Weathervane Music Organization

“Other revenue 2,406 total 2,406”

“Expenses 419 614 information technology 6,080 1,142 insurance 3,236 supplies 547 bank charges 1,777 distrbution expenses 1,174 other taxes 100 merchandise 90 total 15,179”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 12,544 14,959”

“Recording program this includes program activities previously reported separately as "shaking through", "open sessions", "recording workshops", and "edu program". The open sessions series is weathervane's newest experiment in non-profit music production and story telling created and launched in the fiscal year 2024. Each open session is a real recording session with an exciting new artist, held in front of a small audience. We capture video during the recording session to tell the artist's story and show the various stages and techniques of the recording process. Later, we release the music to our audience through digital channels (youtube, spotify, apple music, facebook, instagram, and tiktok), and like all weathervane recording programs, we share the multitracks from the recordings with donors and supporting members around the world. They can download the high-quality production materials, remix them, and share their work back with the community on the weathervane website. In its inaugural year, weathervane produced open sessions with five philadelphia area artists: those looks, type a minus, a country western, and ruth in the bardo, along with asheville, nc artist rachel angel. All but rachel angel's music was released to the public in the same year. (angel's music would be released in the following year.) in addition, weathervane has continued to maintain its larger catalog of multitracks, making the recorded materials available to that same supporting member base dotted throughout the world. The recordings themselves were originally produced over the past 15 years for our previous shaking through series, recording workshops and other recording programs. Our "edu" line has continued, distributing educational materials for instructors and their students learning the art and science of recording music. Through this, weathervane takes an active voice in determining how the recording arts and sciences are taught in the modern day.”

“Consulting program since 2023, weathervane has provided consulting and fiscal sponsorship for small nonprofits outside of the philadelphia region. This project was largely inspired by the hundreds of correspondences we had over years (but particularly during the pandemic) with people hoping to unite their own creative work with community-focused projects where they live and work. In 2024, weathervane provided consulting and fiscal sponsorship for "lamplight avl", an artist residency program based in asheville, north carolina. Lamplight was interested in developing a business plan and securing their own 501(c)(3) status with the irs. Weathervane met with lamplight every two weeks for a year, working through several iterations of project ideas, organizational branding, etc. The project ended shortly after the 2025 fiscal year began, when lamplight received its nonprofit status, only weeks before hurricane helene wreaked havoc on their community. Since that time, lamplight has made artist recovery from that devastating event the focus of their work. Also in 2024, we worked with "bring your song", a songwriting nonprofit organization based in akron, ohio. Bys was originally inspired by weathervane's work, and had recently been awarded 501(c)(3) status after working informally in their community for 11 years. Bys hired weathervane to help them develop their business plan after having received a planning grant from the ohio arts council. The project met every other week over a 4 month period ending in july 2024.”