Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival Inc. provides meaningful opportunities for an underserved audience to engage with storytelling through hearing stories and attending workshops that will enable them to develop a cultural intelligence through the arts of listening and speaking. The GMSF celebrates diverse traditions of storytelling including those of Appalachia.
- Income
- $113,307
- Spending
- $44,482
- Reserves
- 44.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 90%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, 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, 2026, 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, 2026, 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)
- $45,701 spent. Held annually in the spring the two-day Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival shares the art of storytelling with culturally and economically diverse audiences by offering storytelling and musical performances events for children and students an open mic an exhibit on traditional quilting and workshops for visitors to learn about the tradition of oral storytelling and become part of its preservation. The festival also includes an annual workshop on storytelling as a form of healing from trauma. The event brings verbal arts to an area with low literacy rates; offers free for students low-income individuals and individuals with disabilities and low-cost for all others educational arts programming in an economically depressed area to people who would have no way to see artists of this caliber otherwise; addresses the growing problem of excessive screen time by providing activities that demonstrate the value of face-to-face rather than digital interaction; shares the traditional arts of storytelling and quilting with younger generations who may be unaware of or detached from these expressions of culture; and brings together different segments of our community and helps them learn about each others cultures through the diverse artists stories presented. Between in-person attendance and online viewing 3000+ people are served annually. Each year we assess the festivals reach in terms of participant demographics learning outcomes and economic effect in the community.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2026, 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 November 6, 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 2026.
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 December 2016.
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 November 4, 2026.
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