The Community Festival
The community Festival fosters greater community awareness, cohesion and recycling by promoting a 3 day music, arts & craft event held in a city park and operated by volunteers to promote, run and recycle / cleanup.
The Community Festival at a glance
In short: The Community Festival gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $361,400
- -15.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Ohio (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Community Festival funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Arts Foundation of Olde Town ($10K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How The Community Festival gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2020) to $10K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arts Foundation of Olde Town Columbus, OH | — | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $361,400 | $330,656 | $395,739 | $10,000 | 1 | $12,372 |
| 2024 | $426,482 | $378,196 | $398,628 | $10,000 | 1 | $13,731 |
| 2023 | $446,915 | $345,764 | $382,982 | $10,000 | 1 | $5,310 |
| 2022 | $484,134 | $431,995 | $379,934 | $10,000 | 1 | $62 |
| 2021 | — | $5,412 | $46,872 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $472,533 | $12,697 | $63,003 | $10,000 | Total only | $59 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The Community Festival
Based on IRS filings
The Community Festival is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Columbus, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $361K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $12K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Community Festival's only listed officer is Jeffrey Mendelson, Treasurer on every filing since 2020 (uncompensated).
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jeffrey Mendelson
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
$2K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $3K, to Jeffrey Mendelson (Treasurer).
Frequently asked questions about The Community Festival
How much does The Community Festival give each year?
The Community Festival gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $10K across 1 grant.
How large is The Community Festival?
The Community Festival reported $361K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $331K.
What is The Community Festival?
The Community Festival is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Columbus, OH. It holds $361K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Community Festival operate?
The Community Festival has awarded grants in Ohio.
What is The Community Festival's EIN?
The Community Festival's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-0917016. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 6, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 14, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 27, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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