SPREAD THE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: SPREAD THE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC (EIN 16-1659366)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-15
IRS object ID: 201222289349302067
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-15T10:37:28-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SPOELMAN HOVINGH & FELDT INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	719 W RANDALL ST STE 1	AddressLine1
City	COOPERSVILLE	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	494041385	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	161659366	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SPREAD THE MUSIC FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SPRE	NameControl
Phone	6168442138	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 366	AddressLine1
City	GRAND HAVEN	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49417	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVID PALMER	Name
Title	FOUNDER	Title
Phone	6168442138	Phone
Date Signed	2012-08-14	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DANIEL FELDT	Name
Phone	6168378104	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	60988	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.SPREAD-THE-MUSIC.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2003	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MI	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	SUPPORT SCHOOL BAND AND CHOIR PROGRAMS	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	4	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	16735	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	14734	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	426	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	4618	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-2641	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	5607	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	55851	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	19838	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	70371	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	44797	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	46211	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	13555	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	53448	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	10929	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	4353	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	35554	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	22752	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	135213	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	47236	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-64842	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-2439	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	289664	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	283965	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	3260	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	286404	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	283965	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	SUPPORT SCHOOL BAND AND CHOIR PROGRAMS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	13555	Expense
Grants	13555	Grants
Description	SUPPORT SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS WITH MONEY GIVEN TO GRAND HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND INSTRUMENTS GIVEN TO STUDENTS IN THE WEST MICHIGAN AREA.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	13555	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	4	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DAVID PALMER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6168478417	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14954 152ND AVE	AddressLine1
City	GRAND HAVEN	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49417	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
LEW RUSS
EXECUTIVE DI	1.00	X	4332	0	0
DAVID PALMER
FOUNDER	1.00	X	0	0	0
DEBBIE REYNOLDS
VICE PRES	1.00	X	0	0	0
BRUCE COOKE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X	0	0	0
NANCY JORDAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	4332	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	14734	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	14734	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	ADMINISTRATION	Description
Total Revenue Column	4618	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	4618	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	4618	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5607	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	5607	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	36029	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	16191	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	19838	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$500	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	44797	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10225	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$500	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2510	Total
Program Services	2510	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11045	Total
Program Services	11045	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4332	Total
Management And General	4332	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5820	Total
Management And General	5820	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	777	Total
Management And General	777	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	730	Total
Management And General	730	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1500	Total
Management And General	1500	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	422	Total
Management And General	422	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	342	Total
Management And General	342	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
COGS	4353	4353
INSURANCE	4004		4004
ADVERTISING	3740		3740
FOUNDATION FEES	2622		2622

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5039	Total
Management And General	5039	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	47236	Total
Program Services	13555	ProgramServices
Management And General	29328	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4353	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13649	BOY
EOY	4965	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	276015	BOY
EOY	279000	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	289664	BOY
EOY	283965	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3260	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3260	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	286404	BOY
EOY	283965	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	286404	BOY
EOY	283965	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	289664	BOY
EOY	283965	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-2439	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	X	SupportingOrganization509a3
Supporting Org509a3 Type3 Other	X	SupportingOrg509a3Type3Other
Certification Checkbox	X	CertificationCheckbox
Contrib By Controlling Individual	false	ContribByControllingIndividual
Contribution By Related Party	false	ContributionByRelatedParty
Contrib By35 Controlled Entity	false	ContribBy35ControlledEntity

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformation

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	386003290	EIN
Type Of Organization	2	TypeOfOrganization
Listed In Governing Doc	false	ListedInGoverningDoc
Supported Organization Notified	true	SupportedOrganizationNotified
Organized In US	true	OrganizedInUS
Amount	$2,510	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Supported Orgs	1	TotalNumberOfSupportedOrgs
Sum Of Amounts	2510	SumOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	SOUNDS OF SUMME	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	24196	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	24196	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	12850	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	HOLIDAY ROAD LI	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	6518	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	6518	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	36	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total	30714	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	30714	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	12886	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	12886	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	17828	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000	X	NoGrantMoreThan5000

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (2 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	10538
MUSIC LESSONS & PROGRAMS	507

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E	MISCELLANEOUS 1,858 TELEPHONE 956 SUPPLIES 934 PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS 699 POSTAGE AND SHIPPING 266 DUES 232 VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION 54 INTERNET 40