Burnett Music Foundation
Music Is Life Is Music
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Artists Recording Collective
Burnett Music Foundation is a Kansas nonprofit organization. Grant funding is pursued and used for strategic investments and arts integration. Current projects working include: Artists Recording Collective recording label, Jazz Artistry Now digital magazine, Bird Boot Camp jazz a program spotlighting the music of Kansas native, Charlie Parker, and Kansas City Area Youth Jazz young artist immersion program. The purpose of this business entity is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which the entity may be organized under the laws of Kansas. Music education, instruction, and other arts performance activities designed to promote the further development and awareness of jazz music as an art form and the individual musical performance skills development of program participants.
Bird Boot Camp
Burnett Music Foundation is a Kansas nonprofit organization. Grant funding is pursued and used for strategic investments and arts integration. Current projects working include: Artists Recording Collective recording label, Jazz Artistry Now digital magazine, Bird Boot Camp jazz a program spotlighting the music of Kansas native, Charlie Parker, and Kansas City Area Youth Jazz young artist immersion program. The purpose of this business entity is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which the entity may be organized under the laws of Kansas. Music education, instruction, and other arts performance activities designed to promote the further development and awareness of jazz music as an art form and the individual musical performance skills development of program participants.
Jazz Artistry Now
Burnett Music Foundation is a Kansas nonprofit organization. Grant funding is pursued and used for strategic investments and arts integration. Current projects working include: Artists Recording Collective recording label, Jazz Artistry Now digital magazine, Bird Boot Camp jazz a program spotlighting the music of Kansas native, Charlie Parker, and Kansas City Area Youth Jazz young artist immersion program. The purpose of this business entity is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which the entity may be organized under the laws of Kansas. Music education, instruction, and other arts performance activities designed to promote the further development and awareness of jazz music as an art form and the individual musical performance skills development of program participants.
KC Area Youth Jazz
Burnett Music Foundation is a Kansas nonprofit organization. Grant funding is pursued and used for strategic investments and arts integration. Current projects working include: Artists Recording Collective recording label, Jazz Artistry Now digital magazine, Bird Boot Camp jazz a program spotlighting the music of Kansas native, Charlie Parker, and Kansas City Area Youth Jazz young artist immersion program. The purpose of this business entity is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which the entity may be organized under the laws of Kansas. Music education, instruction, and other arts performance activities designed to promote the further development and awareness of jazz music as an art form and the individual musical performance skills development of program participants.
Where we work
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Our Sustainable Development Goals
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.),
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
Our staff, Our board,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Burnett Music Foundation
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mr. Christopher Burnett
Burnett Music Foundation
Ms. Terri Burnett
Burnett Music Foundation
Dr. Mary Jane Burnett
mjb consulting services LLC
Rev. Willie Meyers Thornton
Mount Washington Missionary Baptist Church
Ms. Ellen Lorraine Rumbarger
U.S. Air Force Veteran (Cpt)
Ms. Erica Lindsay
Professor and Composer Bard College
Ms. Sumi Tonooka Bates
Artists Recording Collective LLC
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.