NEW ENGLAND FOLK FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $165K · expenses $164K · assets $467K

EIN
04-6073082
Address
PO BOX 2789, ACTON, MA 01720-6789
Website
www.neffa.org
NTEE code
A200
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 1954 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
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Mission

See Schedule O

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 43 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

43 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Len Bittenson Director2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Crispin Weinberg Director2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Betty Lehrman Director2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Jeff Keller Director2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Jennifer Jasenski Director2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Lori Fassman Treasurer2021-2024 15 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Young President2019-2024 15 $0 reported 1
Dayle E Watts Vice-President2019-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Phillip Nimeskern Secretary2023-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Joshua Goldman Director2024 2 $0 reported 1
Brendan Kelly Director2024 2 $0 reported 1
Michael Wagner Director2024 2 $0 reported 1
Don Veino (former) Director2022-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Dereck Kalish (former) Director2019-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Lynn Noel (former) Director2020-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Janet Yeracaris (former) Director2020-2022 15 $0 reported 1
Rich Sbardella (former) Director2019-2022 2 $0 reported 1
Liz Sturgen (former) Director2021-2022 2 $0 reported 1
Dan Pearl (former) Secretary2019-2022 10 $0 reported 1
Nancy Smith Worthen (former) Secretary2019-2021 10 $0 reported 1
Liz Nelson (former) Director2019-2021 2 $0 reported 1
Dana Sussman (former) Director2019-2021 2 $0 reported 1
Julie Metcalf (former) Director-Nominating Committee2019-2021 2 $0 reported 1
McKinley James (former) Director2020-2021 2 $0 reported 1
Paul Wilde (former) Director-Nominating Committee2020-2021 2 $0 reported 1
Vincent ODonnell (former) Director2021 2 $0 reported 1
Graham Christian (former) Director2021 2 $0 reported 1
Harold Henry (former) Director2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Alan Finkelstein (former) Director2020 2 $0 reported 1
Anna Stevens (former) Director2020 2 $0 reported 1
Cindy Dill (former) Director2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Terry Huffaker (former) Director2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Shelagh Ellman-Pearl (former) Director2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Jon Cannon (former) Director2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Ralph Jones (former) Treasurer2019-2020 15 $0 reported 1
Robert Johnson (former) Vice-President2019-2020 2 $0 reported 1
Janet Yercaris (former) President2019 15 $0 reported 1
Michael Huffaker (former) Secretary2019 10 $0 reported 1
Walker Sloan (former) Director2019 2 $0 reported 1
Carol Bittenson (former) Director2019 2 $0 reported 1
Harvey Cohen (former) Director2019 2 $0 reported 1
Bill Cowie (former) Director2019 2 $0 reported 1
Alex Ellis (former) Director2019 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jonathan Young President15 $0-$0 $01
Lori Fassman Treasurer15 $0-$0 $01
Phillip Nimeskern Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Dayle E Watts Vice-President2 $0-$0 $01
Jennifer Jasenski Director2 $0-$0 $01
Len Bittenson Director2 $0-$0 $01
Jeff Keller Director2 $0-$0 $01
Betty Lehrman Director2 $0-$0 $01
Crispin Weinberg Director2 $0-$0 $01
Joshua Goldman Director2 $0-$0 $01
Brendan Kelly Director2 $0-$0 $01
Michael Wagner Director2 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Len Bittenson Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Don Veino Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dereck Kalish Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Crispin Weinberg Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Betty Lehrman Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jeff Keller Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Lynn Noel Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jennifer Jasenski Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Lori Fassman Treasurer15 $0$0$0 $01
Jonathan Young President15 $0$0$0 $01
Dayle E Watts Vice-President2 $0$0$0 $01
Phillip Nimeskern Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Jonathan Young President15 $0-$0 $01
Lori Fassman Treasurer15 $0-$0 $01
Dan Pearl Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Rich Sbardella Director2 $0-$0 $01
Dayle E Watts Vice-President2 $0-$0 $01
Lynn Noel Director2 $0-$0 $01
Jennifer Jasenski Director2 $0-$0 $01
Liz Sturgen Director2 $0-$0 $01
Janet Yeracaris Director15 $0-$0 $01
Dereck Kalish Director2 $0-$0 $01
Don Veino Director2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 15 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Janet Yeracaris President15 $0-$0 $01
Lori Fassman Treasurer15 $0-$0 $01
Nancy Smith Worthen Secretary10 $0-$0 $01
Liz Nelson Director2 $0-$0 $01
Rich Sbardella Director-Nominating Comm2 $0-$0 $01
Dana Sussman Director2 $0-$0 $01
Julie Metcalf Director-Nominating Committee2 $0-$0 $01
Dayle E Watts Vice-President2 $0-$0 $01
McKinley James Director2 $0-$0 $01
Lynn Noel Director2 $0-$0 $01
Paul Wilde Director-Nominating Committee2 $0-$0 $01
Vincent ODonnell Director2 $0-$0 $01
Jennifer Jasenski Director2 $0-$0 $01
Graham Christian Director2 $0-$0 $01
Liz Sturgen Director2 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 22 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Harold Henry Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Alan Finkelstein Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Anna Stevens Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Lynn Noel Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Paul Wilde Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Cindy Dill Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Pearl Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Terry Huffaker Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Shelagh Ellman-Pearl Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dereck Kalish Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jon Cannon Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Rich Sbardella Director-Nominating Comm2 $0$0$0 $01
Dana Sussman Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dayle Watts Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Liz Nelson Director2 $0$0$0 $01
McKinley James Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jonathan Young Director-Nominating Committee2 $0$0$0 $01
Julie Metcalf Director-Nominating Committee2 $0$0$0 $01
Ralph Jones Treasurer15 $0$0$0 $01
Janet Yeracaris President15 $0$0$0 $01
Robert Johnson Vice-President2 $0$0$0 $01
Nancy Smith Worthen Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 23 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Janet Yercaris President15 $0$0$0 $01
Ralph Jones Treasurer15 $0$0$0 $01
Dayle Watts Vice-President to 4262010 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Huffaker Secretary10 $0$0$0 $01
Harold Henry Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Walker Sloan Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Cindy Dill Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Liz Nelson Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Rich Sbardella Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dana Sussman Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Julie Metcalf Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Dereck Kalish Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Carol Bittenson Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Nancy Worthen Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jonathan Young Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Jon Cannon Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Harvey Cohen Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Bill Cowie Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Alex Ellis Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Shelagh Ellman-Pearl Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Robert Johnson Vice-President2 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Pearl Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Terry Huffaker Director15 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$165,371$163,521 $467,424$467,424 $39,320$127,545 ---
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$203,815$147,291 $430,941$430,941 $66,761$121,269 $00-
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$118,152$130,334 $351,452$351,452 $14,478$87,393 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$50,275$49,536 $354,459$354,459 $24,966$5,897 ---
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$69,724$39,779 $387,089$387,089 $31,795$26,593 $00-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-07-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$78,231$60,936 $312,407$312,407 $20,157$46,563 $00-

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $20,200 in all, tax years 2019 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2019, 2024 2$20,200 2024$10,100
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2024 · Form 990EZ · $163,521 spent · pay $0 · grants $500 · events $0
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $140,521 85.9%
Fees to independent contractors $15,500 9.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,000 4.3%
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2023 · Form 990 · $147,291 spent · pay $0 · grants $600 · events $107,181
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described) EventFestival expense $107,181$107,181-- 72.8%
Fees: other services $15,984$15,984-- 10.9%
Other (as described)Dance expense $8,441$8,441-- 5.7%
Occupancy $6,050$6,050-- 4.1%
All other expenses $4,763-$4,763- 3.2%
Office expenses $4,272-$4,272- 2.9%
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Total$130,334100%

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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $47,886 96.7%
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2020 · Form 990 · $39,779 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $31,296
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described) EventFestival expense $31,296$31,296-- 78.7%
Office expenses $2,386-$2,386- 6.0%
Other (as described)Dance expense $2,200$2,200-- 5.5%
Occupancy $2,000$2,000-- 5.0%
All other expenses $1,608$108$1,500- 4.0%
Insurance $150$150-- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $139$139-- 0.3%
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2019 · Form 990 · $60,936 spent · pay $0 · grants $645 · events $4,303
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
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Other (as described)Dance expense $12,528$12,528-- 20.6%
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Other (as described)Hall rental $4,510$4,510-- 7.4%
Other (as described) EventFestival expense $4,303$4,303-- 7.1%
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All other expenses $1,482$467$1,015- 2.4%
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