FLORIDA LITFEST INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: FLORIDA LITFEST INC (EIN 46-3527772)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-10-27
IRS object ID: 201543009349301364
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-10-27T15:46:06-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	753057236	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WATSON & ASSOCIATES PA CPAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4826 KERRY FOREST PKWY	AddressLine1Txt
City	TALLAHASSEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	323092272	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	463527772	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FLORIDA LITFEST INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FLOR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8505085813	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 MAHAN DRIVE STE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	TALLAHASSEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32308	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AMANDA STRINGER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8505085813	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-10-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	J ADAM WATSON CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00307014	PTIN
Phone	8506682228	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-10-13	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Initial Return	Yes (X)	InitialReturnInd

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WORD OF SOUTH	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	AMANDA STRINGER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 MAHAN DRIVE STE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	TALLAHASSEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32308	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$311,570	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.WORDOFSOUTHFESTIVAL.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2013	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	FL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AREA COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING A PUBLIC LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$311,570	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$311,570	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$15,000	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$91,281	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$106,281	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$205,289	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$205,289	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$205,289	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AREA COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING A PUBLIC LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$103,462	ExpenseAmt
Desc	SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS WAS MADE TOWARDS HOLDING THE 1ST ANNUAL WORD OF SOUTH FESTIVAL IN TALLAHASSEE. IN 2014 CONTRIBUTORS WERE LINED UP AND WORK BEGUN FOR THE 1ST FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS HELD APRIL 11-12, 2015. THE FIRST FESTIVAL BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 200 ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, POETS, WRITERS, AND OTHER PERFORMERS. OVER 2000 PEOPLE ATTENDED.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$103,462	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AMANDA STRINGER	PersonNm
Phone	8505085813	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 MAHAN DRIVE STE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	TALLAHASSEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	32308	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MARK MUSTIAN
PRESIDENT	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BERNEICE COX
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JULZ GRAHAM
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE DOLLAR
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRYS GOODWYNE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRAN CONAWAY
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATRICIA COLLINS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CARLA DELOACH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAIGE TWYMAN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNIE B JONES
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DONNA MCHUGH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID KILLEEN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NINA ASHENAFI-RICHARDSON
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHEILA CURRAN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMANDA STRINGER
EXECUTIVE DI	20.00		Yes (X)	$15,000	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$15,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Government Grants	$97,500	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$214,070	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$311,570	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$311,570	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,300	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,750	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,750	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,258	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,258	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,404	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$292	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$277	TotalAmt
Program Services	$250	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$106,281	TotalAmt
Program Services	$103,462	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,819	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$205,289	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$205,289	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$205,289	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$205,289	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$205,289	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$205,289	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$311,570	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$311,570	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$311,570	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$311,570	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$311,570	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$311,570	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$311,570	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TO FURTHER THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE TALLAHASSEE, FL AREA COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING A PUBLIC LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWED THE RETURN WITH THE CONTRACTED CPA BEFORE SUBMITTING TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD USED RELEVANT NON PROFIT COMPENSATION DATA IN DETERMINING A SALARY STRUCTURE AND OFFER FOR THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	HELD IN OFFICE AND AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	MUSICISIANS AND AUTHORS 82,750 0 0