2025-11-15T18:11:58-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 311311304 GREATER CINCINNATI BLUES SOCIETY INC DBA Cincy Blues Society GREA 5137392583 1623 Dalton Street - Box 141080 Cincinnati OH 452487549 Dilip Tripathy Treasurer 5133219256 2025-11-15 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.cincyblues.org X X 26954 X 11267 5019 3818 0 0 0 0 1306 5469 1069 5706 0 0 0 75 25885 1500 0 0 15025 609 104 5692 22930 2955 10121 -2425 10651 10121 10651 0 0 0 0 10121 10651 0 0 10121 10651 To preserve and promote blues music, an indigenous American art form. Summer Blues Fest was a 1 day outdoor festival featuring local, regional, and national blues acts. The 2024 festival was a 5-hour event featuring 3 national acts, 3 regional act, 3 local acts, and a performance by our Blues In The Schools youth band (a product of youth programming provided by the Blues Society) 0 15025 The Cincy Blues Challenge is a juried band competition with 2 categories: Solo/Duo and Band. The winners of each category win the right to represent the Greater Cincinnati area at the International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, TN. Additionally, the winners of each category receive a stipend to help offset the cost of travel. 1500 1500 Website and Social Media. The Cincy Blues Society hosts a website with original content for members and guests. The society also maintains a calendar of local, regional, and national blues acts touring through the region that can be updated by members and bands. Additionally, the society sends out weekly email blues blasts to subscribers with listings of upcoming blues events and regional festivals. lastly, the Society maintains a presence on Facebook for direct contact with the general public. 0 2479 Blues In The Schools - A program where the Cincy Blues Society pays local blues artists to present a history of the blues through oratory and musical demonstrations. Presentations take place in schools, libraries, civic centers, and other public places. 0 0 Music on the Square - A partnership with the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Council (3CDC) to present 22 free concerts in Downtown Cincinnati during the 2024 summer. Concerts were presented each Wednesday at either Washington Park or Fountain Square. The Blues Society acted as sponsor, promoter, producer, and booking agent. 0 0 19004 Thomas Thiem President / Trustee 6 0 0 0 Bonita Frenzel Vice President / Trustee 6 0 0 0 Paul Stegman Secretary / Trustee 7 0 0 0 Dilip Tripathy Treasurer / Trustee 7 0 0 0 Mary Ann Kindel Trustee 10 0 0 0 Jennifer Rinker Trustee 5 0 0 0 Ralph Cave Trustee 5 0 0 0 Marie King Trustee 5 0 0 0 Debby Manning Trustee 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OH Dilip Tripathy 2990 Werkridge Drive Cincinnati OH 452483934 5133219256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 36498 18518 18496 18653 15085 107250 513 2945 12680 5607 5013 26758 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37011 21463 31176 24260 20098 134008 0 0 0 1844 2616 4460 0 5716 3642 6219 6000 21577 0 5716 3642 8063 8616 26037 107971 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37011 21463 31176 24260 20098 134008 0.80571 0.88937 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 $75 of miscellaneous income from the Summer Blues Festival. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants paid to the winners of the Cincy Blues Challenge to offset their travel expenses to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. The winning band received $1000.00. The winning solo/duo act received $500.00. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Website expenses;2479|Memberships and subscriptions;211|Director's and Officer's Insurance;916|Liability Insurance;907|Worker's Compensation Insurance;120|ASCAP fees;222|PO Box fees;364|Bank service charges;301|Banking transaction fees;154|Miscellaneous event expenses;18^Total;5692^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 During the last three years some transfers from our PayPal account were inadvertently double credited to our checking register. Zeroing out the duplicate transactions reduced our checking register balance by $2425. The filing is not late. An extension was requested by the Blues Society in April, 2025. The extension was granted by the IRS.