2026-03-30T16:16:25-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 133419779 MID ATLANTIC BONSAI SOCIETIES INC (MABS) MIDA 4848781764 263 Green Briar Court Newtown Square PA 190732126 Karin Simmat Treasurer 4848781764 2026-03-18 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X midatlanticbonsai.org X X 86374 X 15650 70724 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86374 0 0 2030 8290 7835 648 65104 83907 2467 41401 0 43868 41401 43868 0 0 0 0 41401 43868 0 0 41401 43868 Midatlantic Bonsai Societies Inc (MABS) was created for the sole purpose of producing a public 3-day weekend bonsai festival mid-April of every year to display and teach the art of bonsai through lecture/demonstrations, workshops and bonsai exhibits and critiques. We hire world famous master bonsai artists to give lecture/demonstrations, workshops and critiques. Excess funds are distributed to the 11 sponsoring bonsai societies to fund their continuing efforts in training and educating interested persons in the art of bonsai. lecture & demonstrations occurring for 3 days. Attended by 205 people in 2025 0 9800 Exhibition of members bonsai tree critiqued by master bonsai artists; attended by 36 people 0 1260 3 bonsai workshops each directed by one of the 3 master bonsai artists. Attended by 24 people. 0 3175 14235 Carl Achhammer Jr President 1.50 0 0 0 Joseph Matson Vice President 1.00 0 0 0 Karin Simmat Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Robert Entrekin Director 0.5 0 0 0 Ralf Shuman Director 0.5 0 0 0 Michael Humphries Director 0.5 0 0 0 Vince Tanner Director 0.5 0 0 0 Vipul Guddoo Director 0.5 0 0 0 Don Graham Director 0.5 0 0 0 Dennis Schappell Director 0.5 0 0 0 James Gillespie Director 0.5 0 0 0 Steve Ittel Director/Webmaster 1.0 0 0 0 David Mirande Director 0.5 0 0 0 Laura McCullough Director 0.5 0 0 0 Eugene Balestriere Director 0.5 0 0 0 Mark Schmuck Director 0.5 0 0 0 Diego Pablos Director 0.5 0 0 0 Richard Myers Director 0.5 0 0 0 Jonathan Stewart Director 0.5 0 0 0 Daniel Bee Director 0.5 0 0 0 Walter Scott Director 0.75 0 0 0 Douglas Taylor Director 0.75 0 0 0 Stephen Murphy Director 0.75 0 0 0 Leah Napoli Director 0.5 0 0 0 Pete Halm Director 0.5 0 0 0 David Zeh Director 0.5 0 0 0 Mello Culpepper Registration Desk Clerk 0.5 780 0 0 Demi Pablos MC & tech support 0.5 1250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PA Karin Simmat 263 Green Briar Court Newtown Square PA 190732126 4848781764 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 15650 15650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15650 15650 0 15650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15650 55705 1 1 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Contributions are not cash. Contributions were used bonsai-related items such as pre-bonsai, bonsai, pots, stands, scrolls, books, journals, bonsai tools and other bonsai-related material. 2025 Mid-Atlantic Bonsai Societies festival April 11 through April 13, 2025 15650 15650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15650 15650 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule G, Part I, Line 2a The value of the contributions are their "market" value or what money they will bring. These contributions were all used bonsai-related items. Form 990-EZ, Header, Line B Incorrectly filed 990N for 2025. The latter is the explanation for the first amended return for 2025. Then I had to amend the amendment because in part IV of 990EZ there were incorrect amounts in column e for both Karin Simmat and Mello Culpepper. Neither of us received any other kind of compensation or expense account and the values that were there on the first amended return got there by accident. Form 990-EZ, Header, Line H I believe we are not required to submit Schedule B because all our charity donations that are auctioned were less than $1000 and many only valued a few dollars. No donation from any one person that was auctioned off was at most a few hundred dollars. Our fund raising auctions occur during the 3-day bonsai festival in April. Bonsai related items such as used pots, books, plants, tools, etc. are used and are donated by members of the 11 sponsoring bonsai societies. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 The zero other income is explained in Schedule O. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 This is a nonprofit group of 11 bonsai societies that organize an annual bonsai 3 day weekend show in mid-April. The April festival is the sole activity and responsibility of MABS. The intend is to teach people the art of bonsai through lecture/demonstrations, workshops, exhibition of bonsai trees and critiques of exhibited bonsai. This 2025 990EZ tax return is an revised return. 990N was file for MABS on March 14, 2026 for the 2025 tax year but the treasurer became aware that the income is trending higher and that she needed to file form 990EZ instead. MABS' income comes entirely through registration fees, supplemented with auctions of used bonsai related materials such as pots, plants, books, stands, etc donated by members of the 11 bonsai societies and raffles of the completed demonstration bonsai material. There are no cash contributors or cash donations. Breakdown of Other Expenses recorded in 990EZ Part 1 #16: $65,104 Food & drinks: $18,225 Trees & materials for workshops, exhibit and demonstrations: $13,951 Advertising: $675 ZOOM fee: $160 Name tags for 2025 & 2026: $354 Square terminal for receiving credit card payments: $294 Stand for auction: $175 Awards: $376 Camera equipment and maintenance: $219 Bank fees: $267 Insurance: $436 Donation to US National Bonsai Foundation: $510 Distribution of profits to 11 sponsoring bonsai societies for educational bonsai activities in those groups: $29,462 Members of the sponsoring bonsai societies attend monthly 1-2 hour board meetings. In addition one or two members of each bonsai societies fulfills the functions that are needed to put on the annual show. These functions are 1) acquiring plant material for the demonstrations and workshops, 2) acquiring an adequate venue site 3) advertising our annual festival 4) contacting master bonsai artists to perform demonstrations, run bonsai workshops and critique the members bonsai displays 5) managing the exhibit of the bonsai displays 6) manning the workshops, demo room and exhibit room for security 7) managing the silent and live auctions 8) managing the raffles of the completed bonsai demo material 9) managing the setup of the hotels rooms used for these activities 10) building and maintaining the MABS website 11) maintaining the financial records, writing checks, etc. The number of hours each individual works is impossible to estimate.