DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL INC (EIN 20-8669575)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-06-28
IRS object ID: 201331799349300203
Schema version: 2012v2.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-06-28T08:27:50-00:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Kilpatrick Rea and Associates PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 Crescent Centre Parkway Suite 7	AddressLine1
City	Tucker	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30084	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208669575	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	DECA	NameControl
Phone	4043731603	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 337	AddressLine1
City	DECATUR	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30031	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Judy Turner	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-06-28	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Steven C Rea CPA	Name
Phone	7704558706	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-06-28	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Alice Murray	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	33 Village Court	AddressLine1
City	Decatur	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30030	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	600104	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.decaturbookfestival.com	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2006	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	GA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The exempt purpose of the Decatur Book Festival is to promote literacy and interest in books through various programs, festivals and other events and publications. The yearly Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country. More than 150 world-class authors participate.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	500	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	423995	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	464975	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	119766	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
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Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Total Revenue Current Year	600104	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	520521	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	592705	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	520521	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	592705	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	23240	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	7399	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	26661	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	32412	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1648	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	25013	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	32412	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	The Decatur Book Festival encourages a love of reading, writing, and other expressions of the written and spoken word in people of all ages and builds a more engaged and cohesive community of readers and writers throughout the greater Atlanta metropolitan region.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	524050	Expense
Description	The annual Decatur Book Festival is a community event open to the public and supported by cash contributions from the corporate community and others as well as with in-kind donations. It is the largest Book Festival in the Southeast and brings authors from around the country. There are venues around the city wherein attendees may hear and meet with these authors. The Decatur Book Festivals Labor Day weekend event gathers over 50,000 people to an annual gatthering that supports litearacy efforts throughout Atlanta. It is a free event.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	524050	TotalProgramServiceExpense
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Gaming	false	Gaming
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Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
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Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
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Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
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Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
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Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
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Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	true	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Heritage Accounting LTD	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4043731603	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	417 Claremont Ave 117	AddressLine1
City	Decatur	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30030	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVII
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated
Alice Murray
President	006.00	X	X	0	0	0
William Starr
Vice-President	003.00	X	X	0	0	0
Judy Turner
Treasurer	003.00	X	X	0	0	0
Linda Harris
Secretary	003.00	X	X	0	0	0
Richard Lenz
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
William Means
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
Brett Gadsden
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
George Bradford
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
James Diedrick
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
Will Johnston
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
Alison Weissinger
Non-Officer	001.00	X		0	0	0
Thomas Bell
Ex-Officio		X		0	0	0	040.00
Daren Wang
Ex-Officio		X		0	0	0	040.00
Elan McVoTerra
Ex-Officio	001.00	X		0	0	0
Stephanie DiLorio
Ex-Officio	001.00	X		0	0	0

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Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	1	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	464975	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	247320	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	464975	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Book Festival Revenue	Description
Total Revenue Column	135129	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	135129	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	600104	TotalRevenueColumn

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2948	Total
Management And General	2948	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	66211	Total
Program Services	60211	ProgramServices
Management And General	6000	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1887	Total
Management And General	1887	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Book Festival Expenses - Authors/Tents/Sound	105921	105921
Bank Service Fees	2256		2256
Outside Management/Program Director	147463	110598	36865
In-Kind Contribution Expenses	247320	247320

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

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Total	18699	Total
Management And General	18699	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	592705	Total
Program Services	524050	ProgramServices
Management And General	68655	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24661	BOY
EOY	29962	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2000	BOY
EOY	2450	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26661	BOY
EOY	32412	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	648	BOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1000	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1648	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25013	BOY
EOY	32412	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25013	BOY
EOY	32412	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26661	BOY
EOY	32412	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	7399	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview

Accountant Compile Or Review Basis AccountantCompileOrReviewBasis

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Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	239663	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	280144	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	198247	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	209175	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	217655	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1144884	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	96662	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	121919	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	119766	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	135129	CurrentTaxYear
Total	553201	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	319388	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	376806	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	320166	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	328941	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	352784	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1698085	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	42319	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7981	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	27106	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	24722	CurrentTaxYear
Total	170190	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	68062	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	42319	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7981	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	27106	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	24722	CurrentTaxYear
Total	170190	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1527895	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	376806	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	320166	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	328941	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	352784	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1698085	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.89980	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.91000	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	IV	Identifier
Return Reference	1	ReturnReference
Explanation	Richard Lenz, a non-officer member of the board, had his company, Lenz Marketing, to provide staff members to assist in communication during the Festival even. His company was paid for staff hours.	Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckbox	DescriptionDescription	Noncash Contribs Rptd F990NoncashContribsRptdF990	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
X	Printing Advertising	169000	Donor valuation
X	Venue	23000	Donor valuation
X	Security	44820	Donor valuation
X	Other volunteer services	10500	Donor valuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

ExplanationExplanation
Form 990 Part III Line 4a The only activity for the Decatur Book Festival is the Labor Day weekend event which attracts local and out-of-town visitors to the largest Book Festival in the United States. Authors speak in different venues and their books are available for sale.
Form 990 Part V Line 2 There are no employees of the Decatur Book Festival for the production of the big event. Daren Wangs organization is the producer of the event under the direction of the board of directors.
Form 990 Part VI Section A Line 3 As stated in the previous note, Daren Wang is an outside management company for the event. He does report to the board of directors.
Form 990 Part VII Section A Line 1a All officers and board members of the Decatur Book Festival are volunteers.
Form 990 Part XII The books are maintained by Heritage Accounting LTD. No review or audit of the financial records are made.
Form 990 Part V Section A Line 8a and 8b The board of directors is composed of volunteers. The meetings of the board are documented as well as the committee meetings. Records are maintained of all meetings.
Form 990 Part VI Section C Line 19 The Board of Directors endeavors to provide information to all board members regarding the bylaws, conflict of interest policy, financial statements from an independent accountant, and the Form 990 informational return. With the Decatur Book Festival being a major event in the City of Decatur, Georgia, the board realizes its responsibility for performing their non-profit duties according with all laws governing non-profit organizations.
Form 990 Part XII Line 2c The Board of Directors hires an independent accountant to maintain the compilation for the Decatur Book Festival. The Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm from financial statements prepared by the independent accountant. The Board has the responsibility for reviewing all documents prepared by the accountant as well as reviewing the information return for filing with IRS.