Midland Storytelling Festival
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSON OF THE MIDLAND STORYTELLING FESTIVAL IS TO UTILIZE STORY TO ENTERTAIN, STIMULATE, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN THE ORAL TRADITION OF STORYTELLING.
- Income
- $141,773
- Spending
- $137,725
- Reserves
- 12.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $48,000, executive dir.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $121,397 spent. WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION THROUGH THE FOLLOWING:OUR WEEKEND FESTIVAL WAS HELD VIRTUALLY AND IN-PERSON AND FEATURED NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MASTER STORYTELLERS PRESENTING THE ART OF ORAL COMMUNICATION. THEY MODEL FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION WHILE INCORPORATING THE ROLE OF READING AND LITERACY. PROGRAMS ARE PRESENTED AT SCHOOLS, RETIREMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL AS ONLINE THROUGH THE USE OF YOU TUBE, BASIN PBS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME 'ROUND: A BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURING STORIES IN SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC. FEATURED ARTISTS WERE DYLAN PRITCHETT, MASTER STORYTELLER FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VA AND WEST TEXAS CHAPTER GMWA GOSPEL CHOIR. THIS WAS THE 4TH ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST.STORY LABS: A SERIES OF STORYTELLING PROGRAMS HELD DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 IN COLLABORATION WITH MIDLAND COLLEGE LIBRARY. FEATURED TELLERS PRESENTED AN INFORMAL PROGRAM OF STORYTELLING THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED INTERGENERATIONAL DISCUSSION FROM ATTENDEES ABOUT IMPRESSEIONS FROM THE SHARED EXPERIENCE.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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