2025-05-15T22:25:46-07:00 2024-06-30 830713714 Peterson NW CPA Inc 1740 Pottery Ave Suite 201 Port Orchard WA 98366 990 2023-07-01 821699863 GREAT BEND CENTER FOR MUSIC GREA 2069314338 PO BOX 501 UNION WA 98592 MATTHEW MELENDEZ-BLEGEN Director 2025-05-15 true true Laurie Williams CPA P01668397 3603297031 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MATTHEW MELENDEZ-BLEGEN PO BOX 501 UNION WA 985920501 380940 false X https://greatbendmusic.org/ X 2017 WA Sound Scholars: Great Bends flagship early learning program is Sound Scholars, an entirely online, research-based early learning program that uses music to build kindergarten readiness. Designed originally to serve rural families without access to high quality early learning in our Olympic Peninsula home, the program is as accessible as it is rigorous. Delivered via lively interactive Zoom sessions, students participate on laptops, tablets and cell phones in bedrooms, living rooms and minivans. Each fast-paced, 30-minute session focuses on preparing kids for ensemble participation (learning teamwork) and includes age-appropriate ear training, music literacy, ensemble practice, songcraft, vocabulary, listening, and leadership activities with a strong STEM focus and a range of daily Social Emotional Learning (SEL) activities. 4 2 6 35 0 190172 92583 6281 278528 5661 9829 0 202114 380940 0 0 143914 293552 0 20807 61726 91988 205640 385540 -3526 -4600 254551 260551 12066 22666 242485 237885 MUSIC THAT BUILDS COMMUNITYGREAT BEND CENTER FOR MUSIC DESIGNS AND OFFERS RESEARCHED-BASED PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE USE MUSIC TO FIND COMMON CAUSE, NOURISH TRUST, AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY CHALLENGES. OUR PROGRAMS FALL INTO THREE BUCKETS, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND MUSIC TO BUILD HEALTH AND WELLNESS. false false 205254 23230 270160 Sound Scholars Early Learning ProgramGreat Bends flagship early learning program is Sound Scholars, an entirely online, research-based early learning program that uses music to build kindergarten readiness and pro-social learning skills. Designed originally to serve rural families without access to high quality early learning in our Olympic Peninsula home, the program is delivered via lively, interactive Zoom sessions and students as young as 2 participate on laptops, tablets and cell phones in bedrooms, living rooms and minivans. Each fast-paced, 30-minute session focuses on preparing kids for ensemble participation (learning teamwork) and includes age-appropriate ear training, music literacy, ensemble practice, songcraft, vocabulary, listening, and leadership activities with a strong STEM focus and a range of daily Social Emotional Learning (SEL) activities. In the past year, the program was ported from English into Spanish, and the Mayan languages of Mam and Qanjobal as part of a partnership with the Shelton School District to better engage our large migrant population. 34580 28253 14491 Great Bend Chorale & Youth Chorale - Community Music ProgramGreat Bends award-winning community ensembles are designed to build civic engagement by bringing together diverse and varied members from all throughout our community. For this reason there is no audition, and fees are on a sliding scale in order to maximize participation and build connections between less connected parts of our community while building community pride. In addition to their regular full year of programming, the Great Bend Chorale and Youth Chorale in this year accepted a Challenge America award from the National Endowment for the Arts to make their very first commercial recording, scheduled for release fall of 2025. 22252 23113 Great Bend Chorale - Therapeutic Veterans ProgramThis past year, a new therapeutic element (in addition to previous programs like Memory Care Choir and Grief Choir) was added to partner with the local veterans tiny home village quite near the church where the choir rehearses. Those veterans were supported to not only sing with the Great Bend Chorale, but as part of their therapeutic process they curated a selection of poetry to be interspersed with the music in the concert that they felt represented their lived experiences as veterans. Those selections were then read by the veterans in the program during the concert performance. Additionally, the vets also participated in a recording session and received copies of their performances as keepsakes and to remember the therapeutic insights theyd gained. 262086 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 33 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 2 true false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false false false false X MATTHEW MELENDEZ-BLEGEN 2069314338 PO BOX 501 UNION WA 98592 MATTHEW MELENDEZ-BLEGEN Director 40.00 0.00 X X 50000 0 0 ERIN MARINACHE President 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HADLEY DANIELSON Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY BAYLEY Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 50000 0 false false false 0 3230 89353 92583 PROGRAM PARTICIPANT FEES 624100 278528 278528 278528 9829 9829 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 380940 9829 278528 0 0 0 0 84375 43884 40491 0 160971 132232 28739 0 23975 13552 10423 24231 20535 3696 0 0 0 0 0 0 37396 36396 1000 904 404 500 5269 1327 3942 4560 421 3340 799 0 0 901 874 27 0 0 2053 2053 0 0 690 690 FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 15530 15530 PROGRAM & EVENT RELATED EXPENS 6981 2643 135 4203 FACILITY & EQUIPMENT EXPENSES 3870 3266 604 BOOKS, REFERENCES, DUES & SUBS 3705 653 3052 10129 5899 3955 275 385540 262086 102647 20807 3511 19871 251040 240680 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254551 260551 17205 12066 5461 12066 22666 X 242485 237885 242485 237885 254551 260551 -4600 X X false false false X 32576 116726 577805 190172 92352 1009631 9701 118 8256 6281 278759 303115 0 0 0 42277 116844 586061 196453 371111 1312746 0 5000 5000 5000 5000 1307746 8 39 5661 9829 15537 0 8 39 5661 9829 15537 0 0 42277 116852 586100 202114 380940 1328283 0.98450 0.01170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED PAYROLL LIABILITIES 5461 5461 MATTHEW MELENDEZ-BLEGEN BOARD MEMBER/DIR 50000 PAYROLL false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b NO, HOWEVER WILL BE REVIEWED AT NEXT BOARD MEETING Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c BOARD REVIEWS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY AND WITH ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS. 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