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The Official Numbers
The Midwest Burners Association maintains transparent accounting so that everyone will know and understand what happens to the money that flows through our Association.
Since InterFuse is Midwest Burners' main source of income and most complex source of expenses, the cash flows from this event are featured in more detail below. These statements are displayed immediately after InterFuse, before the annual financial statements are posted here.
A comparative view of Statements of Revenues and Expenses, Balance Sheets, and Statements of Cash Flows from all Midwest Burners Fiscal Years:
- MWB Financials 2004 to 2008 - Excel spreadsheet, 44kb
- MWB Financials 2004 to 2007 - Excel spreadsheet, 30kb
- MWB Financials 2004 to 2006 - Excel spreadsheet, 32kb
The Financial Statements have been adjusted to reflect our loans and debt service on the Statement of Revenues and Expenses and to more clearly explain our financing activities in our Statements of Cash Flows. These changes help clarify our finances but did not change the total cash balance in the bank that was posted in our FY06 Financial Statements.
Please contact Zay with any questions about these statements.
| Overview of Midwest Burners Fiscal Year 2008 Totals | |
| Total Revenue | $26,769.18 |
| Total Expenses | $27,113.03 |
| Assets | Total cash at end of period: $55.92 Total worth of assets including cash is: $3,495.90 |
| Total Liabilities | $1,546.15 |
| Total Net Assets | $1,949.75 |
| InterFuse 2008 Statement of Cash Flows | |||
| Cash in | Balance | Notes | |
| 255.55 | Ticket printing | ||
| 294.55 | Ticket shipping expenses | ||
| 26.83 | 2 campground maps | ||
| 637.78 | Paypal fees | ||
| 13.96 | Wristbands | ||
| 109.89 | Greeter bandanas | ||
| 39.80 | Orange tape for placements | ||
| 344.85 | 30 TLA t-shirts | ||
| 1,535.59 | 14 portapotties (1 handicap accessible) & 2 cleanings | ||
| 6.00 | Stage manager laminates | ||
| 561.12 | Effigy lumber, metal strap, tarp, & delivery | ||
| 150.43 | 10 bed sheets for effigy sides | ||
| 288.77 | 25 Effigy Crews t-shirts | ||
| 707.75 | TV Guide Printing | ||
| 63.78 | Firestarter for the burn fireworks | ||
| 50.99 | Effigy generator gas | ||
| 577.96 | Trailer, ballhitch, & effigy generator rental | ||
| 116.71 | Rental truck gas | ||
| 510.72 | Pick-up truck rental | ||
| 150.00 | Damage to rental truck | ||
| 78.00 | Gas to pick up stranded InterRanger lead | ||
| 46.50 | Volunteer snacks and drinks | ||
| 842.00 | Event liability insurance | ||
| 11,565.00 | OA rental for 771 people at $15 each | ||
| 375.00 | OA rent for 75 infrastructure volunteers on Wed & Sunday nights at $5 each | ||
| 80.00 | Straw for camp road | ||
| 19,275.00 | Ticket Sales: 771 people at $25 each | ||
| $19,275.00 | $19,429.53 | ||
| Overview of Midwest Burners Fiscal Year 2007 Totals | |
| Total Revenue | $21,406.86 |
| Total Expenses | $21,017.67 |
| Assets | Total cash at end of period: $399.77 Total worth of assets including cash is: $2,822.07 |
| Total Liabilities | $0.00 |
| Total Net Assets | $2,822.07 |
| InterFuse 2007 Statement of Cash Flows | |||
| Cash in | Balance | Notes | |
| 206.38 | IF07 Ticket printing | ||
| 77.62 | Wristbands | ||
| 174.60 | Ticket shipping costs--stamps, envelopes, inserts | ||
| 787.00 | Special event liability insurance | ||
| 1,375.78 | 12 porta potties & two cleanings | ||
| 458.93 | Effigy building materials-rope, lumber, hardware-& delivery | ||
| 609.01 | InterRanger t-shirts printing | ||
| 591.28 | Paypal fee | ||
| 10,650.00 | Ozark Avalon rent for May 3-6--$15 each for 710 people | ||
| 195.00 | Ozark Avalon rent for May 2 work day---$5 each for 39 people | ||
| 23.18 | Printed materials--Map and stickers | ||
| 155.18 | Effigy generator rental | ||
| 39.31 | Misc expenses--kerosene & gate paint | ||
| 17,750.00 | Ticket Sales: 710 tickets at $25 each | ||
| $17,750.00 | $15,343.27 | $2,406.73 | |
| Overview of Midwest Burners Fiscal Year 2006 Totals | |
| Total Revenue | $10,508.30 |
| Total Expenses | $10,668.04 |
| Assets | Total cash at end of period: $10.58 Total worth of assets including cash is: $1,356.39 |
| Total Liabilities | $855.75 |
| Total Net Assets | $500.64 |
| InterFuse 2006 Statement of Cash Flows | ||||||
| Cash in | Balance | Notes | ||||
| 145.16 | InterFuse 2006 ticket printing | |||||
| 50.90 | Pantheon materials | |||||
| 131.75 | InterFuse 2006 ticket shipping expenses | |||||
| 37.22 | InterFuse 2006 wristbands | |||||
| 750.42 | InterFuse 2006 Porta Potties | |||||
| 420.00 | InterFuse 2006 Special Event Insurance | |||||
| 161.17 | InterFuse 2006 gate handout printing | |||||
| 4,860.00 | InterFuse 2006 rent | |||||
| 172.20 | InterFuse 2006 InterRanger t-shirts | |||||
| 90.00 | InterFuse 2006 Firewood | |||||
| 256.04 | Paypal fee for 439 tickets sold through Paypal (2.9% + 0.30 per transaction) | |||||
| 7,290.00 | 486 tickets sold at $15.00 a piece | |||||
| $7,290.00 | $7,074.86 | $215.14 | ||||
| InterFuse 2005 Statement of Cash Flows | |||
| Balance | Notes | ||
| 132.84 | Ticket Printing | ||
| 91.74 | Ticket Shipping costs | ||
| 197.91 | Main Effigy materials | ||
| 583.66 | 7 porta potties and cleanings | ||
| 5,745.00 | 383 InterFuse 2005 Tickets sold: 337 through PayPal, 46 through mail order | ||
| 197.79 | PayPal Transaction Fee 2.9% + 0.30 per transaction for 337 tickets sold through PayPal | ||
| 47.30 | 400 wristbands | ||
| 206.50 | Printed Materials: Gate Handouts and "FrankenMann Contributing Artists" poster | ||
| 400.00 | Special Event Liability Insurance Policy | ||
| 110.00 | 1 Cord of Wood for the Main Burn | ||
| 3,800.00 | Ozark Avalon camp fee: $5 per person per day at 383 people for 2 days (minus the ticket purchase of 2 extra OA folks) | ||
| $5,745.00 | $5,767.74 | $-22.74 | |
| InterFuse 2004 Statement of Cash Flows | |||
| Balance | Notes | ||
| 2,845.00 | 186 participants at $15 per person | ||
| 1,860.00 | Ozark Avalon camp fee: $5 per person, per day. OA hosted 186 participants for two days. | ||
| 43.01 | Front gate handout printing | ||
| 9.24 | Map printing | ||
| 656.61 | 9 porta potties and 1 cleaning | ||
| 110.00 | 1 cord wood for Main Burn | ||
| 89.97 | Main Effigy Materials | ||
| $2,845.00 | $2,768.83 | $76.17 | |
2004 Notes:
SOMEHOW we ended up with $55.00 extra (not a bad thing, but curious). 186 people times $15 is $2790.00, a smaller sum than what we got at the gate. We started re-charging people who wanted in/outs, so this may account for part of the extra money. However, $55 is not divisible by 15. Some folks were offering more than $15 as a donation to the community, so this may account for the odd sum. We decided that we needed to keep track of EVERY financial transaction for InterFuse 2005.
| Remaining 2004 Fundage Allocated by Consensus | |
| Money to help Juliet pay for her InterFuse front gate wristband donation | 21.17 |
| Money to help Hoopes pay for the OA tree gift | 5.00 |
| Grass Seed Fund to help us leave no trace at OA | 50.00 |
| Remaining Fundage | $0.00 |