2017-05-09T07:41:26-05:00 2016-06-30 476097913 SEIM JOHNSON LLP 18081 BURT STREET SUITE 200 OMAHA NE 680224722 990 2015-07-01 470834657 OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OMAH 4029324978 7023 CASS STREET OMAHA NE 68132 RUTH MEINTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4029324978 2017-05-03 1 BARBARA J FAJEN P00400874 4023302660 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z RUTH MEINTS 7023 CASS STREET OMAHA NE 68132 7827905 0 X WWW.OMAHACM.ORG X 2000 NE THE OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IS A NON-PROFIT SCHOOL THAT BUILDS MUSICAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE TO ENRICH LIVES. 16 15 87 20 0 0 8690519 6870030 882954 937153 1186 -69003 11112 -30221 9585771 7707959 0 82110 0 0 1196312 1567008 0 0 174191 655752 1166274 1852064 2815392 7733707 4892567 11652217 22924948 1064230 7441723 10587987 15483225 X THE OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IS A NON-PROFIT SCHOOL THAT BUILDS MUSICAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE TO ENRICH LIVES. 0 0 1678556 82110 362290 THE OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OFFERS PRIVATE LESSON MUSIC INSTRUCTION IN VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, BASS, PIANO, VOICE, PERCUSSION, WOODWINDS, BRASS, COMPOSITION, AND MUSIC THEORY. WITH OVER 30 ARTIST-FACULTY AND APPROXIMATELY 600 STUDENTS, THE CONSERVATORY OFFERS 40 PRIVATE LESSONS PER YEAR, ALONGSIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUP CLASSES, ENSEMBLES, AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. 519029 534016 STRING SPROUTS WAS FOUNDED IN 2013 BY THE OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. THIS REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM, FUNDED BY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, AND GRANTS, AIMS TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN UNDERSERVED AREAS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH HIGH-QUALITY VIOLIN, VIOLA AND CELLO INSTRUCTION AT NO COST TO CAREGIVERS.WITH A CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED CURRICULUM, EXCELLENT EDUCATORS, AND CONTINUOUS CAREGIVER INVOLVEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, YOUNG SPROUTS EXERCISE BOTH DISCIPLINE AND CREATIVITY. EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, EXTEND ATTENTION SPAN, STRENGTHEN MOTOR SKILLS AND HAND-EYE COORDINATION, AND GIVE KIDS A JUMP-START ON ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, INCLUDING MATH, LANGUAGE, AND EVEN SCIENCE. 22590 29634 SINCE AUGUST OF 2011, EVERY TUESDAY WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION, OCM'S VOICE ARTIST-FACULTY MEMBER CODY JORGENSEN HAS MADE THE HOUR-AND-A-HALF DRIVE FROM OMAHA TO THE WINNEBAGO RESERVATION NEAR SIOUX CITY, BRINGING HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC CLASSES TO THE STUDENTS OF ST. AUGUSTINE MISSION SCHOOL, THE RESERVATION'S ONLY PRIVATE GRADE SCHOOL.THIS PROGRAM:-INSTILLS AN APPRECIATION OF MUSIC THROUGH PERFORMANCE-TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO READ & WRITE MUSIC-FILLS A MUCH NEEDED ARTS EDUCATION GAP IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY-OCM THEN EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE RECORDER AND GUITAR LESSONS 116636 22249 116636 22249 2336811 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 30 0 1 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 16 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X ANGIE MILLER 4029324978 7023 CASS STREET OMAHA NE 68132 WENDE KOTOUC CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CRABB TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARGOT WICKMAN-BENNETT VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DR DAVID JASPER CHAIR EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL SMITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FATIMA BASITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NORM HOLLY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CONNIE COSENTINO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR SAMUEL MEISELS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RYAN ELLIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR JERRY MOSKUS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR DIANE WELLS RIVERS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN ROTHHOLZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BETIANA SIMON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR NICHOLAS SMITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH MEINTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 55.00 X X 116649 0 1258 ANGIE MILLER DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION 50.00 X 15000 0 2 131649 0 1260 1 0 0 0 0 57717 6812313 411835 6870030 TUITION AND FEES 611600 925940 925940 PERFORMANCE FEES 900099 11213 11213 937153 1286 1286 10350 0 10350 10350 10350 70289 -70289 -70289 -70289 8400 57717 49657 -41257 -41257 686 0 686 686 7707959 948189 0 -110260 82110 82110 155593 112456 43137 1243892 994084 149128 100680 9631 9631 44051 44051 113841 78765 23021 12055 6906 1122 5784 29022 29022 44372 40961 3411 31541 29763 1778 97790 40858 3074 53858 12563 12563 171781 122254 43707 5820 41839 41839 6692 5140 1552 83727 83727 237534 237534 37678 35124 2554 INSTRUMENT/MUSIC PURCHA 326278 326278 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 22212 22212 BAD DEBT 19947 19947 RESEARCH 18577 18577 -22185 -22185 2815392 2336811 304390 174191 18254 140142 684527 236836 5322998 5948783 41593 38121 11560 4973 16751727 248206 5523383 16503521 49902 52572 11652217 22924948 970848 758175 93382 68471 6615077 1064230 7441723 X 4863393 9209205 5679594 6229020 45000 45000 10587987 15483225 11652217 22924948 4892567 2671 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 503812 570130 732141 8690519 6870030 17366632 787 597474 801574 885222 855043 3140100 7710 11003 5000 4944 28657 512309 1178607 1538715 9580685 7725073 20535389 268500 401688 220000 5165246 3732308 9787742 0 268500 401688 220000 5165246 3732308 9787742 10747647 688 10577 10157 5086 11636 38144 688 10577 10157 5086 11636 38144 512997 1189184 1548872 9585771 7736709 20573533 0.52240 0.52780 0.00190 0.00170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 51128 3957 2265 52820 51006 1522 1400 51128 0.85000 0.15000 0 0 3000000 3000000 13247609 169841 13077768 504118 78365 425753 16503521 X 7712871 2671 34694 -32453 4912 7707959 0 7707959 2817633 34694 49657 84351 2733282 82110 82110 2815392 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF INVESTMENTS HELD BY THE ORGANIZATION, THE INCOME FROM WHICH IS EXPENDABLE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATION IS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED A DETERMINATION LETTER THAT IT IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES ON RELATED INCOME PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAD MAINTAINED ITS TAX EXEMPT STATUS AND HAD TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 49,657. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID -82,110. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 49,657. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID 82,110. PART V FISCAL YEAR 2015 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THE ORGANIZATION WAS SUBJECT TO AUDIT. IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIT PROCEDURES, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HELD AN ENDOWMENT THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON SCHEDULE D. THE BALANCE AT JULY 1, 2014 WAS $51,006. GALA 66117 57717 8400 15552 5088 29017 66117 57717 8400 15552 5088 29017 49657 -41257 0 SCHOLARSHIPS 30 38370 FINANCIAL AID 84 43740 DRYDEN MEINTS DRYDEN MEINTS IS THE SON OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RUTH MEINTS. 50829 DRYDEN MEINTS WAS COMMISSIONED TO COMPOSE PIECES OF MUSIC TO BE USED AS CURRICULUM BY THE ORGANIZATION. HE WAS COMPENSATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,581 FOR THE COMPOSITIONS. DRYDEN IS ALSO EMPLOYED AS A GRAPHICS SPECIALIST FOR WHICH HE RECIEVED COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,249. 0 KEN MEINTS KEN MEINTS IS THE HUSBAND OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 12197 KEN IS EMPLOYED AS ARTIST-FACULTY. 0 X 4 402385 FMV X MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 0 9450 FMV 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 EFFECTIVE 2016, EACH DIRECTOR MAY SERVE FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, WITH A LAPSE OF ONE YAR BEFORE RE-ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PRIOR TO 2016 THERE WERE NO TERM LIMITS STATED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ITS APPROVAL BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C OCM REGULARLY DOES MONITOR AND ENFORCE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REMAINS INFORMED OF ALL CONFLICTS ON AT LEAST AN ANNUAL BASIS AND, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON BY THE BOARD, THE BOARD UNDERTAKES A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO MAKE REFERENCE TO SIMILAR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SUCH REQUEST IS AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. PART IX, LINE 5 COMPENSATION INCLUDES WAGES PAID TO RUTH MEINTS FOR HER POSITION AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. RUTH MEINTS ALSO RECEIVED WAGES AS A FACULTY MEMBER WHICH ARE INCLUDED ON LINE 7. OCM FOUNDATION 7023 CASS STREET OMAHA NE 68132 471848736 FUNDRAISING NE 501(C)(3) LINE 11B, II OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0