Totals
- Total revenue
- $802,464
- Total expenses
- $714,665
- Contributions and grants received
- $545,047
- Grants paid
- $150,225
- Program service revenue
- $188,905
- Investment income
- $3,299
- Other revenue
- $65,213
- Total assets, end of year
- $473,680
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $29,449
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $444,231
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $529,468
- Management and general expenses
- $94,654
- Fundraising expenses
- $90,543
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $529,468
Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$39,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$506,047
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2a · Program service revenue: SOLO PROGRAM
total $96,180 · related or exempt $96,180
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2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL PROGRAMS
total $50,825 · related or exempt $50,825
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2c · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMP
total $41,900 · related or exempt $41,900
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3 · Investment income
total $3,299 · excluded $3,299
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$8,185
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $8,185 · excluded $8,185
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11a · Other revenue: SPONSORSHIPS
total $32,343 · related or exempt $32,343
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11b · Other revenue: OTHER
total $24,685 · related or exempt $24,685
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11e · Other revenue, total
$57,028
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $150,225 · program services $150,225
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $79,510 · program services $3,975 · management and general $39,755 · fundraising $35,780
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $153,284 · program services $126,727 · management and general $16,125 · fundraising $10,432
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $9,113 · program services $4,758 · management and general $3,597 · fundraising $758
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $17,727 · program services $13,447 · management and general $2,750 · fundraising $1,530
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,672 · management and general $27,672
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $300 · program services $300
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16 · Occupancy
total $50,927 · program services $50,569 · management and general $332 · fundraising $26
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17 · Travel
total $12,382 · program services $12,290 · management and general $42 · fundraising $50
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $157 · program services $157
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23 · Insurance
total $4,481 · program services $3,612 · management and general $869
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24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED SERVICES - TE
total $111,775 · program services $111,775
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24b · Other expenses: PURCHASED SERVICES - GR
total $23,415 · fundraising $23,415
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24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $22,025 · program services $6,531 · management and general $1,326 · fundraising $14,168
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24d · Other expenses: PROF SERVICES - PROGRAM
total $21,624 · program services $21,624
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24e · All other expenses
total $30,048 · program services $23,478 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $4,384
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $221,015 · end of year $438,817
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $80,380 · end of year $670
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $81,977 · end of year $34,089
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,096
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$992
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $261 · end of year $104
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $27,201 · end of year $29,449
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $356,432 · end of year $444,231
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
OUR VISION IS TO PROVIDE MUSIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO A WIDE VARIETY OF CHILDREN WHILE REMOVING ANY BARRIERS THAT CHILDREN MAY HAVE IN RECEIVING QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO TEACH, MENTOR, AND PROVIDE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH.
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SOUNDS ACADEMY IS A NON-PROFIT MUSIC EDUCATION ORGANIZATION THAT TEACHES, MENTORS, AND PROVIDES MUSICAL EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH. STUDENTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL LESSONS AND GROUP CLASSES ON ALL INSTRUMENTS AND VOICE. INSTRUMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD ONE. SOUNDS ACADEMY STUDENTS LEARN THE CHARACTER VALUES OF CREATIVITY, LEADERSHIP, PERSEVERANCE, RESILIENCE, AND TEAMWORK THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION. WE TEACH THESE VALUES IN OUR MUSICAL ACCESS PROGRAM, WHICH CONNECTS STUDENTS TO LIVE MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS THROUGH OUR INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOOS, OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR LOWER INCOME SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, OUR SOLO PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION, AND THE COLLECTIVE ENSEMBLES THAT TEACH MUSIC THEORY AND ENSEMBLE PLAYING TECHNIQUES.
Expenses $529,468 · Grants $150,225 · Revenue $245,933
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SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2014, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER 73,000 LESSONS AND CLASSES. OVER 25,000 STUDENTS HAVEBEEN EXPOSED TO LIVE MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS THROUGH OUR MUSICAL ACCESS PROGRAM. WE HAVE GIVEN OVER$500,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CAMPS, ANDCOLLEGE. TODAY WE HAVE OVER 400 STUDENTS IN OUR SOLO AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT RECEIVE INSTRUMENTSAND WEEKLY INSTRUCTION.
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Johnson KJOHNSON K
FOUNDER/CEO
- Total calculated
- $79,510
- From this org
- $79,510
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Fischer IFISCHER I
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Stoffle RSTOFFLE R
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Babic SBABIC S
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Halavais JHALAVAIS J
OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Tony BellTONY BELL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Devonte CummingsDEVONTE CUMMINGS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robert DonatROBERT DONAT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Heather EyermanHEATHER EYERMAN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jon FinchJON FINCH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Virginia JohnsonVIRGINIA JOHNSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Illya RiskeILLYA RISKE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Christy StrauchCHRISTY STRAUCH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 12 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511639349301806
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