Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,780,501

Total expenses

$1,821,383

Contributions and grants received

$1,773,485

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$2,911

Investment income

$52

Other revenue

$4,053

Total assets, end of year

$1,287,593

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,181,396

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$106,197

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,626,799

Management and general expenses

$194,584

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,626,799

Program services were 89.3% 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 · 2024

• FOUND SOUND NATION PARTNERS WITH LOCAL YOUTH, SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, MUSIC FESTIVALS, AND ARTISTS ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES TO ENGAGE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN OUR INTERACTIVE PROCESS OF COLLABORATIVE MUSIC, AUDIO, AND VIDEO PRODUCTION, IN ORDER TO GIVE VOICE TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, UNLOCK THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH, AND BRIDGE CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DIVIDES.FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROGRAM ACTIVITES INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:GLOBAL EXCHANGES: ONEBEATFOUND SOUND NATION IMPLEMENTED ONEBEAT 14, CONVENING 25 INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS AND CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS FOR A COLLABORATIVE EXCHANGE FOCUSED ON CO-CREATION, CULTURAL DIALOGUE, AND PUBLIC-FACING ARTISTIC WORK. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTED PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPING NEW MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS, STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, AND ENGAGING AUDIENCES IN THE U.S. THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, AND RELATED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. PROGRAM DATES: SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 14, 2024, WITH PRE-PLANNING AND POST-PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BEFORE AND AFTER THE PROGRAM DATES. LOCATION & AUDIENCES: RESIDENCY PROGRAM TOOK PLACE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE, SERVING AUDIENCES AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE LOCATIONS. WITH OVER 5,000 CANDIDATES REGISTERING APPLICATIONS TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM, THE SELECTED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, FELLOWS, CAME FROM 17 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE, INCLUDING THE U.S.THE ORGANIZATION ALSO IMPLEMENTED ONEBEAT TAIWAN, CONVENING 12 MUSICIANS AND CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS FROM TAIWAN, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES FOR A TWO-WEEK COLLABORATIVE EXCHANGE FOCUSED ON ARTISTIC COLLABORATION, CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, ARTS EDUCATION, AND LOCAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. PROGRAM DATES: SEPTEMBER 1 - 16, 2024, WITH PRE-PLANNING AND POST-PRODUCTION SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE AND AFTER THE PROGRAM DATES. LOCATION & AUDIENCES: RESIDENCY PROGRAM TOOK PLACE IN HUALIEN, ON THE EAST COAST OF TAIWAN, SERVING AUDIENCES AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS IN THAT REGION. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS CAME FROM ACROSS TAIWAN, THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND THE U.S.IN ADDITION, FOUND SOUND NATION UNDERTOOK PLANNING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR ONEBEAT 15, A MILESTONE INITIATIVE MARKING THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF ONEBEAT. FY25 WORK INCLUDED PROGRAM DESIGN, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ARTIST ENGAGEMENT, RESOURCE PLANNING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND PREPARATION FOR FUTURE PROGRAM DELIVERY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO BEGAN PLANNING THE ONEBEAT SUMMIT, SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 2025, AS A CONVENING OF ARTISTS, CULTURAL LEADERS, PARTNERS, AND COLLABORATORS TO REFLECT ON ONEBEAT'S HISTORY AND EXPLORE FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EXCHANGE. DURING FY25, SUDDEN TERMINATION OF FEDERAL/PASS-THROUGH FUNDING AFFECTED THE TIMING AND SCOPE OF ONEBEAT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES. FOUND SOUND NATION ADJUSTED PROGRAM DELIVERY, MAINTAINED PARTICIPANT SUPPORT WHERE POSSIBLE, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION THROUGH ALTERNATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, LOCALLY BASED PROGRAMMING, AND ONGOING ARTIST ENGAGEMENT.MUSIC & CONFLICT: SOUND BRIDGEFOUND SOUND NATION COMPLETED SOUND BRIDGE, A CROSS-BORDER MUSIC COLLABORATION BRINGING TOGETHER ARTISTS FROM GEORGIA, ARMENIA, AND TURKEY. THE PROJECT TOOK PLACE IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA IN THE SUMMERS OF 2023 AND 2024, BRINGING TOGETHER A TOTAL OF 24 MUSICIANS FROM GEORGIA, TURKEY AND ARMENIA TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL COLLABORATIVE WORK THROUGH FACILITATED MUSIC-MAKING, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND SHARED CREATIVE PRACTICE.DURING FY25, THE ORGANIZATION FINALIZED PROJECT ACTIVITIES, SUPPORTED PARTICIPATING ARTISTS, COMPLETED PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT MATERIALS, AND SHARED RESULTING WORK WITH AUDIENCES AND PARTNERS. SOUND BRIDGE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS FROM THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND NEIGHBORING REGIONS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS BORDERS, DEVELOP NEW WORK TOGETHER, AND CONTRIBUTE TO DIALOGUE THROUGH MUSIC.GLOBAL EXCHANGE & MENTORSHIP: AMERICAN MUSIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAMFOUND SOUND NATION BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (AMMP), AN INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR 20 MUSIC-INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM KENYA, NIGERIA, BRAZIL, AND SAUDI ARABIA. FY25 ACTIVITIES INCLUDED PROGRAM DESIGN, PARTNER COORDINATION, PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, MENTOR ENGAGEMENT, AND PLANNING FOR THE PROGRAM'S IN-PERSON RESIDENCY AND VIRTUAL MENTORSHIP COMPONENTS. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, BUILD PRACTICAL INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE, AND SUPPORT LONGER-TERM COLLABORATION ACROSS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ECOSYSTEMS.OTHER PROGRAMS CONSISTED OF SMALL, DISCRETE COLLABORATIVE MUSIC AND PUBLIC-ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE FSN'S MAJOR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PARTNER-LED CONVENINGS, DISCUSSION-BASED PROGRAMMING, AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURAL PROJECTS. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE SUPPORTED PRIMARILY THROUGH DIRECT PROJECT AND CONTRACTED COSTS.

  Expenses $1,626,799 · Revenue $2,911

As filed on the 2024 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

2024

Filed

13 July 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611949349301526

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