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← BLUE BEAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE BEAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,460,130
Total expenses
$1,798,861
Contributions and grants received
$231,395
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,058,732
Investment income
$31,488
Other revenue
$138,515
Total assets, end of year
$961,499
Total liabilities, end of year
$188,853
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$772,646
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,206,718
Management and general expenses
$467,694
Fundraising expenses
$124,449
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,206,718

Program services were 67.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $231,395

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION REVENUE

    total $920,867 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE REVENUE

    total $118,566 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE

    total $13,230 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FACILITIES RENTAL INCOME

    total $6,069 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,488 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $31,488

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $103,758

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $103,758

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $103,758 · related or exempt $83,006 · unrelated business $20,752

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $40,861

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $20,154

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $20,707 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $20,707

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $14,050 · related or exempt $14,050 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,050

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $106,497 · program services $78,942 · management and general $19,249 · fundraising $8,306

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $952,320 · program services $705,915 · management and general $172,129 · fundraising $74,276

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,606 · program services $32,323 · management and general $7,882 · fundraising $3,401

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,043 · program services $66,745 · management and general $16,275 · fundraising $7,023

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $103,991 · program services $3,037 · management and general $84,453 · fundraising $16,501

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,975 · program services $22,975 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $153,627 · program services $105,788 · management and general $47,839 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,458 · program services $0 · management and general $15,458 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $144,344 · program services $115,475 · management and general $28,869 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,506 · program services $0 · management and general $9,506 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,133 · program services $21,706 · management and general $5,427 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,949 · program services $0 · management and general $22,949 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $37,658 · program services $0 · management and general $37,658 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $38,262 · program services $38,262 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $14,942 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $14,942

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,050 · program services $14,050 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $101,716 · end of year $100,878

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $815,281 · end of year $431,996

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $63,985 · end of year $27,882

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,165 · end of year $8,968

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $585,016

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $217,291

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,515 · end of year $367,725

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $158,807 · end of year $24,050

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,632 · end of year $6,660

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $91,406 · end of year $105,480

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $236,354 · end of year $76,713

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $707,872 · end of year $726,544

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $167,205 · end of year $46,102

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BLUE BEAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC NONPROFIT MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE POPULAR MUSIC EDUCATION TO ASPIRING MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS WITHIN A SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY.

  • MUSIC PROGRAM: PRIVATE LESSONS, GROUP ADULT, LITTLE BEARS, AFTER SCHOOL Adult Programs - Most of the Corporation's group course students are adults with day jobs, people who want to have music be part of their lives but who are not planning to become professional musicians. 286 Adults particpated in 11-week group classes in 2023. Private Music Lessons in 2023 were offered to 444 adults and 187 youth taking guitar, piano, ukuklel, bass, drums and DJ-ing lessons.

    Expenses $751,594 · Revenue $734,421

  • WORKSHOP PROGRAMS: BAND WORKSHOPS, ALL STAR BANDS, SUMMER CAMPS Summer camps in 2023 had 38 youths enrolled in week-long music day camps during the summer. Kids can be enrolled in Blue Bears week-long music day camps which run Monday through Friday and include a special performance on Friday ending. The camp curriculum was designed by renowned educator and artist Bonnie Hayes. Adult band workshops had 33 young musicians rehearsed and performed in 7 bands. In 2023, 488 todlers and their parents were servced in parks and schools.

    Expenses $197,733 · Revenue $187,422

  • OTHER PROGRAMS: Blue Bear music enrichment pgorams served over 400 youths in 2023 in the San Francisco area.

    Expenses $257,391 · Revenue $172,241

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Savage PhD

    PRESIDENT & ED

    Total calculated
    $76,648
    From this org
    $76,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Janak Ramachandran

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,091
    From this org
    $18,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Bonnie Hayes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $14,442
    From this org
    $14,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tom Oconnell

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ariel Sutro

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wyeth Coulter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Claire Cochran

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Yarbrough

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Hawkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Murdock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Peterson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Richardson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Shah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Strauss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Winston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jake Randall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202441789349301414

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