Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$352,679

Total expenses

$296,451

Contributions and grants received

$236,645

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$112,240

Investment income

$661

Other revenue

$3,133

Total assets, end of year

$418,795

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,690

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$412,105

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$283,258

Management and general expenses

$13,193

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$283,258

Program services were 95.5% 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

• Peer mentoring program: Production of method training materials (music, books, and other teaching materials) for teachers and students in the United Sound program. We currently have method books available for flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, mallet percussion, rhythmic percussion, violin, viola, and cello with a guitar curriculum in the testing stages. The curriculum was created with research-based principles in mind. Using colors and foods, the abstract concepts of music (rhythm and pitch) are transformed into concrete steps. The method books include flash cards and other materials useful in helping New Musicians be successful on their chosen instrument. For example, the flute book would include textured stickers that can be placed on a New Musician's instrument to help them feel as well as see the hand position for each note. The Peer Mentors use these method books, along with the training they receive to create a modified, individualized plan for each New Musician. For the 22-23 academic year, 608 New Musicians (students with disabilities and special needs) and 1421 Peer Mentors (general education band and orchestra students) participated in United Sound. Training 1600 volunteers, teachers, students, and aides from participating United Sound schools who donated more than 48,000 hours during the fiscal year for the United Sound program. This training includes the production of training videos that are made available to teachers and students and conference calls with schools to discuss not only the implementation of a United Sound chapter but also on-going support as needed. In addition, our founder and executive director travels to various programs throughout the country to offer support and training. For the 22-23 school year, United Sound had 88 peer mentoring programs throughout the United States. In addition to this, we also give New Musicians and Peer Mentors the opportunity to perform together at local and national events and conferences/conventions.

  Expenses $180,749 · Revenue $77,001

• Composer project - we worked to form strategic alliances with teachers, students, and composers. For teachers, we are working on making the process of finding and obtaining diverse new music easier. For students, we are working on increasing access and opportunity, enabling more young people to play more diverse music at much younger ages. For composers, we are building structure to support the writing and distribution process.

  Expenses $55,971 · Revenue $37,864

• Play with US Program: this program was created as we navigated the "new normal" during the pandemic. Even though our peer mentoring programs couldn't meet in person, our focus still remained on students with disabilities and by extension their teachers and parents. The Play with US program brings the music class directly into self-contained special education classrooms by partnering with schools across the country to provide weekly interactive videoconference music classes (synchronous and asynchronous options were and still are available each week). At the junior high and high school levels, general music is typically not an option and electives were being cancelled and postponed. Play with US enables special education teachers who are teaching in person or virtually to participate with their students in an active music-making class that utilizes the existing United Sound curriculum and foundations. In addition to weekly music classes, instrument kits were provided to all participants and their teachers truly making this an interactive and fun class for all. For the 22-23 academic year, we had 45 classrooms/teachers participating in Play with US and were able to bring the joy of music into the lives of over 450 special education students

  Expenses $31,017 · Revenue $36,925

• In 2022, United Sound merged with another 501(c)(3) public charity, Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble Association, a community ensemble based in Tempe, Arizona. the conductor of the Tempe Winds retired and this merger allowed this ensemble to continue to exist and also benefited United Sound's composer project.

  Expenses $15,521 · Revenue $8,000

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

16 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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