Cleveland Pops Orchestra

“Prior to filing, the form 990 is presented to the finance/audit committee, finance staff, and the president/ceo director for review and approval. The board was then provided a copy prior to electronic filing.”

“Each year, board members and staff are asked to review the pops' conflict of interest policy and to complete a "disclosure of interest certificate". The certificate requests that the directors and staff, to the best of their knowledge and belief, disclose affiliations with organizations, or related parties of such organizations, that may potentially result in a conflict of interest. If a potential conflict of interest is identified, appropriate steps are taken both to assess the nature of the potential conflict and, subsequently, to ensure that the possibiity of an actual conflict is mitigated. Such mitigation may be achieved through the recusal or firewalling of the individual in question, thus ensuring that the conflict is managed and the letter and spirit of the conflicts policy is upheld. The governance committee is charged for monitoring the organization's conflict of interest policy.”

“The executive committee annually evaluates the performance of the president/ceo. Compensation is based on performance and compared to statistics published each year by the america orchestra league and also to comparison to her peers with similar orchestras in budget size and number of performances. The review is performed by independent persons and after deliberation, the decision is contemporaneously documented.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“The cleveland pops orchestra with carl topilow performs the highest quality symphonic pops music to entertain and enrich a wide and diverse audience and provides educational programs to develop an enduring appreciation of music, both enhancing the richness and vibrancy of northeast ohio living.”

“Accomplishments in 2019. Through your generosity, we achieved new heights, including: - over 50,000 people were able to attend our concerts. From severance hall, connor palace, and free outdoor concerts around our region, the pops connects people from all walks of life with the music of their lives. - over 100 professional musicians from northeast ohio were employed through the pops. - nationally acclaimed guest stars have wowed audiences, bringing you the music you love from broadway, the movies, jazz, and light classics. - school children learned movement, voice, and how to play music through our actual music program in schools throughout the region, thereby giving the next generation the beginning of a lifelong appreciation of the arts. - our jean l. Petitt scholarship award for high school students provided young artists performance opportunities with the cleveland pops orchestra and resources towards continuing their education. - youth ensembles, including the contemporary youth orchestra, performed with our professional musicians. The cleveland pops orchestra performed 7 concerts with an approximate attendance of 15,000. Also, 7 run-out concerts were performed, sponsored by local corporations, municipalities, schools and nonprofit entities with an approximate attendance of 35,000.”

“Educational programming includes: actual music - actual music is an education program designed to engage children in the wonderful world of music and dance. "actual music" provides education, participation, listening and visual excitement to the young student. The program also provides teachers with the tools to continue the program in their classrooms. The "actual music" program is based on the academic content standards set by the ohio department of education. The cleveland pops youth orchestra- the renowned cleveland pops orchestra, in collaboration with the music settlement, has established the cleveland pops youth orchestra to nurture and train young musicians to reach their full potential while promoting critical thinking, self-confidence, and leadership skills through music. Under the baton of conductor carl topilow, youth orchestra members explore the music of broadway, hollywood, jazz, light classics, and popular songs. The cleveland pops youth orchestra musicians receive coaching from members of the cleveland pops orchestra and teachers from the music settlement. Musicians will also perform two different programs, plus side by side with the renowned cleveland pops orchestra at their holiday concert”