Organizations Filed Purposes:
Giving Voice Initiative inspires and equips organizations around the world that build choruses to bring joy, well-being, purpose and community understanding to people with Alzheimer's and their care partners.
Giving Voice Initiative inspires and equips organizations to bring together people with Alzheimer's and their care partners to sing in choruses that foster joy, well-being, purpose and community understanding.
CHOIRS: GVI provides funding and support for three choirs in the Twin Cities that involve persons with dementia and their caregivers. These choruses weekly engage 180+ people in singing and learning new music for public performances. There are two 16-week sessions each year and one 8 week session in summer lead by a professional music director. These choruses serve as learning laboratories for GVI and assist in the development and refining chorus programming.
OUTREACH: GVI builds awareness and understanding of the power of participating in choral singing for those with Alzheimer's. This outreach is done by educating the community through national conferences and community presentations, partnerships with research organizations, and a national leadership gathering for dementia-friendly choruses around the country.
CONSULTING: GVI supports the launch and sustainability of new choruses for persons living with Alzheimer's and their care partners. GVI provides consulting expertise on Alzheimer's programming and music/arts production to maximize the potential of chorus design and community performances that change the stigma of Alzheimer's. This consulting includes the use of the GVI Toolkit, an online downloadable resource that provides a step-by-step guide for persons interested in launching a chorus, quarterly webinars and the GV Learning Community, a network of choruses around the globe committed to sharing best practices.
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 |
|---|
| Mary Lenard | Executive Director | 25 | $51,230 |
| Jim Jensen | Vice Chair/Interim Director | 1 | $4,600 |
| Keath Young | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Kenny | Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Fushan | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Jean Thomson | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sally Scoggin | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Heather Mulder | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Melsen | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Angela Lunde | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Greene | Member | 1 | $0 |
| Darrell Foss | Member | 1 | $0 |
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