Heroes Voices Inc.

“Activity Classification: Guitar Donations. Grantee Name: misc organizations. Method Used to Determine Book Value: FMV of donation. Method Used to Determine FMV: thrift store value / comparable sales. Book Value of Property: 6,878. Amount Given: 6,878.”

“Activity Classification: DONATIONS. Grantee Name: VETERANS FOR PEACE. Method Used to Determine Book Value: CASH VALUE. Method Used to Determine FMV: CASH VALUE. Book Value of Property: 40. Amount Given: 40. Total included on Form 990-EZ, line 10: 6,918.”

“Description: BANK AND MONTHLY FEES. Amount: 1,523. Description: BUSINESS REGISTRATION EXPENSES. Amount: 20. Description: TRAVEL AND MEETINGS. Amount: 1,847. Description: SUPPLIES. Amount: 4,867. Description: CONCERT EXPENSES. Amount: 22,305. Description: INSURANCE. Amount: 555. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 31,117.”

“Description: unrealized gain/loss. Amount: -125.”

“Description: FURNITURE. Beg. of Year Amount: 1,365. End of Year Amount: 1,365. Description: guitar donation inventory. Beg. of Year Amount: 18,230. End of Year Amount: 27,716. Description: GRYPHON STORE CREDIT. Beg. of Year Amount: 0. End of Year Amount: 706.”

“Taxpayer hereby makes the de minimis safe harbor election under treasury regulation 1.263(a)-1(f) for all eligible amounts paid or incurred during the taxable year. Taxpayer hereby elects to capitalize repair and maintenance costs under treasury regulation 1.263(a)-3(n). The costs were incurred during the taxable year in the electing taxpayer's trade or business and the electing taxpayer treats such costs as capital expenditures on its books and records.”

“Heroes' Voices has been presenting in person music and poetry workshops for veterans in six locations in the San Francisco Bay area, as far south as Menlo Park, as far north as Yountville and as far east as Livermore. These programs are usually presented in veterans' hospitals, treatment centers or retirement homes. There is also a range on-line resources for veterans on the Heroes' Voices website. Vets singing with vets In 2015 Heroes' Voices presented over 65 individual workshops, serving hundreds of clients, where veterans sing as a group together. These workshops not only provide much needed music therapy to veterans, in a range of in-patient VA programs, they also engender a supportive environment and an all-important sense of community. Expenses $22,519 Poetry Slams In workshops at several venues, veterans write and share original poetry with the others in the group. These poems often express the profound challenges that veterans face including Post Traumatic Stress, drug rehabilitation and physical battle injuries. Heroes' Voices has published a number of these poems and posts original veterans' poetry on their web site. Veterans' poems were featured in the Veteran's Day Concert to Honor Veterans at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Expenses $13,612 Guitar Corps Heroes' Voices continued its "Guitar Corps" programming in 2015, serving dozens of veterans, providing free lessons and giving away thousands of dollars' worth of guitars to veterans. This program, which began in 2014 at the VA in Menlo Park, was extended to the Veterans Clinic in San Bruno. Heroes' Voices also sponsored an important new research program in cooperation with the "Palo Alto Veteran's Institute for Research", (PAVIR). Ten veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress took guitar lessons, and both psychiatric and social metrics were measured to study the specific impact of music on veterans with PTSD. The PAVIR study will continue in 2016 and 2017. Expenses $25,244”