2024-12-09T18:03:55-07:00 2024-07-31 990 2023-08-01 471534338 UNITED SOUND INC UNIT 4804424864 1136 E Harmony Suite 201 Mesa AZ 85204 Allison Hall Treasurer 4804424864 2024-12-15 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Julie Duty 1136 E Harmony Suite 201 Mesa AZ 85204 419122 0 X www.unitedsound.org X 2014 AZ United Sound's mission is to remove barriers and foster social change through music. Our goal is to support musicians and educators to use music as a vehicle for transformative change. Working with peer mentors, teaching artists, specialists, therapists, educators, composers, performers, and industry professionals, United Sound provides training, support, organizational resources, and curriculum that leverage individual strengths to create equitable opportunities and outcomes for all. 5 5 4 1800 0 0 236645 268707 112240 142626 661 7789 3133 0 352679 419122 0 0 0 0 176194 268366 0 0 0 120257 111508 296451 379874 56228 39248 418795 455931 6690 4552 412105 451379 United Sound's mission is to remove barriers and foster social change through music. Our goal is to support musicians and educators to use music as a vehicle for transformative change. Working with peer mentors, teaching artists, specialists, therapists, educators, composers, performers, and industry professionals, United Sound provides training, support, organizational resources, and curriculum that leverage individual strengths to create equitable opportunities and outcomes for all. Through our own experiences, we know that the joy of learning and performing music is life-changing. We believe that all children should have access to meaningful and authentic music education and musical performance experiences. 0 0 295720 107961 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, cello, and guitar. 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 23-24 academic year, 645 New Musicians (students with disabilities and special needs) and 1572 Peer Mentors (general education band and orchestra students) participated in United Sound. Training 1800 volunteers, teachers, students, and aides from participating United Sound schools who donated more than 54,000 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 23-24 school year, United Sound had 92 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. 31219 32663 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. 38816 34665 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. At the junior high and high school levels, general music is typically not an option and electives are being cancelled. Play with US enables special education teachers 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 23-24 academic year, we had 37 classrooms/teachers participating in Play with US and were able to bring the joy of music into the lives of over 370 special education students. 451 761 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. 451 0 761 366206 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AZ X Dorean White 4804424864 1136 E Harmony Suite 201 Mesa AZ 85204 Julie Duty Executive Director 60 0 X 78938 0 0 Mark Young Chairman 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Kelli Archibald Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Allison Hall Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Jamal Duncan Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Luis Vidal Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 78938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52500 216207 268707 Participation Fees (Peer Mentoring Program) 624120 107961 107961 0 0 Participation Fees (Play with US Program) 624120 34665 34665 0 0 142626 7789 7789 0 0 0 0 0 419122 142626 0 7789 90750 90750 158938 150938 8000 18678 18127 551 4321 4321 3626 3626 13178 13017 161 10277 10277 15631 15631 3611 2649 962 3751 3751 Curriculum and other program related expenses 53963 53963 0 Bank Fees 2455 2356 99 State registrations 100 100 0 Miscellaneous 595 451 144 379874 366206 13668 0 418795 455931 418795 455931 1236 630 5454 3922 6690 4552 X 0 0 0 0 412105 451379 412105 451379 418795 455931 39248 26 X 0 0 0 X 334780 231116 306597 354729 411334 1638556 334780 231116 306597 354729 411334 1638556 57750 47500 75150 100000 62500 342900 10000 10000 57750 47500 75150 110000 62500 352900 1285656 140241 662 661 7789 149353 0 140241 662 661 7789 149353 334780 371357 307259 355390 419123 1787909 0.71908 0.68900 0.08354 0.08816 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Payroll Tax Payable 3922 3922 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft copy of the complete 990 is emailed to all board members 2 weeks prior to a board meeting. During those 2 weeks, board members have time to review the 990 for accuracy. All suggestions and questions are communicated to the Director of Operations and changes are made to the 990 based on that feedback. After all changes have been made, the board approves the final 990 at the November or December board meeting. An outside CPA with nonprofit experience reviews the 990 prior to filing, Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members review and complete conflict of interest survey annually and discuss and resolve any conflicts at subsequent board meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation of Executive Director is reviewed by independent board members for comparability and reasonableness and is approved by vote of the board at a board meeting. The discussion and approval is documented in the board minutes. No compensation was paid to board members, only to the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes its 990s available online at: https://www.unitedsound.org/impact. Copies of governing documents (IRS determination letter, by-laws, articles of incorporation) can be requested by contacting United Sound at the address on the 1st page of the 990.