Nonprofit · EIN 06-1522175
FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC
Tax-exempt · MERIDEN, CT 06450
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | 990 | $370,177 | $401,508 | -$31,331 | $257,420 | $0 | $257,420 |
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $304,886 | $331,503 | -$26,617 | $288,751 | $0 | $288,751 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $635,797 | $371,801 | $263,996 | $315,368 | $0 | $315,368 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $287,011 | $298,064 | -$11,053 | $51,372 | $0 | $51,372 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $41,936
- Program service revenue
- $328,075
- Investment income
- $166
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,862
- Depreciation
- $10,156
- Program services (functional)
- $401,508
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $288,751
- Total assets, end of year
- $257,420
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $257,420
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $91,402
- Gross receipts
- $370,177
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 200
- State of legal domicile
- CT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIM BARNARD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| AJ KANE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JEFF COSSETTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DONNA DEROSA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RICH DICKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ELLEN DUBUC-ZEBORA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JANE DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GREGG LONG | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BILL LOMBARDI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| PAUL FRASCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DICK GILL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LISA SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JOE SZYMASZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| COLIN MAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAN MURDZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
13 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADRIENNE NERO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JILLIAN BOSCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BOB RAGUCKAS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DOREEN RODDY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ED LAFRANCE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RIC SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RYAN DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| TONIA WRIGHT-BUCZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GRETCHEN YATZOOK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEN PARKIN | Director Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARK ZEBORA | President & CEO Officer | 5 | $0 |
| VICKY ZAKRZEWSKI | Secretary Officer | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2025: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIM BARNARD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| AJ KANE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JEFF COSSETTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DONNA DEROSA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RICH DICKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ELLEN DUBUC-ZEBORA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JANE DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RYAN DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BILL LOMBARDI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| PAUL FRASCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DICK GILL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LISA SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| COLIN MAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAN MURDZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ADRIENNE NERO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JILLIAN PARKIN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BOB RAGUCKAS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DOREEN RODDY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ED LAFRANCE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GRETCHEN YATZOOK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEN PARKIN | Treasurer Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARK ZEBORA | President & CEO Officer | 5 | $0 |
| VICKY ZAKRZEWSKI | Secretary Officer | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIM BARNARD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| AJ KANE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JEFF COSSETTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DONNA DEROSA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RICH DICKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ELLEN DUBUC-ZEBORA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JANE DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RYAN DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BILL LOMBARDI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| PAUL FRASCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DICK GILL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LISA SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| COLIN MAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAN MURDZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ADRIENNE NERO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JILLIAN PARKIN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BOB RAGUCKAS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DOREEN RODDY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ED LAFRANCE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RIC SUZIO | Vice President Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GRETCHEN YATZOOK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEN PARKIN | Treasurer Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARK ZEBORA | President & CEO Officer | 5 | $0 |
| VICKY ZAKRZEWSKI | Secretary Officer | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 28 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIM BARNARD | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| AJ KANE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JEFF COSSETTE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DONNA DEROSA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RICH DICKINSON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ELLEN DUBUC-ZEBORA | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JANE DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GREGG LONG | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BILL LOMBARDI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| PAUL FRASCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DICK GILL | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LISA SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JOE SZYMASZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| COLIN MAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAN MURDZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ADRIENNE NERO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JILLIAN BOSCO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| BOB RAGUCKAS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DOREEN RODDY | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROMAN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ED LAFRANCE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RIC SUZIO | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| RYAN DUNN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| TONIA WRIGHT-BUCZEK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GRETCHEN YATZOOK | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| KEN PARKIN | Director Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARK ZEBORA | President & CEO Officer | 5 | $0 |
| VICKY ZAKRZEWSKI | Secretary Officer | 4 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 40, MERIDEN, CT 06450-0040
- In care of
- % MARK ZEBORA
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MARK ZEBORA, 66 CLEARFIELD RD, MERIDEN, CT 06450
- Signed the 990
- MARK ZEBORA, President & CEO
- Website
- WWW.DAFFODILFEST.COM
- Return prepared by
- RJ CARABETTA & CO PC
Mission
IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF MERIDEN, CT
Program accomplishments
- DAFFODIL FESTIVAL-ANNUAL EVENT FREE TO ALL-100% BY VOLUNTEERS SERVING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PATRONS AT HUBBARD PARKExpenses $401,508
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 06-1522175
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A27)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $257,420
- Income (IRS master file)
- $370,177
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2026 | $370,177 | $401,508 | $257,420 | XML |
| 990 | June 2025 | $304,886 | $331,503 | $288,751 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $635,797 | $371,801 | $315,368 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $287,011 | $298,064 | $51,372 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $440,338 | $435,866 | $62,425 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 06-1522175).
Questions about FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC
- What is the EIN of FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC is 06-1522175.
- Is FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending June 30, 2027) is due November 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2026 names MARK ZEBORA.
- Who are the officers and directors of FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2026 lists 28 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FESTIVALS OF MERIDEN INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2026 it reported revenue of $370,177, expenses of $401,508 and total assets of $257,420 at year end.
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