Music Mends Minds Inc.

“Description: concerts. Amount: 1,892. Description: bank and credit card fees. Amount: 2,351. Description: supplies. Amount: 1,132. Description: internet. Amount: 1,115. Description: advertising and promotion. Amount: 5,475. Description: insurance. Amount: 4,338. Description: payroll taxes. Amount: 5,464. Description: fees. Amount: 50. Description: travel. Amount: 967. Description: auto. Amount: 2,158. Description: conferences and meetings. Amount: 1,585. Description: instruments, music, and rehearsals. Amount: 1,240. Description: payroll processing. Amount: 1,285. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 29,052.”

“Description: credit card payable. Beg. Of year amount: 3,938. End of year amount: 1,394.”

“Music mends minds, inc. (mmm) is a 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2014, that fosters the development of musical support groups/bands of patients with alzheimer's, dementia, parkinson's, as well as traumatic brain injury, stroke, and ptsd. The goal is to create a community between the musicians and singers, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers, all of whom thrive on the socialization and music making. Mmm provides this cost-effective strategy to increase mental/emotional stimulation, promote empowerment, reduce stress and isolation, and improve overall quality of life through the power of music. Additionally, our mission also includes an intergenerational component, which brings students to make music with our seniors. This fosters a valuable relationship of mutual empowerment, engagement and enjoyment. Mmm also aims to educate our community and public about the latest scientific findings regarding the benefits of music and brain through several platforms including online and in print resources. Mmm has 18 active bands and more in formation. We are partnered with several rotary international clubs across the nation that have formed and parented mmm bands. With this blueprint in place, we plan to move forward promoting our project to rotary international clubs both nationally and globally. This project has a strong need in society today as research shows that music storage remains intact in spite of the disease process, rehabilitating and bringing joy to our entire community, as we wait for a cure. Every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Furthermore, it is estimated that 5.8 million people of all ages suffer from alzheimer's. With this number projected to increase by 2050, alongside an aging population (alz.org), the alzheimer's association estimates a societal cost of $1.1 trillion associated with treating alzheimer's and other dementias in the u.s. Alone. Similarly, parkinson's disease afflicts one million americans, costing nearly $52 billion each year. Mmm has observed that participation in mmm's musical programs can improve outcomes of traditional treatment regimens, forestall seniors from entering isolated nursing homes, cut possible healthcare costs for expensive treatment and bring joy back into the lives of our community of struggling patients. With an increasing market and crucial need to find solutions to the issue of neurodegeneration with aging, the demand for mmm's novel methods and service is expected to increase.”