What the amendment changed
Compared with the return it replaced , filed 5 June 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
- Total revenue
- $2,164,278 changed to $1,939,278
- Contributions and grants received
- $408,273 changed to $408,323
- Program service revenue
- $1,363,606 changed to $1,228,606
- Investment income
- $19,121 changed to $21,131
- Other revenue
- $373,278 changed to $281,218
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,939,278
- Total expenses
- $2,117,472
- Contributions and grants received
- $408,323
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,228,606
- Investment income
- $21,131
- Other revenue
- $281,218
- Total assets, end of year
- $946,841
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $209,251
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $737,590
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,637,399
- Management and general expenses
- $339,662
- Fundraising expenses
- $140,411
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,637,399
Program services were 77.3% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$31,776
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$376,547
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition Revenue
total $1,097,929 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Service Revenue
total $118,360 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue: Merchandsse
total $12,317 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $21,131 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $3,965
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $3,965
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $3,965 · related or exempt $3,965
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$31,776
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11d · All other revenue
total $277,253 · related or exempt $277,253 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$277,253
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $110,207 · program services $5,510 · management and general $55,104 · fundraising $49,593
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,226,822 · program services $1,107,097 · management and general $73,226 · fundraising $46,499
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11a · Fees: management
total $62,618 · program services $282 · management and general $53,040 · fundraising $9,296
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11b · Fees: legal
total $20 · program services $0 · management and general $20 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,319 · program services $0 · management and general $15,319 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $30,778 · program services $30,778 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $20,150 · program services $0 · management and general $20,150 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $7,144 · program services $0 · management and general $7,144 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $274,052 · program services $219,242 · management and general $54,810 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $7,975 · program services $0 · management and general $7,975 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $35,099 · program services $0 · management and general $76 · fundraising $35,023
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $66,217 · program services $57,318 · management and general $8,899 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $35,023 · program services $0 · management and general $35,023 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES
total $8,876 · program services $0 · management and general $8,876 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Music Equipment
total $173,495 · program services $173,495 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES
total $43,677 · program services $43,677 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $100,878 · end of year $570,970
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $431,996 · end of year $11,112
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $27,882 · end of year $32,367
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,968 · end of year $2,400
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$591,779
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$261,787
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $367,725 · end of year $329,992
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $24,050 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,660 · end of year $3,441
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $105,480 · end of year $144,329
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $76,713 · end of year $61,481
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $726,544 · end of year $696,620
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $46,102 · end of year $40,970
Mission and programs · 2024
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.
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MUSIC PROGRAM: PRIVATE LESSONS, GROUP ADULT, LITTLE BEARS Adult Programs - Most of the Organizations 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. In 2024, 407 Adults particpated in 11-week group classes Private Music Lessons in 2024 were offered to 466 adults and 231 youth taking guitar, piano, ukuklel, bass, drums and DJ-ing lessons. In 2024, 606 toddlers & their parents were served in Little Bear classes in parks and schools
Expenses $817,714 · Revenue $891,908
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WORKSHOP PROGRAMS: BAND WORKSHOPS, ALL STAR BANDS, SUMMER CAMPS Summer camps in 2023 had 55 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. All Star Bands in the fall of 2024 expanded to 46 youth in 10 differnent bands. 134 adult musicians rehearsed and performed in 39 different bands in 2024
Expenses $212,925 · Revenue $189,694
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OTHER PROGRAMS: Fees for Service Blue Bear music enrichment pgorams served over 400 youths in 2024 in the San Francisco area.
Expenses $606,760 · Revenue $133,335
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Steve Savage PhDSTEVE SAVAGE PHD
PRESIDENT & Exedutive Director
- Total calculated
- $110,207
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $110,207
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Ariel Sutro
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tracy Hawkins
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nicole Yarbrough
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wyeth Coulter
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shawn Bennett
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bonnie Hayes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter Logan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Keiko McKibben
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Murdock
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heather Nodelman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom O'Connell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim Peterson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janak Ramachandran
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jake Randall
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Renee Richardson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jay Shah
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard Strauss
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paul Winston
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513189349315036
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