Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE BY CELEBRATING THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK.
MUSEUM AND PROPERTY ACTIVITIES: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK ARCHIVES & LIBRARY HOUSE MORE THAN 700,000 ITEMS REPRESENTING A RICH MUSICAL HISTORY, SUCH AS THE COLLECTIONS OF SONGWRITERS GUS KAHN AND MEREDITH WILLSON AND OTHER COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC, MANUSCRIPTS,AND RELEVANT PERSONAL PAPERS AND POSSESSIONS. THE ARCHIVES WERE ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE THE PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS OF THE CREATORS AND PERFORMERS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE FACILITY ALSO INCLUDES A REFERENCE LIBRARY AND STUDY SPACE FOR RESEARCHERS WHO WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC AND THE CULTURE IT HAS INSPIRED. IN ADDITION, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK EXHIBIT GALLERY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IS A MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL CENTER WITH ROTATING EXHIBITS DISPLAYING PIECES FROM THE ARCHIVES. AS A CULTURAL AFFILIATE OF THE LOS ANGELES-BASED GRAMMY MUSEUM, THE SONGBOOK FOUNDATION IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE SUCH INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE THAT COLLABORATE ON EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, RESEARCH PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MORE. IN DECEMBER 2017, THE 107-ACRE ASHERWOOD ESTATE IN CARMEL APPRAISED AT OVER $30 MILLION WAS GIFTED TO THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION, INCLUDING ITS PLANS TO ESTABLISH A GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK HALL OF FAME MUSEUM. THE FOUNDATION IS ACTIVELY MARKETING THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
EDUCATION/OUTREACH: THE FOUNDATION HAS DEVELOPED EFFECTIVE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO THE MUSIC AND COMPOSERS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK IN THE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK ACADEMY IS THE NATION'S ONLY MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL VOCALISTS THAT IS DEDICATED SOLELY TO THE MUSIC OF BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS AND THE TIN PAN ALLEY ERA OF THE EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY. STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PERFORM UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF BROADWAY PERFORMERS, MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATORS FROM RESPECTED UNIVERSITY MUSIC AND THEATER PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO OFFERS MULTIDISCIPLINARY CURRICULA FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN BASED ON THE MUSIC OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. THE FREE, DOWNLOADABLE LESSON PLANS WERE DEVELOPED AS A COMPANION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE TO THE PBS SERIES "MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK." THE FOUNDATION'S PERFECT HARMONY PROGRAM, ENDORSED BY THE GREATER INDIANA CHAPTER OF THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION, OFFERS RESEARCH-BASED MUSICAL EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S, DEMENTIA AND OTHER NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jeffrey Mcdermott | PRESIDENT/CEO | 4 | $81,662 |
| Susan Springirth | CFO | 4 | $24,767 |
| Chris Lewis | GASF DIRECTOR | 40 | $5,302 |
| Ronald G Shaw | EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Irwin Helford | EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Stapleton Barnes | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Campbell Williams | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Simons Dds Msd | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Troy Payner Md | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Izabela Ozdemir | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Maria Ferrer Murdock | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Lowden | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kelsey Karen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Edelman Johnson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stan Hurt | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Don Gottwald | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Terrence Flannery | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Del Demaree | BOARD MEMBER (7/18 - 10/18) | 1 | $0 |
| Marc Cherry | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Carruthers | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Gary Carnow | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Libby Brown | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Brook Babcock | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Hammer | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Rollin Dick | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Roger Schmelzer | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Carolyn E Anker | BOARD CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
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