From the Top Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

May 12, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$3,496,180

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

At the heart of from the tops mission is the belief that young people can make an important contribution to the world by sharing who they are and what they love to do. This mission is brought to life by preparing young musicians across the country to be instruments of change in their communities through multiple pathways. From the tops education and community outreach programs unleash the potential of young musicians as leaders in the arts - taking them out of the concert hall and into the community to provide powerful experiences with music to thousands of students, seniors, patients, and others across the country each year. These programs offer a range of opportunities for young musicians to explore their individual leadership pathways as 21st century musicians and use the transformative power of music to engage new audiences, as well as provide schoolchildren and others with access to live classical music and learning experiences that they otherwise would not have. As part of the national tour, show performers participate in an arts leadership workshop and outreach activities designed to develop young musicians leadership abilities, leverage the power of young artists to serve as positive role models, and serve local community needs for music education. During the workshop they discuss how artists and leaders effectively advocate for the arts, and discover their unique pathways and potential as arts leaders. In fy13, in conjunction with 15 of the 18 shows, from the top performers brought their music and energy beyond the concert hall leading outreach events at schools and community organizations to provide 1,000 students, seniors, and others with inspirational experiences with live classical music. These opportunities offer young musicians valuable training and experience to prepare them for multi-faceted careers in the arts and help inspire and build new audiences for classical music. Following their from the top experience, many performers go on to create and implement their own arts leadership projects in their home communities.in boston, from the tops center for the development of arts leaders (cdal boston) offers boston-area young musicians opportunities to be arts leaders and use their musical talents, passion, and commitment to give back to the community. Each year, from the top provides teen musicians with arts leadership training and teams them up with boston-area schools and non-profits to provide high-quality music and learning opportunities to students, seniors, patients, families, and others. In fy13, 23 teen arts leaders participated in the cdal boston program that included team building, mentoring, and applied community service projects. They donated more than 2,000 hours of community service benefitting 1,100 schoolchildren, patients, and elders in schools and community centers in the boston area: conservatory lab charter school in brighton; goddard house assisted living facility in brookline; james j. Chittick elementary school in mattapan in partnership with musiconnects; citizens schools at orchard gardens school in roxbury; and the leonard p. Zakim center for integrative therapies at dana farber cancer institute in boston.in addition, 6 million 2nd to 12th grade students learned about from the top performers in music textbooks and listened to their radio performances on companion cds in collaboration with macmillan/mcgraw hill publishers.

Activity 3

In addition to maintaining a strong presence on radio, from the top expanded its online content and established a presence on many major social media outlets, including facebook, twitter, and youtube, enabling increased engagement and participation of alumni, donors, and new audiences. From the tops website drew more than 300,000 visits and its social media community collectively reached nearly 10,000 fans and their extended social networks of more than two million people. Subscribers downloaded the from the top podcast more than 10,000 times.a popular feature of from the tops website is a complete radio archive of more than 275 show episodes, where streaming audio is accompanied by photographs, video clips, a backstage blog series hosted by radio show announcer joanne robinson, and written reflections from the performers.in addition, from the top has over 120 videos available on youtube and from the tops website featuring the performances, experiences, and stories of young classical musicians as they prepare and perform for live audiences across the country. The videos are designed to capture attention, entertain, and communicate to viewers how from the top performers are regular kids from a vast array of backgrounds who have achieved significant success in classical music through discipline, passion, and focus. They promote from the tops young performers as role models inspiring viewers of all ages to do their best and demonstrating the power of music to positively impact lives.2013 was a particularly successful year for from the top videos. Beatboxing bach, a unique, online video, which features a reinvention of bachs goldberg variations, has received more than 98,000 views since launching in november 2012, reaching more than 50,000 views in its first month. Another video of a 9-year-old violinist playing sarasate received a huge response when from the top shared it on facebook (over 74,000 views).

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EIN

04-3583756