Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF THE NEWPORT FESTIVALS FOUNDATION IS TO PRESENT ALL FORMS OF JAZZ AND FOLK MUSIC FROM YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW AND TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT FOLK AND JAZZ MUSIC.
TO MAINTAIN THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL AND NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL.
TO MAINTAIN THE FAMED NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL IN PERPETUITY, TO BE PRESENTED AT HISTORIC LOCATIONS, INCLUDING FORT ADAMS STATE PARK AND OTHER FACILITIES IN NEWPORT, RI.
TO MAINTAIN THE FAMED NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL IN PERPETUITY. ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, AUGUST 3, AND AUGUST 4, 2019 JAZZ PERFORMANCES TOOK PLACE ON 4 STAGES AT FORT ADAMS STATE PARK IN NEWPORT, RI. INCLUDED IN THESE PERFORMANCES WERE COLLEGE ENSEMBLES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND AND BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
NEWPORT FESTIVALS HOSTED ITS SIXTH FAMILY CONCERT IN THE SUMMER OF 2019. THIS WAS A FREE CONCERT TO THE PUBLIC AND HELD AT THE QUAD STAGE AT FORT ADAMS STATE PARK IN NEWPORT, RI. THIS EVENT INCLUDED PERFORMACES BY OUR FOUNDER, GEORGE WEIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE AND THE NEWPORT JAZZ ASSEMBLY BAND TO HIGHLIGHT THE MUSIC PRESENTED BY THE TWO NEWPORT FESTIVALS. THE TARGET AUDIENCE WAS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, ALTHOUGH EVERYONE WAS WELCOME.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Albert Jay Sweet | BOARD MEMBER/EXECUTIVE PRO | 40 | $381,813 |
| Kira Favro | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $165,000 |
| Christopher Capotosto | CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER | 40 | $150,000 |
| Deborah Ross | DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION | 40 | $108,000 |
| Debra Girard | DIRECTOR OF TICKETING & ADMINISTRATION | 40 | $101,000 |
| Meg Helsel | PUBLICITY DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Christian Mcbride | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ward Mooney | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Bowlby | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Lanzone | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Roger Kass | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Busard | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Albinson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| John Hailer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Dorf | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| C Ronald Mackensie | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Vareika | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nicholas L Pell | BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Nelson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Vikas Kapoor | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce S Gordon | BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Leyla Ertegun | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Richard M Cashin | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jerome A Chazen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia Blanchet | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| James Bildner | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce Trauner | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| George Wein | BOARD MEMBER/CHAIRMAN | 40 | $0 |
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