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US nonprofit · EIN 842858741 · Galesburg, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 842858741) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Galesburg Tourism and Visitors Bureau's network

10 people5 organisationsi10 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (5) 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

10 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 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Denise Bradburn ChairChair2022
4 yrs
Blake BenedictDirector2022
4 yrs
Elizabeth VarnerEx Oficio2022
4 yrs
Erin BenedictDirector2022
4 yrs
Gerald SmithDirector2022
4 yrs
Julie KingBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Peter SchwartzmanBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Phil DickinsonBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Ryan ProbstBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Tuesday CetinVice Chair2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Blake BenedictDirector$0
Erin BenedictDirector$0
Blake BenedictChair1$0
Tuesday CetinInterim Exec$0
Phil DickinsonBoard Member$0
Julie KingBoard Member$0
Ryan ProbstBoard Member$0
Peter SchwartzmanBoard Member$0
Gerald SmithDirector$0
Elizabeth VarnerEx Oficio$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Galesburg Tourism and Visitors Bureau
EIN
842858741
Address
2163 E Main St, Galesburg, IL, 61401-5434
State
Illinois
Mission
To market galesburg and knox county area to bring visitors into the community. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Principal officer
Blake Benedict (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2025
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2023

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsDenise Bradburn
≥4years on the filingsBlake Benedict
≥4years on the filingsElizabeth Varner
≥4years on the filingsErin Benedict

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
$260k
Total liabilities
$6
Net assets or fund balances
$260k
Contributions and grants received
$388k
Program service revenue
$12k
Employees
4

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$267k$370kDeficit $103k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.