2023-11-15T10:55:27-05:00 2022-12-31 SOZO CONSULTING 121 RUGOSA DRIVE FOLSOM CA 95630 990 2022-01-01 831901032 REDTONE RECORDS REDT 6509062464 321 BELL STREET EAST PALO ALTO CA 94303 JUSTIN PHIPPS ED/PRES/BOARD 6509062464 2023-11-14 true JUSTIN PHIPPS 999009999 false JOSHUA M CANTWELL P01498460 6509067272 2023-11-15 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z JUSTIN PHIPPS 321 BELL STREET EAST PALO ALTO CA 94303 342292 false X WWW.REDTONERECORDS.COM X 2018 CA REDTONE RECORDS IS AS A NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED RECORD LABEL AND RECORDING STUDIO THAT PROVIDES FREE, PROFESSIONAL MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ARTISTS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING VARIOUS FORMS OF TRADITIONAL AND ROOTS MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ADDITIONALLY WE WILL BE CONDUCTING REGULAR YOUTH SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS, INCENTIVIZING POSITIVE LYRICAL CONTENT FROM YOUNG, ASPIRING, COMMUNITY ARTISTS. OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: IDENTIFYING AND RECRUITING ARTISTS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY; SUBSIDIZING TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ARTIST RESIDENCIES WHEN APPLICABLE; OPERATING A COMMUNITY-BASED RECORDING STUDIO; PRODUCING MUSIC AND VIDEO; HOSTING AND PROMOTING CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; PURSUING SONG PLACEMENTS IN TV, FILM, ADVERTISING, ETC.; MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF REDTONE ARTISTS; SUBMITTING REDTONE PRODUCTIONS TO MAJOR ARTISTS FOR POSSIBLE PROGRAM REVENUE TO FUND REDTONE ACTIVITIES. REDTONE'S MISSIO 3 2 0 0 269286 235751 32289 106541 0 0 301575 342292 0 0 66185 0 0 10047 256244 367712 322429 367712 -20854 -25420 100047 100402 96076 121851 3971 -21449 X REDTONE RECORDS IS AS A NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED RECORD LABEL AND RECORDING STUDIO THAT PROVIDES FREE, PROFESSIONAL MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ARTISTS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING VARIOUS FORMS OF TRADITIONAL AND ROOTS MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ADDITIONALLY WE WILL BE CONDUCTING REGULAR YOUTH SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS, INCENTIVIZING POSITIVE LYRICAL CONTENT FROM YOUNG, ASPIRING, COMMUNITY ARTISTS. OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: IDENTIFYING AND RECRUITING ARTISTS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY; SUBSIDIZING TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ARTIST RESIDENCIES WHEN APPLICABLE; OPERATING A COMMUNITY-BASED RECORDING STUDIO; PRODUCING MUSIC AND VIDEO; HOSTING AND PROMOTING CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; PURSUING SONG PLACEMENTS IN TV, FILM, ADVERTISING, ETC.; MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF REDTONE ARTISTS; SUBMITTING REDTONE PRODUCTIONS TO MAJOR ARTISTS FOR POSSIBLE PROGRAM REVENUE TO FUND REDTONE ACTIVITIES. REDTONE'S MISSIO false false 340770 106541 2022 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR REDTONE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BREAKOUT ARTIST, MIKO MARKS. REDTONE SUPPORTED MIKO IN THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE TOURING OF HER CAREER, WHILE PRODUCING HER THIRD ALBUM IN 2 YEARS, ALL HERE IN OUR OWN STUDIO IN EAST PALO ALTO, CA. ON THE ROAD, MIKO TOURED WITH BIG-NAME AMERICANA ACTS LIKE THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND AND LITTLE FEAT. SHE HAD HER OFFICIAL DEBUT AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS HOME OF COUNTRY MUSIC, THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND HER SECOND SHOWCASE AT NASHVILLES AMERICANAFEST. ALL TOGETHER SHE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF OVER 30,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS THIS YEAR, GROWING HER FANBASE WHILE SPREADING THE MUSIC AND MISSION OF REDTONE. BACK HOME, MIKO BROUGHT HER TALENTS TO LOCAL VENUES, PERFORMING AT THE BLACK MUSIC MONTH FESTIVAL IN OAKLAND, A SPECIAL CONCERT AND CONVERSATION AT KQED HEADQUARTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, A GALA FOR THE CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM IN SAN JOSE, AND THE NEW GUILD THEATRE IN MENLO PARK. WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE EXCITED BY MIKOS RAPID GROWTH AND REDTONES INCREASED REACH. WE BEGAN PRODUCTION ON TRADITIONAL CONGOLESE ARTIST KIAZI MALONGAS SECOND ALBUM, AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING THAT INVOLVES COORDINATING STUDIO PRODUCTION, MUSICIANS AND SINGERS IN BOTH EAST PALO ALTO, CA AND BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO. THE ALBUM, SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN 2023, WILL BE A POWERFUL REPRESENTATION OF CONGOLESE CULTURE, RHYTHM, AND STORYTELLING THROUGH SONG. ADDITIONALLY, WE GREW OUR COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL ARTISTS TO INCLUDE TRADITIONAL BLUES SINGER FRANK THIBEAUX, NIGERIAN SINGER/GUITARIST SOJI ODUKOGBE (FORMERLY OF THE WORLD FAMOUS FELA KUTI AND THE EGYPT 80), LIVE HIP HOP ARTIST DR. TIFFANI MARIE (STAGE NAME ARTELIA GREEN), AND ROCK N ROLL DUO EFFIE ZILCH, A MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN REDTONES LEAD PRODUCER STEVE WYREMAN AND HIS LONGTIME COLLABORATOR, SINGER-SONGWRITER EVANNE BARCENAS. IN 2022, WE PRODUCED AND RELEASED THE 2-PART EFFIE ZILCH DEBUT ALBUM TRINITY VOL. 1 & 2. IN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH OAKLAND-BASED FUA DIA CONGO, WE CONTINUED SPONSORING LIVE MUSIC FOR LOCAL CONGOLESE DANCE WORKSHOPS HELD IN EAST PALO ALTO, FEATURING REDTONE ARTISTS SOJI ODUKOGBE AND KIAZI MALONGA. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO PROMOTE OUR VISION FOR AN EAST PALO ALTO CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF OUR GROWING ARTISTS COLLECTIVE. WHILE DEVELOPERS LIKE HARVEST PROPERTIES REMAINED ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR VISION, IT BECAME APPARENT IN THIS YEAR THAT THE IMPACT OF COVID, IN PARTICULAR THE EMPHASIS ON WORK-FROM-HOME THROUGHOUT THE REGION, MAY CREATE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS, WHICH HAS CAUSED US TO BEGIN RE-STRATEGIZING HOW TO REALIZE THIS PIECE OF OUR VISION. YET WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN CLEARLY ACCOMPLISH INDEPENDENT OF OTHER FACTORS: BUILDING AND SUSTAINING A COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL BIPOC ARTISTS AND ALLIES COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS. 340770 true true 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 false false false false true 25 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 2 false false false false false false false true true false false false false true true true true false CA X JUSTIN PHIPPS 6509062464 321 BELL STREET EAST PALO ALTO CA 94303 JUSTIN PHIPPS ED/PRES/BOAR 40.00 X X 7470 0 0 CARLOS CABRERA BOARD/TREAS/ 1.00 X X 0 0 0 OLATUNDE SOBOMEHIN BOARD 1.00 X 0 0 0 7470 false false false 235751 235751 PROGRAM REVENUE 711130 78992 78992 PROGRAM REV. - PRODUCT SALES 711130 16779 16779 PROGRAM REVENUE - ROYALTIES 711130 10770 10770 106541 342292 106541 X 6848 6848 121029 120929 50 50 61828 49462 6183 6183 2916 2340 288 288 28544 22836 2854 2854 21832 21602 115 115 711 569 71 71 4239 3391 424 424 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 109907 109907 CHARITABLE GIFTS EXPENSE 5000 5000 PROGRAM SUPPLIES 4239 4239 BANK & OTHER SERVICE CHRG 619 495 62 62 367712 340770 16895 10047 100047 89561 890 10662 711 9951 100047 100402 96076 121851 96076 121851 X -1029 -21449 5000 3971 -21449 100047 100402 X -25420 X false false false X 153802 48854 269286 235751 707693 5138 32289 106541 143968 153802 53992 301575 342292 851661 406813 181121 587934 406813 181121 587934 263727 153802 53992 301575 342292 851661 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 10662 711 9951 9951 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION REDTONE RECORDS IS AS A NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED RECORD LABEL AND RECORDING STUDIO THAT PROVIDES FREE, PROFESSIONAL MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ARTISTS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PRESERVING AND PROMOTING VARIOUS FORMS OF TRADITIONAL AND ROOTS MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ADDITIONALLY WE WILL BE CONDUCTING REGULAR YOUTH SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS, INCENTIVIZING POSITIVE LYRICAL CONTENT FROM YOUNG, ASPIRING, COMMUNITY ARTISTS. OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: IDENTIFYING AND RECRUITING ARTISTS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY; SUBSIDIZING TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ARTIST RESIDENCIES WHEN APPLICABLE; OPERATING A COMMUNITY-BASED RECORDING STUDIO; PRODUCING MUSIC AND VIDEO; HOSTING AND PROMOTING CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; PURSUING SONG PLACEMENTS IN TV, FILM, ADVERTISING, ETC.; MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF REDTONE ARTISTS; SUBMITTING REDTONE PRODUCTIONS TO MAJOR ARTISTS FOR POSSIBLE PROGRAM REVENUE TO FUND REDTONE ACTIVITIES. REDTONE'S MISSION/FOCUS EMPHASIZES: 1) CULTURAL PRESERVATION: MUSIC IS A POWERFUL TOOL IN KEEPING CULTURAL TRADITIONS ALIVE. WE ARE INVESTING IN "CULTURE KEEPERS," ARTISTS WHO ARE CARRYING ON THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS THROUGH MUSICAL EXPRESSION, PERFORMANCE, RECORDING, VIDEO, ETC. IT IS NOT UNLIKE THE WORK OF JOHN AND ALAN LOMAX, RECORDING ARTISTS ALL OVER THE AMERICAN SOUTH FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, CAPTURING CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT FORMS OF MUSIC AND DISTRIBUTING THEM IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE PUBLIC INTEREST AND ENSURE THAT THESE FORMS CONTINUE TO EXIST. 2) POSITIVE MESSAGING: 90% OF BILLBOARD'S ANNUAL "HOT 100" HITS CONSISTENTLY ADDRESS THREE THEMES ONLY: SEX, DRUGS AND MONEY. WE DO NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE OUR MISSION AND MESSAGE IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH MARKET TRENDS. THE NONPROFIT MODEL ALLOWS OUR MESSAGE AND MISSION TO BE THE ONLY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CREATION OF OUR WORKS, ENSURING THAT WE ONLY PRODUCE AND PROMOTE POSITIVITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE MARKET IS POINTING THAT WAY. 3) COMMUNITY IMPACT: MUSIC IS A CRITICAL PART OF COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND HEALTH. PART OF REDTONE'S SERVICES WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF MUSIC AND MESSAGES THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AROUND COMMUNITY ISSUES: EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, THE ENVIRONMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ETC. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL PROVIDE LIVE MUSIC FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, FREE OF CHARGE TO EVENT ORGANIZERS, AS A WAY TO INCREASE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND LIFT SPIRITS. THE COSTS OF LIVE MUSIC WILL BE COVERED ENTIRELY BY THE RECORD LABEL. 4) YOUTH IMPACT: THESE MESSAGES OF THE MODERN MUSIC INDUSTRY, BECAUSE OF THEIR REACH, SHAPE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE AND INFLUENCE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. THEY ENCOURAGE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, GREED, PROMISCUITY, THE OBJECTIFICATION AND DEGRADATION OF WOMEN, LACK OF CRITICAL THINKING, ETC. MEANWHILE, THERE ARE INCREDIBLE VOICES OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND POSITIVITY, BOTH LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD, WHOSE IMPACT IS HINDERED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE MUSIC AND VIDEO. IT'S HARD TO FIND A YOUNG PERSON IN EAST PALO ALTO WHO DOESN'T HAVE SOME ASPIRATION OF BECOMING A FAMOUS SINGER OR RAPPER. THESE ASPIRING ARTISTS NOT ONLY NEED TO BE FLOODED WITH POSITIVE MUSIC TO COMBAT WHAT'S ON THEIR RADIOS AND PHONES, BUT THEY NEED COMMUNITY-BASED, SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS THEY CAN LOOK UP TO, INSTEAD OF IDOLIZING ONLY WHOM THEY SEE IN THE DAMAGING IMAGERY OF MODERN MUSIC VIDEOS. THE LABEL WILL ALSO HAVE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIPS AS WELL AS YOUTH SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS, INCENTIVIZING AND MONETIZING POSITIVITY IN YOUTH CULTURE. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A 2022 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR REDTONE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BREAKOUT ARTIST, MIKO MARKS. REDTONE SUPPORTED MIKO IN THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE TOURING OF HER CAREER, WHILE PRODUCING HER THIRD ALBUM IN 2 YEARS, ALL HERE IN OUR OWN STUDIO IN EAST PALO ALTO, CA. ON THE ROAD, MIKO TOURED WITH BIG-NAME AMERICANA ACTS LIKE THE TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND AND LITTLE FEAT. SHE HAD HER OFFICIAL DEBUT AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS HOME OF COUNTRY MUSIC, THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND HER SECOND SHOWCASE AT NASHVILLES AMERICANAFEST. ALL TOGETHER SHE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF OVER 30,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS THIS YEAR, GROWING HER FANBASE WHILE SPREADING THE MUSIC AND MISSION OF REDTONE. BACK HOME, MIKO BROUGHT HER TALENTS TO LOCAL VENUES, PERFORMING AT THE BLACK MUSIC MONTH FESTIVAL IN OAKLAND, A SPECIAL CONCERT AND CONVERSATION AT KQED HEADQUARTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, A GALA FOR THE CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM IN SAN JOSE, AND THE NEW GUILD THEATRE IN MENLO PARK. WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE EXCITED BY MIKOS RAPID GROWTH AND REDTONES INCREASED REACH. WE BEGAN PRODUCTION ON TRADITIONAL CONGOLESE ARTIST KIAZI MALONGAS SECOND ALBUM, AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING THAT INVOLVES COORDINATING STUDIO PRODUCTION, MUSICIANS AND SINGERS IN BOTH EAST PALO ALTO, CA AND BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO. THE ALBUM, SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN 2023, WILL BE A POWERFUL REPRESENTATION OF CONGOLESE CULTURE, RHYTHM, AND STORYTELLING THROUGH SONG. ADDITIONALLY, WE GREW OUR COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL ARTISTS TO INCLUDE TRADITIONAL BLUES SINGER FRANK THIBEAUX, NIGERIAN SINGER/GUITARIST SOJI ODUKOGBE (FORMERLY OF THE WORLD FAMOUS FELA KUTI AND THE EGYPT 80), LIVE HIP HOP ARTIST DR. TIFFANI MARIE (STAGE NAME ARTELIA GREEN), AND ROCK N ROLL DUO EFFIE ZILCH, A MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN REDTONES LEAD PRODUCER STEVE WYREMAN AND HIS LONGTIME COLLABORATOR, SINGER-SONGWRITER EVANNE BARCENAS. IN 2022, WE PRODUCED AND RELEASED THE 2-PART EFFIE ZILCH DEBUT ALBUM TRINITY VOL. 1 & 2. IN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH OAKLAND-BASED FUA DIA CONGO, WE CONTINUED SPONSORING LIVE MUSIC FOR LOCAL CONGOLESE DANCE WORKSHOPS HELD IN EAST PALO ALTO, FEATURING REDTONE ARTISTS SOJI ODUKOGBE AND KIAZI MALONGA. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO PROMOTE OUR VISION FOR AN EAST PALO ALTO CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF OUR GROWING ARTISTS COLLECTIVE. WHILE DEVELOPERS LIKE HARVEST PROPERTIES REMAINED ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR VISION, IT BECAME APPARENT IN THIS YEAR THAT THE IMPACT OF COVID, IN PARTICULAR THE EMPHASIS ON WORK-FROM-HOME THROUGHOUT THE REGION, MAY CREATE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS, WHICH HAS CAUSED US TO BEGIN RE-STRATEGIZING HOW TO REALIZE THIS PIECE OF OUR VISION. YET WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN CLEARLY ACCOMPLISH INDEPENDENT OF OTHER FACTORS: BUILDING AND SUSTAINING A COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL BIPOC ARTISTS AND ALLIES COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE BOARD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWING THE ORGANIATION'S FORM 990 (INCLUDING ALL PERTINENT SCHEDULES) BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS READY FOR REVIEW BY THE BOARD NO LATER THAN A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE. AFTER THE DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY THE BOARD, THEY WILL HAVE NO MORE THAN A WEEK TO COMPLETE THEIR REVIEW. IN CONDUCTING THEIR REVIEW OF THE DRAFT OF THE FORM 990, THE BOARD CONDUCTS A TOP-LEVEL OR BIG-PICTURE TYPE OF REVIEW. HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD DEEMS IT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A MORE DETAILED REVIEW OF THE FORM 990, THEN THEY CONTACT THE PREPARER OF THE FORM 990 TO REQUESET COPIES OF THE RELEVANT DETAILED TAX RETURN WORKPAPERS WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. ONCE THE BOARD HAS COMPLETED ITS INITIAL REVIEW OF THE FORM 990, A MEETING OR CONFERENCE CALL IS SCHEDULED WITH THE PREPARER OF THE FORM 990 TO DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTED REVISIONS IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD. THE PREPARER OF THE FORM 990 MAKES ANY REVISIONS TO THE FORM 990 AS SOON AS FEASIBLY POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THE FORM 990 IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ON A TIMELY BASIS. ALL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND SUGGESTED REVISIONS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD ARE DOCUMENDED, ALONG WITH ANY RESPONSES FROM THE PREPARER OF THE FORM 990, IF APPLICABLE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C NOT APPLICABLE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD RELIES ON COMPARABILITY DATA TO DETERMINE AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE BOARD UTILIZES RESOURCES SUCH AS SIMILARY SITUATED EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR AREAS TO BENCHMARK PAY ALONG WITH MARKET INFORMATION FROM OTHER EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSESS THE COMPETITIVENESS AND REASONABLIESS OF THE COMPENSATION. ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, A VOTE IS TAKEN FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. RECUSAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMPENSATION IS BEING DETERMINED IS MANDATORY. A SIMILAR PROCESS IS IN PLACE FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF THE OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, IF ANY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE BOARD RELIES ON COMPARABILITY DATA TO DETERMINE AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE BOARD UTILIZES RESOURCES SUCH AS SIMILARY SITUATED EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR AREAS TO BENCHMARK PAY ALONG WITH MARKET INFORMATION FROM OTHER EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSESS THE COMPETITIVENESS AND REASONABLIESS OF THE COMPENSATION. ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, A VOTE IS TAKEN FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. RECUSAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMPENSATION IS BEING DETERMINED IS MANDATORY. A SIMILAR PROCESS IS IN PLACE FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF THE OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, IF ANY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE (FOR INSPECTION OR COPYING) AT THE ORGANIZATION'S MAIN OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT NO CHARGE: -TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATION (FORM 1023) -INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DETERMINATION LETTER -ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION -BY-LAWS THE PUBLIC INSPECTION COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 AND FORM 990-T, FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (AT A MINIMUM), WILL BE AVAILABLE (FOR INSPECTION OR COPYING) AT THE ORGANIZATION'S MAIN OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT NO CHARGE, IF APPLICABLE. THE PUBLIC INSPECTION COPY OF THE FORM 990 WILL NOT INCLUDE THE SCHEDULE OF SCHEDULE A EXCESS CONTRIBUTORS OR THE SCHEDULE B NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS. THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE FORMS 990 AND 990-T HELD AT THEIR MAIN OFFICE ARE THE MOST UPDATED VERSIONS OF SUCH. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE INSTANCE WHERE A FORM 990 HAS BEEN AMENDED, THE AMENDED VERSION OF THE FORM 990 OR FORM 990-T WILL BE THE ONE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. WHEN RESPONDING TO A PUBLIC INSPECTION REQUEST FOR ANY ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENT OR FORM 990 (INCLUDING FORM 990-T) BY ANYONE, THE ORGANIZATION FULFILLS SUCH REQUEST IN A TIMELY FASHION WITHOUT INQUIRING AS TO THE REASON FOR THE PUBLIC INSPECTION REQUEST. THE FOLLOWING OTHER DOCUMENT (MOST UPDATED VERSIONS) IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION OR COPYING) AT THE ORGANIZATION'S MAIN OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT NO CHARGE: -CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACT LABOR - MUSICIANS 78,038 0 0 CONTRACT LABOR - OTHER 400 50 50 CONTRACT LABOR - OTHER PROGRA 42,491 0 0 TOTAL 120,929 50 50 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT 0