CINCINNATI MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $3.5M · expenses $3.6M · assets $30.3M

Also known as

CINCINNATI MAY FESTIVAL

EIN

31-0584309

Address

1241 ELM ST, CINCINNATI, OH 45202-7531

Website

WWW.MAYFESTIVAL.COM

NTEE code

A6B Singing, Choral (Arts, Culture and Humanities) published (IRS Business Master File, as A6B0)

FURP topic

women: issues (from its 990 text; the topic index)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (association)

Ruling date

July 1947 (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

WE EXIST TO ENGAGE, ENERGIZE AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF GREAT CHORAL MUSIC. OUR VISION IS TO BE THE MOST EXCITING FORCE IN THE CHORAL WORLD AND TO BE A LEADER AND CATALYST IN THE PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES IN OUR REGION AND AROUND THE GLOBE. WE BELIEVE IN FOSTERING CHORAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC STANDARDS; PRESERVING THE HISTORY, ENHANCING THE PRESENT AND EMBRACING THE FUTURE OF CHORAL MUSIC; CULTIVATING DIVERSE AUDIENCES, CHOIRS AND SINGERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CHORAL MUSIC; AND OPERATING IN A FINANCIALLY SOUND MANNER.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

8 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

69 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.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

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.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• CINCINNATI OPERA ASSOCIATION Cincinnati, OH · 5 people in common (Christopher Canarie, Jeannine Winkelmann, Melanie M Chavez)
• CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Cincinnati, OH · 4 people in common (Jonathan Martin, Melanie M Chavez, Richard Freshwater)
• CINCINNATI INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS Cincinnati, OH · 3 people in common (Christy Horan, Eric K Combs, Melanie M Chavez)
• MUSIC AND EVENT MANAGEMENT INC Cincinnati, OH · 2 people in common (Jonathan Martin, Richard Freshwater)
• VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE OF CINCINNATI Cincinnati, OH · 2 people in common (Richard Freshwater, Steven Sunderman)
• ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Melanie M Chavez)
• EQUITY ARC Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Jonathan Martin)
• GREATER CINCINNATI ARTS & EDUCATION CENTER Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Richard Freshwater)
• CINCINNATI CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Richard Freshwater)
• CINCINNATI BOYCHOIR INC Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Richard Freshwater) · related organization (Schedule R)
• MUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Richard Freshwater)
• CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT FUND Cincinnati, OH · 1 person in common (Richard Freshwater)

Funders of this organization

14 grantors reported grants to this organization, $2,669,432 in all, tax years 2009 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

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Where the money went

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