Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,085,930

Total expenses

$2,024,561

Contributions and grants received

$1,489,909

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$62,978

Investment income

$1,311

Other revenue

$531,732

Total assets, end of year

$902,631

Total liabilities, end of year

$167,114

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$735,517

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,672,812

Management and general expenses

$287,028

Fundraising expenses

$64,721

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,672,812

Program services were 82.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE PROVIDED PROGRAMS FOR 3,812 STUDENTS AGES 9-18 IN 35 SCHOOLS ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INCLUDING: YOUNG MENS PREP ACADEMY, JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH; CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH; MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, NORTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH, MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH, MIAMI EDISON SENIOR HIGH, MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH, NAUTILUS MIDDLE, FIENBERG FISHER K-8, NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY; NORTH GLADE ELEMENTARY, LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY, BEACON COLLEGE PREP, SKYWAY ELEMENTARY, BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY, BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY, EARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, OLINDA ELEMENTARY, KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY, MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY, NORTH GLADE ELEMENTARY, CITRUS GROVE K-8, NORTH COUNTY K-8, MYRTLE GROVE K-8, WEST LITTLE RIVER K-8, LEISURE CITY K-8, BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE, THE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI, SOUTH DADE MIDDLE, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE, MADISON MIDDLE, CAROL CITY MIDDLE, AND THE YMU STUDIO IN ALLAPATTAH ACTIVITIES: INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND PARTICIPATION IN ENSEMBLES DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL (DRUMLINE, MUSIC TECH, BEGINNING BAND, JAZZ/ROCK ENSEMBLES, STRINGS, MODERN BAND, SONGWRITING, BEATMAKING, RECORDING). WITH AN EXPANDED PRESENCE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, YMU WAS ABLE TO IMPACT 3,812 STUDENTS THROUGH ENGAGING THEM WITH HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION. IN 2022-23, YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE (YMU) OFFERED COURSES IN JAZZ BANDS, ROCK ENSEMBLES, MUSIC PRODUCTION, MODERN BAND, BEGINNING BAND, ORCHESTRAL STRINGS, DRUMLINE, PITCH & RHYTHM, SOUND ENGINEER, AND SONGWRITING AND BEAT MAKING, MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, AWAKENING THEIR NATURAL DESIRE TO LEARN AND MASTER THE MUSIC THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED IN. WE PROVIDED 3 PILLARS OF YMU PROGRAMS AND INSTRUMENTS AT NO COST TO STUDENTS, INCLUDING: 1. IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS: DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION WHERE IT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT EXIST, OUR PROGRAMS WERE EMBEDDED IN OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS CURRICULA AND DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS OF ALL LEVELS, GENRES, AND ABILITIES SUCCEED. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WHICHEVER SCHOOL THEY HAPPEN TO ATTEND, AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE GRADES, EACH OF THEM HAD ACCESS TO CONTINUAL MUSIC EDUCATION FROM GRADES 5-12 THROUGH 87 90-MINUTE CLASSES (2-3 DAYS/WEEK) DURING THE YEAR. THIS INCLUDES: - STEAM: YMU UNIQUELY USES ART AS A PLATFORM TO ENTICE STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH SUBJECTS THAT ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GRASP, SUCH AS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEAM). YMUS 5.0 STEAM LESSON PLANS, DESIGNED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MDCPS, ARE ACCESSIBLE, RELATABLE, AND REWARDING FOR STUDENTS. LESSONS EXPLORE A CORE CONCEPT THROUGH ALL 5 ASPECTS OF STEAM TO ENSURE THE CONTENT STICKS ACROSS MULTIPLE STYLES OF LEARNING, E.G. DISCOVERING SOUND WAVES AND DESIGNING, BUILDING, TESTING AN ACOUSTIC AMPLIFIER, AND PLOTTING DATA POINTS AS PART OF THEIR RESULTS. LESSONS TAKE PLACE 4X/YEAR WITH STUDENTS GRADES 6-8. 2. AFTER-SCHOOL ENSEMBLES + MEDIA ARTS: SUPPLEMENTING IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND HOUSED IN OUR PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY YMU STUDIO, AFTER-SCHOOL ENSEMBLES AND MEDIA ARTS PROGRAMS ENABLED HIGHLY MOTIVATED STUDENTS TO FURTHER DEVELOP VALUABLE MUSICAL AND EXTRA-MUSICAL SKILLS AND TALENTS TO MONETIZE VIA CAREERS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS ADVANCED PERFORMING ENSEMBLES, GRAPHIC DESIGN, BOOKING, BAND MANAGEMENT, STAGE CREW, LIGHTING, LIVE SOUND, RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHY, STAGE PRODUCTION, AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING IN OUR PROFESSIONAL MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO. OUR AFTER- SCHOOL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR PROGRAM FOR 11 YEARS, PROVIDING ACCESS AND INTENSIVE PROGRAMMING TO STUDENTS THAT EXCEL IN MUSIC AND WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. STUDENTS WORKED ALONGSIDE OUR PERFORMING ENSEMBLES AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SHOWCASES, SUPPORTING OVER 150 PERFORMANCES IN 2023-24. 3. PERFORMANCES: YMU STUDENTS, PRIMARILY THE ADVANCED ENSEMBLES, EACH PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST 3 LIVE PERFORMANCES IN 2022-23 TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS TO AN AUDIENCE OF CLASSMATES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FACULTY AND STAFF. THEY ALSO PERFORMED IN A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES THAT INCLUDED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. YOUTH WORKED TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE SETTING AS THEY LEARNED TO PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENT, READ MUSIC, AND GAIN REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE THROUGH GROUP PERFORMANCES. YMUS IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION WHERE IT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT EXIST, WHEREAS AFTER-SCHOOL PERFORMING ENSEMBLES & MEDIA ARTS PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE EMPLOYABLE OR ELIGIBLE FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

  Expenses $1,672,812 · Revenue $62,978

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

10 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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