INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2021

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Organization: INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR INC (EIN 30-0883103)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-05-27
IRS object ID: 202231479349200403
Schema version: 2021v4.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-05-27T08:24:36-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	832933428	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEW ENGLAND TAX SERVICES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	27 ELM ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	NASHUA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	030603328	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	300883103	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	INTE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9784099115	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	17 JEFFERSON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAWRENCE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01841	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SARAH PEREZ	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9784099115	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-05-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	SARAH	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	PEREZ	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	NANCY LEBEAU	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00205940	PTIN
Phone	9782582132	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-05-27	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	WWW.LAWRENCEIBF.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$18,516	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$18,516	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Total Revenue	$18,516	TotalRevenueAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$17,476	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$2,899	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$1,335	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$6,601	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$28,311	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$9,795	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$21,575	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$11,780	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,780	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,780	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,780	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	THE MISSION: THE MISSION OF THE ANNUAL BOOK FAIR IS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE WEALTH OF HISPANIC CULTURE IN THE LITERARY ARTS, AND ENHANCE THE CULTURAL IMAGE OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THAT BOTH THE HISPANIC AND ANGLO COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE MAKE THE BOOK FAIR A TRANSCENDENT AND UNIFYING EVENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND CELEBRATION OF BOOKS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: THAT THE DIFFERENT HISPANIC COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE A VOICE AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE FAIR. THOSE WRITERS AROUND THE GLOBE CAN ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE FAIR.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	MAGAZINE SALES	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Program Service Expenses	$16,133	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$16,133	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
CARMENZA BRUFF
PRESIDENT	6.00	$0
ANGELA ECHEVARRIA
VICE PRESIDE	10.00	$0
PILAR FLORES
CLERK	10.00	$0
SARAH PEREZ
TREASURER	10.00	$0
CLAUDIA HOYOS
DIRECTOR	5.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SARAH PEREZ	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	19 MCKINLEY AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAWRENCE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01843	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9784099115	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,477	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,516	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,993	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,477	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,516	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,993	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$31,993	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$31,993	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES TRAVEL 6,601 TOTAL 6,601
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	THE MISSION: THE MISSION OF THE ANNUAL BOOK FAIR IS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE WEALTH OF HISPANIC CULTURE IN THE LITERARY ARTS, AND ENHANCE THE CULTURAL IMAGE OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THAT BOTH THE HISPANIC AND ANGLO COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE MAKE THE BOOK FAIR A TRANSCENDENT AND UNIFYING EVENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND CELEBRATION OF BOOKS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: THAT THE DIFFERENT HISPANIC COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE A VOICE AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE FAIR. THOSE WRITERS AROUND THE GLOBE CAN ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE FAIR.

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16

EXPENSES TRAVEL 6,601 TOTAL 6,601

FORM 990-EZ, PART III

THE MISSION: THE MISSION OF THE ANNUAL BOOK FAIR IS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE WEALTH OF HISPANIC CULTURE IN THE LITERARY ARTS, AND ENHANCE THE CULTURAL IMAGE OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THAT BOTH THE HISPANIC AND ANGLO COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE MAKE THE BOOK FAIR A TRANSCENDENT AND UNIFYING EVENT THROUGH THE STUDY AND CELEBRATION OF BOOKS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: THAT THE DIFFERENT HISPANIC COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE A VOICE AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF THE FAIR. THOSE WRITERS AROUND THE GLOBE CAN ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE FAIR.