Music for Seniors

“The organization used the services of edmondson, betzler and dame, pllc to prepare the form 990 which is approved by the executive director and presented to the board of directors.”

“All board members review and sign the organization's conflict of interest policy on a yearly basis.”

“The organization's board of directors reviews and approves compensation paid to the executive director. The executive director approves compensation paid to other salaried and contract staff, which is then approved by the board during the annual budgeting process. Compensation levels are comparable to those released by memphis accounting firm watkins uiberall in its tennessee compensation survey conducted every 18 months. The survey incorporates data collected from four major cities in tennessee and includes compensation levels for a number of nonprofit positions, with survey data divided by the size of agencies so that accurate comparisons can be made. As an active member of nashville's center for nonprofit management, music for seniors participates in the watkins uiberall survey and receives copies of the results from each survey.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public during the tax year on www.givingmatters.com. Giving matters is an online database of comprehensive information about middle tennessee nonprofits and an initiative of the community foundation of middle tennessee.”

“"sharing live music, lighting up lives" music for seniors connects area musicians with older adults through live and interactive music programs designed to engage, entertain and educate seniors - promoting health and wellbeing, reducing isolation and enriching the lives of all participants. We connect individuals: music is our vehicle. We achieve our mission via three distinct live music programs: 1)our interactive outreach is delivered to older adult groups in recreational and care settings and is designed to actively engage all participants. In addition to our regular outreach programs, we also offer specialized, proprietary music making outreach sessions (mmos) which are led by our trained musician facilitators. Mmos incorporate playing percussion instruments with singing for immersive in-the-moment improvised musicmaking experiences. 2)we produce free public concerts, with a monthly weekday event at a variety of accessible community locations: our free daytime concert series. 3)our educational programming, music for seniors live performance learning labs, focuses on music creation and performance.”

“Direct special events expense 13,865 direct special events expense -13,865”