MID Atlantic Bonsai Societies Inc

“Incorrectly filed 990N for 2025.”

“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.”

“The zero other income is explained in Schedule O.”

“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.”