Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,913,188

Total expenses

$1,437,237

Contributions and grants received

$2,229,264

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$667,054

Investment income

$26,219

Other revenue

-$9,349

Total assets, end of year

$2,183,244

Total liabilities, end of year

$86,713

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,096,531

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,110,671

Management and general expenses

$151,604

Fundraising expenses

$174,962

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,110,671

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS (SW:S) DELIVERS 3-DAY WEEKEND RETREATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND 2-DAY GROUP WORKSHOPS (WARRIOR PATHH) FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AT NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS. IN 2024, 247 NEW SONGS WERE WRITTEN IN ELEVEN SW:S IN PERSON RETREATS SERVING 126 VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, 137 SW:S COLLABORATIVE SONGWRITING SESSIONS IN PERSON FOR WARRIOR PATHH IN 21 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SERVING MORE THAN 1000 VETERANS. IN 2024, RETREAT SONGS WERE ALSO SHARED THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES AT 8 OUTREACH CONCERTS WITH THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION GOLD STAR SPOUSE AT THE BLUEBIRD, ABE'S GARDEN (A MEMORY CARE FACILITY), VETERANS DAY CONCERT IN CHARLESTON, SC, PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT THEATER (NY), LUCKENBACH, TX, CHIEFS ON BROADWAY (TN), EODWF GALA (FL), DEFENSE MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE (DMC) (TX). IN ADDITION 7 SONGS WERE RECORDED WITH A FULL BAND PRODUCTION FOR WIDER SHARING OF THE SONGS AND STORIES FOR OUR MUSIC PROGRAM.SW:S USES COLLABORATIVE SONGWRITING TO BUILD CREATIVITY. THROUGH THEIR SONGS AND RETREAT ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPANTS REDISCOVER THEIR CREATIVITY AND RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITIES. WHEN NOT WRITING SONGS, PARTICIPANTS TAKE WORKSHOPS IN CREATIVE WRITING, STRENGTHS SPOTTING, MINDFULNESS PRACTICES, AND MORE TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION; CONNECTIONS. WE FOSTER CONTINUED CONNECTIONS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS COMMUNITY THROUGH POST-RETREAT ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND IN-PERSON EVENTS; RETREAT PARTICIPANTS ACQUIRE USEFUL TOOLS FOR FINDING HOPE, SOURCES OF MEANING, POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH. SEVERAL SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS ALUMNI HAVE TRAINED AS PEER SUPPORT FOR OUR RETREATS AND EVENTS. WEEKEND PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED BOOK THAT INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE RETREAT, SONG LYRICS, AS WELL AS RECORDINGS OF SONGS AND PERFORMANCES. RETREAT SONGS ARE ALSO SHARED THROUGH CDS, CONCERTS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN ORDER TO BETTER CONNECT THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES, AND BUILD AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY OUR RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. RESULTS FROM THE SW:S LONG-TERM SURVEY OF PARTICIPANTS: 77% REPORT INCREASED FEELINGS OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM; 83% REPORT INCREASED CREATIVE PURSUITS; 78% REPORT INCREASED CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS; 100% WOULD RECOMMEND SW:S TO OTHER PARTICIPANTS. SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS IS CONSIDERED A GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM BY RESEARCHERS. OUR PROGRAM CAN HELP INFORM THE SCIENCE AND FIELD BUILDING IN THE AREA OF WELLNESS AND MUSIC RESEARCH. WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP STUDIES FOCUSED ON HOW COLLABORATIVE SONGWRITING AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONS CAN AFFECT PTS (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS) AND OVERALL VETERAN WELLNESS.SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS IS THE DBA FOR SONGWRITINGWITH: INC. UNDER SONGWRITINGWITH: THE ORGANIZATION HAS PILOTED AND RECEIVED DEDICATED FUNDING FOR OTHER POPULATIONS INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS, COMBAT PHOTOJOURNALISTS AND INNOCENCE PROJECT EXONEREES.

  Expenses $1,110,671 · Revenue $667,054

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

24 June 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202521909349300022

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