Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT VIDEO GAME MUSIC, ART, AND HISTORY; TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC, ART, AND HISTORY TO UNDERTAKE OTHER CHARITABLE PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRS CODE AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW.
THE MUSIC AND GAMING FESTIVAL, IS MAGFEST INC'S FLAGSHIP EVENT, OCCURRING ANNUALLY EACH WINTER. MAGFEST'S LIBRARY OF HISTORIC GAMING CONTENT CONTAINS CONSOLE, ARCADE, AND NON-ELECTRONIC EXHIBITS DATING FROM 1971 TO THE PRESENT. THE MAGFEST EVENT GIVES ITS ATTENDEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE GAMING HISTORY. MAGFEST ALSO EXHIBITS VIDEO GAMES CREATED BY INDEPENDENT DEVELOPERS, GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ALSO, MAGFEST FEATURES PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC, EITHER ARRANGED FROM OR INSPIRED, BY THE MUSIC FEATURED IN VIDEO GAMES. THESE PERFORMANCES PRESERVE THE ART-FORM OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC AND PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION OF IT. MAGFEST PROVIDES A ROBUST SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMMING WHICH INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS FOR ATTENDEES. THE MAGFEST EVENT WAS CREATED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY EXHIBITIONS, AS THESE EXHIBITIONS PRIMARILY EXIST AS A FOR-PROFIT MEANS OF ADVERTISING. MAGFEST'S MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A VENUE IN WHICH ITS ATTENDEES CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GAMING.
MAGFEST, INC HOLDS SMALL EVENTS IN VARIOUS U.S. CITIES TO PROMOTE THE MAGFEST BRAND, AND TO ALSO BRING OUR MISSION CONTENT TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT NORMALLY TRAVEL TO OUR FLAGSHIP WINTER EVENT. THESE EVENTS USUALLY FEATURE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC ARRANGED FROM/INSPIRED BY VIDEO GAMES, AND ALSO PROVIDES CLASSIC HISTORICAL GAMING EXHIBITS FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE.
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 |
|---|
| Nicholas Marinelli | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $63,050 |
| Debra Rose Lenik | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $59,215 |
| Dustin Peterson | BOARD MEMBER | 4 | $0 |
| Jonathan Boyd | PRESIDENT | 22 | $0 |
| Joel Attanasio | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Dominic Cerquetti | BOARD MEMBER | 7 | $0 |
| Paul Good | BOARD MEMBER | 10 | $0 |
| Bunny Smith | SECRETARY | 6 | $0 |
| Eli Courtwright | TREASURER | 10 | $0 |
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