include Hospitality $281, Licenses and Permits $619, Photography $250, Rental Fees $3215, Security $6735, Sound Services $100, Supplies $153, Vendor Pay Outs $7500, Other Blues Festival Expenses $1608 and Merchandise $4820.

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