2025-11-11T10:42:02-08:00 2024-12-31 851547475 Murphy Group CPAs 105 Layton Road South Abington Twp PA 18411 990 2024-01-01 510012000 DELAWARE SAENGERBUND AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC DELA 3025285301 49 SALEM CHURCH ROAD NEWARK DE 19713 ANN MARIE BLAASCH Treasurer 2025-11-11 true true Sean Murphy CPA P02466182 5706648591 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 49 SALEM CHURCH ROAD NEWARK DE 19713 1161396 false X WWW.DELAWARESAENGERBUND.ORG X 1853 DE BRINGING GERMAN HERITAGE EVENTS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS. 553 553 24 950 0 37396 48201 257808 317480 41214 34693 240141 331661 576559 732035 0 0 73229 55243 0 0 451489 472308 524718 527551 51841 204484 2356498 2684951 4421 8552 2352077 2676399 BRINGING GERMAN HERITAGE EVENTS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS. false false 362175 317480 THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND WAS FOUNDED IN MARCH 1853 BY 16 GERMAN MEN AS A SINGING SOCIETY. IT SOON BECAME AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND NEWLY ARRIVING IMMIGRANTS. THE CLUB WAS LOCATED AT 205 EAST SIXTH STREET IN WILMINGTON, KNOWN AS THE "GERMAN HALL", FROM 1883 UNTIL 1965, WHEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT MADE A MOVE NECESSARY. THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE SINCE 1853, MAKING IT ONE OF THE OLDEST CLUBS IN DELAWARE.THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND NOW HAS CLOSE TO 800 MEMBERS WHO MEET AT THE CLUB HOUSE ON 49 SALEM CHURCH ROAD IN OGLETOWN. BESIDES AN ACTIVE CHORUS, THE CLUB SPONSORS A BAVARIAN FOLK DANCING GROUP: THE "ENZIAN VOLKSTANZGRUPPE A LADIES' AUXILIARY: THE "LADIES OF THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND" IN CHARGE OF FOOD PREPARATION; YOUTH SOCCER TEAMS: THE "DSB KICKERS A TEENAGE GROUP; AND GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASSES.THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND SHARES ITS GERMAN HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AT TWO ANNUAL EVENTS: THE "OKTOBERFEST" HELD ON THE THIRD WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER THAT DRAWS MORE THAN 15,000 VISITORS TO THE THREE DAY FESTIVAL, AND THE "CHRISTKINDLMARKT" - THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR - HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER AND SPONSORED BY THE LADIES OF THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND.THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND OKTOBERFEST IS NAMED AFTER THE WIDELY KNOWN FESTIVAL HELD EACH YEAR IN MUNICH, BAVARIA. THERE, THE FIRST OKTOBERFEST WAS CELEBRATED AS A WEDDING FESTIVAL OF THE BAVARIAN CROWN PRINCE LUDWIG ON OCTOBER 12, 1810 IN MUNICH, GERMANY. IN LATER YEARS, THE FESTIVAL COMMEMORATING THE WEDDING GREW LARGER AND LONGER, FIRST IN THE CITY, THEN COUNTRYWIDE "VOLKSFEST", OR FOLK FESTIVAL. TO ENSURE MILDER WEATHER FOR ALL THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, THE BEGINNING OF THE 16 DAY CELEBRATIONS WAS MOVED INTO SEPTEMBER, ONLY THE LAST WEEKEND FALLING INTO OCTOBER. THE NAME "OKTOBERFEST" REMAINED WITH THE FAIR.EACH YEAR ON THE THIRD WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER, THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND RECREATES THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE OKTOBERFEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF DELAWARE AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. MORE THAN 15,000 VISITORS COME TO THE LARGE TENT ERECTED ON THE CLUB GROUNDS TO ENJOY DANCING TO GERMAN BRASS BANDS, SAMPLE HOMEMADE POTATO SALAD AND SAUERKRAUT, AND WATCH PERFORMANCES OF "SCHUHPLATTLER" DANCES BY THE BAVARIAN FOLKDANCING GROUP. FREE AMUSEMENT RIDES FOR CHILDREN MAKE THIS A FUN AND AFFORDABLE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, A TASTE OF MUNICH IN OGLETOWN.THE CUSTOM OF BRINGING WHOLE VILLAGES AND TOWNS TOGETHER FOR A FESTIVAL IS MUCH OLDER THAN THE OKTOBERFEST ASSOCIATED WITH MUNICH. THROUGHOUT GERMANY, PEOPLE CELEBRATE A FOLK FESTIVAL TO "VOLKSFEST" TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF A TOWN, A CHURCH DEDICATION, OR AN HISTORIC EVENT.THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND AND THE GERMAN COMMUNITY OF WILMINGTON HELD THE FIRST "VOLKSFEST" IN SEPTEMBER OF 1883 IN THE SCHUETZEN PARK OF WILMINGTON, LOCATED IN THE AREA OF WAWASET PARK. IT WAS HELD THERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOCIETY, THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND ORGANIZED ANOTHER VOLKSFEST, THIS TIME AT THE NEW BRANDYWINE SPRINGS PARK. THE FESTIVALS CONTINUED ANNUALLY UNTIL 1912. WHEN THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND CELEBRATED ITS 125TH ANNIVERSAY IN 1978 WITH A LARGE TENT TO ACCOMODATE ALL THE GUESTS, THE IDEA OF HAVING AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL WAS REBORN, AND THE FIRST OKTOBERFEST IN THE MUNICH STYLE WAS HELD IN 1979. SINCE THEN, THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND HAS BECOME A MUCH ANTICIPATED TRADITION IN DELAWARE. 362175 false false false true false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 24 true false false false false false false false false X 553 553 false false false false false true false true true false false true false false false false false false X X ANN MARIE BLAASCH 3025285301 49 SALEM CHURCH ROAD NEWARK DE 19713 X DONALD STURMFELS Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN MCMULLIN Vice President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TERESA VIKARI Vice President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KEITH FARMER Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RUDOLF SCHOCK President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH ARIGANELLO Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANN MARIE BLAASCH Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 17201 31000 48201 CULTURAL EVENTS 900099 198795 198795 DANCERS 900099 34221 34221 LADIES 900099 82933 82933 SINGERS 900099 1531 1531 317480 34693 34693 0 0 0 0 750695 429361 321334 321334 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 7467 7467 RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS 900099 2860 2860 10327 732035 317480 366354 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 51318 51318 0 0 3925 3925 0 0 2957 2957 0 0 10475 10475 1404 1404 0 2183 2183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27042 27042 22639 22639 BAR EXPENSES 106993 106993 LADIES 80954 80954 GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE 59289 59289 ALL OTHER EXPENSES 40986 40986 117386 50957 66429 527551 362175 165376 0 397440 608826 0 0 523 15523 0 0 0 6262 6342 0 2169574 1773586 309419 395988 1602203 1646259 0 0 0 40651 12013 2356498 2684951 4421 8552 4421 8552 X 2352077 2676399 2352077 2676399 2356498 2684951 204484 119838 X false false false false true false false 105000 105000 1450238 1206236 244002 385320 372270 13050 98585 64649 33936 130431 130431 395988 OTHER 7402 RENTAL DEPOSIT 1150 8552 false OKTOBERFEST 750695 750695 45313 64119 12757 307172 750695 750695 45313 64119 12757 307172 429361 321334 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A COPY OF THE IRS FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO MEMBERS PRIOR TO BEING FILED WITH THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE DELAWARE SAENGERBUND & LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, INC. ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE AT WWW.DELAWARESAENGEREBUND.ORG.THE ANNUAL IRS FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e CULTURE COMMITTEE: Column (A) - Total = $17186; Column (B) - Program Services = $17186; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e DANCERS: Column (A) - Total = $17607; Column (B) - Program Services = $17607; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e ENTERTAINMENT: Column (A) - Total = $13124; Column (B) - Program Services = $13124; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e LICENSES AND TAXES: Column (A) - Total = $37619; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $37619; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e rounding: Column (A) - Total = $3; Column (B) - Program Services = $3; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e SINGERS: Column (A) - Total = $3037; Column (B) - Program Services = $3037; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e UTILITIES: Column (A) - Total = $28810; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $28810; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0