Idaho · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC (Idaho) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being JOAN V WINIARSKI & TERESA W MERRILL REVOCABLE TRUST ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $600
- Net assets
- $393k
What International Festivals & Events Association Inc does
Mission
To promote community festivals and events and provide professional support to those events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conventions for industry professionals re: festival and event procedures with seminar speakers and workshops which also provides for interaction of member organizations.
Certified festival education program classes relating to a professional designation upon completion that recognizes competency in management of public festivals and events.
Educational seminars relating to the operation and marketing of public festivals and events and completion of research on related topics such as economic feasibility, internet activities and developing profit centers for public festivals and events.
Educational publications and library resources available for self study and improvement and additional support services for member and non-member industry organizations.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $317k to $168k (−47%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Steve Schmader
President/CEO
Board chair
Joe Vera
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100 → $0.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC
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In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC (Idaho) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being JOAN V WINIARSKI & TERESA W MERRILL REVOCABLE TRUST ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $600 in grants to INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC?
- JOAN V WINIARSKI & TERESA W MERRILL REVOCABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & EVENTS ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing