Ventura Music Festival Association Inc
Donations deductibleVentura Music Festival Association Inc's network
11 people12 organisationsi11 people and 12 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (13) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Reisman Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Betsy Chess | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Doug Halter | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jaime Velez | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lale Welsh | Executive Di | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Michael Boyko | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Patricia Lathrop-McPherson | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ROZ Warner | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| S Blake Wade | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Steven Z Perren (also filed as Steve Perren) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Timothy Smith | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Lale Welsh | Executive Director | 2023 |
| Nuvi Mehta | Artistic Director | 2023 |
| Susan Scott | Executive Director | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lale Welsh | Executive Di | 50 | $115k | ||
| Michael Boyko | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Betsy Chess | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Doug Halter | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patricia Lathrop-McPherson | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steve Perren | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Richard Reisman | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Timothy Smith | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bradley Tabach-Bank | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jaime Velez | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| S Blake Wade | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Roz Warner | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Ventura Music Festival Association Inc
- EIN
- 770314562
- Address
- 701 E Santa Clara St, Ventura, CA, 93001-5972
- State
- California
- Mission
- The ventura music festival (vmf) presents and produces live musical performances that inspire, educate, and entertain. Vmf is dedicated to providing music educaton to schools k-12 and promotes cultural diversity, artistic growth, and meaningful connections through the unifying power of music. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T99Z Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1994
- Principal officer
- Lale Welsh (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsRichard Reisman
≥8years on the filingsBetsy Chess
≥8years on the filingsDoug Halter
≥8years on the filingsPatricia Lathrop-McPherson
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3m
- Total liabilities
- $52k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $199k
- Program service revenue
- $142k
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 11
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $424k | $905k | Deficit $482k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.