New School of Music Fund
Tax deductible
Campaign Status
As noted in our previous NSM Fund updates, donations received outside of GoFundMe also go towards our original goal of $11,000, but they do not automatically appear in GoFundMe.
Details of these donations are shown in the Updates tab, and we then apply them to our original total goal. To date we have received $3,350 towards our goal, which sets our current fundraising goal at $7,650 (as of 8/1/17).
Thanks to all of our donors so far! We especially appreciate the donors who have committed to our $100 per month sustaining membership! If you would like to be one of NSM's $100 per month members (or any monthly amount) please visit our new PaySimple link at:
https://newschool.mypaysimple.com/s/new-school-of-music-recurring-monthly-payments
Also, we strive to be excellent stewards of your donations, and we invite you to examine our disclosure documents, which include our most recent nonprofit tax return, commendation letters, NSM profile, NSM Fund, and other documents at:
http://newschoolofmusic.net/disclosuredocs/
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About Us
The New School of Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community music school in Austin founded in 2013, which provides a non-competitive and challenging atmosphere where people are able to study all styles of music, on the instrument of their choice, or through vocal studies.
We change lives through music. Our teachers are highly credentialed music educators and performers, who share our passion for enriching the lives of our music students. To date, we have provided over 3600 hours of music instruction to over 100 underserved youth.
Music education has been proven to not only help develop the areas of the brain involved in language and reasoning, but to also improve teamwork skills, creativity, academics, and artistic self-expression. When you improve the life of a child through music education, you impact their family in a major way – for generations to come.
Here is a short 30 second video of our teachers and students;
Our Vision
Mission Statement - To serve the community by sharing the gift of music, through connecting world-class professional musicians with students of all ages, in a lifelong study and enjoyment of music – while helping provide music instruction to underserved youth.
Partnerships-
Texas Jazz & Blues Camp , is a partnership between the New School of Music, Austin and the Litchfield Jazz Camp in Connecticut. Litchfield has a deep and rich history of providing a top tier national jazz camp for 20 years, using top NYC based jazz artists and educators.
Don Braden , a world-class jazz educator and performer is the Jazz Music Director for both the Texas Jazz & Blues Camp & the Litchfield Jazz Camp. Don is based in the NYC area, is a former sideman with Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, and is a Harvard alumni.
Mike Flanigin , is our Blues Music Director, and is a world renowned jazz & blues organist who works with Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Steve Miller and others. His recent work includes concerts at Lincoln Center with Steve Miller & Jimmie Vaughan, and touring with Jimmie Vaughan as part of Eric Clapton’s 2017 North American Tour.
Matching Grants
We have received $11,000 in matching city and state grants for our work, which we need your help with.
$ 9,700 from the City of Austin, Cultural Affairs Division
$ 1,300 from the City of Austin, Cultural Affairs Division
$11,000 total
We are asking our supporters and advocates to please consider making a donation of any size to our program, which also provides merit and need-based scholarships.
Here are examples of what your tax deductible donations will provide:
1/2 hour private music lesson: $30
1 hour private music lesson: $60
1 day of jazz & blues camp: $94
2 days of jazz& blues camp: $188
3 days of jazz & blues camp: $281
4 days of jazz & blues camp: $375
Music Scholarships to Underserved Children
The New School of Music has committed to help underserved children (preK-12th grade) in the community by setting a scholarship goal of 50% of our total enrollment. This scholarship program provides free tuition to underserved children for their music instruction in our program.
The New School funds these scholarships through paid tuition, revenue proceeds, and contributions. Scholarship candidates are identified by the New School and its partners, and are selected based on economic need, desire to learn, and commitment.
Music education has a huge impact on young lives! Please join us in helping us to meet our matching grant goal of $ 11,056, and invest in the music education of underserved youth through your tax-deductible donation.
Here are ways to give to our work:
- GoFundMe
- – This has $0 fees, and is our preferred giving method.
New School of Music, Austin (EIN: 27-0511461)
- By mail: New School of Music, PO Box 142253, Austin, TX 78714
We would also greatly appreciate you joining our New School of Music Fund program. Our goal is to build a core of 100 New School of Music Partners who give $1200 per year, or $100 per month, to help build our school and camp – while providing scholarships for up to 50% of our enrollment to underserved kids.
These are our co-visionaries who share our passion for impacting lives through the gift of exceptional music education.
New School of Music Fund – Recognition Levels
$10,000 & above Founders’ Circle
$5,000–$9,999 Platinum
$2,000–$4,999 Gold
$1,000–$1,999 Visionary
$500–$999 Leader
$250–$499 Advocate
$100–$249 Player
$1–$99 Fan
Partners
Litchfield Jazz Camp & Festival
Cedars International Academy
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
Armstrong Community Music School
Tarrytown United Methodist Church
Board of Directors
Dave Fazio, AIA
Richard Spencer, MBA, MME
Evan Taniguchi, AIA
Advisory Board
Don Braden
Rex Dean
Dean Deckard, MBA
Mike Flanigin
Dave Lee
Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D.
Paula Spencer
Stephen Spencer, CPA
Linda Hank Thompson
As noted in our previous NSM Fund updates, donations received outside of GoFundMe also go towards our original goal of $11,000, but they do not automatically appear in GoFundMe.
Details of these donations are shown in the Updates tab, and we then apply them to our original total goal. To date we have received $3,350 towards our goal, which sets our current fundraising goal at $7,650 (as of 8/1/17).
Thanks to all of our donors so far! We especially appreciate the donors who have committed to our $100 per month sustaining membership! If you would like to be one of NSM's $100 per month members (or any monthly amount) please visit our new PaySimple link at:
https://newschool.mypaysimple.com/s/new-school-of-music-recurring-monthly-payments
Also, we strive to be excellent stewards of your donations, and we invite you to examine our disclosure documents, which include our most recent nonprofit tax return, commendation letters, NSM profile, NSM Fund, and other documents at:
http://newschoolofmusic.net/disclosuredocs/
____________________________________________________________
About Us
The New School of Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community music school in Austin founded in 2013, which provides a non-competitive and challenging atmosphere where people are able to study all styles of music, on the instrument of their choice, or through vocal studies.
We change lives through music. Our teachers are highly credentialed music educators and performers, who share our passion for enriching the lives of our music students. To date, we have provided over 3600 hours of music instruction to over 100 underserved youth.
Music education has been proven to not only help develop the areas of the brain involved in language and reasoning, but to also improve teamwork skills, creativity, academics, and artistic self-expression. When you improve the life of a child through music education, you impact their family in a major way – for generations to come.
Here is a short 30 second video of our teachers and students;
Our Vision
Mission Statement - To serve the community by sharing the gift of music, through connecting world-class professional musicians with students of all ages, in a lifelong study and enjoyment of music – while helping provide music instruction to underserved youth.
Partnerships-
Texas Jazz & Blues Camp , is a partnership between the New School of Music, Austin and the Litchfield Jazz Camp in Connecticut. Litchfield has a deep and rich history of providing a top tier national jazz camp for 20 years, using top NYC based jazz artists and educators.
Don Braden , a world-class jazz educator and performer is the Jazz Music Director for both the Texas Jazz & Blues Camp & the Litchfield Jazz Camp. Don is based in the NYC area, is a former sideman with Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, and is a Harvard alumni.
Mike Flanigin , is our Blues Music Director, and is a world renowned jazz & blues organist who works with Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Steve Miller and others. His recent work includes concerts at Lincoln Center with Steve Miller & Jimmie Vaughan, and touring with Jimmie Vaughan as part of Eric Clapton’s 2017 North American Tour.
Matching Grants
We have received $11,000 in matching city and state grants for our work, which we need your help with.
$ 9,700 from the City of Austin, Cultural Affairs Division
$ 1,300 from the City of Austin, Cultural Affairs Division
$11,000 total
We are asking our supporters and advocates to please consider making a donation of any size to our program, which also provides merit and need-based scholarships.
Here are examples of what your tax deductible donations will provide:
1/2 hour private music lesson: $30
1 hour private music lesson: $60
1 day of jazz & blues camp: $94
2 days of jazz& blues camp: $188
3 days of jazz & blues camp: $281
4 days of jazz & blues camp: $375
Music Scholarships to Underserved Children
The New School of Music has committed to help underserved children (preK-12th grade) in the community by setting a scholarship goal of 50% of our total enrollment. This scholarship program provides free tuition to underserved children for their music instruction in our program.
The New School funds these scholarships through paid tuition, revenue proceeds, and contributions. Scholarship candidates are identified by the New School and its partners, and are selected based on economic need, desire to learn, and commitment.
Music education has a huge impact on young lives! Please join us in helping us to meet our matching grant goal of $ 11,056, and invest in the music education of underserved youth through your tax-deductible donation.
Here are ways to give to our work:
- GoFundMe
- – This has $0 fees, and is our preferred giving method.
New School of Music, Austin (EIN: 27-0511461)
- By mail: New School of Music, PO Box 142253, Austin, TX 78714
We would also greatly appreciate you joining our New School of Music Fund program. Our goal is to build a core of 100 New School of Music Partners who give $1200 per year, or $100 per month, to help build our school and camp – while providing scholarships for up to 50% of our enrollment to underserved kids.
These are our co-visionaries who share our passion for impacting lives through the gift of exceptional music education.
New School of Music Fund – Recognition Levels
$10,000 & above Founders’ Circle
$5,000–$9,999 Platinum
$2,000–$4,999 Gold
$1,000–$1,999 Visionary
$500–$999 Leader
$250–$499 Advocate
$100–$249 Player
$1–$99 Fan
Partners
Litchfield Jazz Camp & Festival
Cedars International Academy
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
Armstrong Community Music School
Tarrytown United Methodist Church
Board of Directors
Dave Fazio, AIA
Richard Spencer, MBA, MME
Evan Taniguchi, AIA
Advisory Board
Don Braden
Rex Dean
Dean Deckard, MBA
Mike Flanigin
Dave Lee
Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D.
Paula Spencer
Stephen Spencer, CPA
Linda Hank Thompson
Organizer
Rich Spencer
Organizer
Austin, TX
new school of music
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
