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 "slug": "songshine-foundation",
 "display_name": "SongShine Foundation",
 "legal_name": "SongShine Foundation",
 "ein": "45-1453217",
 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) nonprofit",
 "year_established": 2011,
 "year_established_source": "propublica",
 "headquarters_city": "Palm Desert",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Health",
 "primary_cause_source": "NTEE G19 via ProPublica (approximate)",
 "registration_status": "participant_2026",
 "mightycause_urn": "SongShine",
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 "financials": {
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  "year": 2023
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 "official_website": "https://songshineforparkinsons.com",
 "official_website_source": "derived from the organization's contact email domain in DCF's own records, then HTTP-verified. Never constructed.",
 "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13",
 "short_description": "About SongShine Foundation At SongShine Foundation, we believe every voice deserves to be heard\u2014at every stage of life.",
 "about": "About SongShine Foundation\nAt SongShine Foundation, we believe every voice deserves to be heard\u2014at every stage of life. Through the healing power of music, creativity, and human connection, we help individuals reclaim voices that have been impacted by Parkinson\u2019s disease, stroke, other neurological conditions, or the natural process of aging.\nWe do this by:\n\n\u2022 Training and certifying compassionate instructors to teach SongShine vocal exercise classes\n\n\u2022 Offering regularly scheduled in-person and online SongShine classes\n\n\u2022 Presenting workshops that introduce and share SongShine\u2019s proven vocal therapy methods\n\n\u2022 Continuously creating and refining course materials that blend music, speech, creative drama, and imagination\n\nSongShine classes are intentionally holistic, engaging the whole person\u2014body, mind, and spirit. Participants explore gentle body awareness and relaxation, breath support, vocal exercises and song, speech and articulation, imagination, creative drama, and emotional expression. This integrated approach does more than strengthen voices; it restores confidence, joy, and a sense of possibility.\nClasses are taught in a warm, affirming environment where participants feel safe to take risks, be seen, and be celebrated. Individuals of all ages and neurological backgrounds come together not defined by a diagnosis, but united by a shared goal: rediscovering their voice and the confidence that comes with it. In these spaces, friendships form, laughter returns, and community grows.\nThe Impact\nIn SongShine Foundation classes:\n\n\u2022 Voices grow stronger\n\n\u2022 Spirits are lifted\n\n\u2022 Memories are awakened\n\n\u2022 Community is created\n\n\u2022 Confidence and self-esteem are renewed\n\nWhy Your Gift Matters\nYour gift makes this life-changing work possible. Donations help train instructors, expand access to classes, develop new materials, and ensure that individuals\u2014regardless of ability or circumstance\u2014can experience the joy, connection, and empowerment of finding their voice again. With your support, more people can move from silence to song, from isolation to belonging, and from uncertainty to confidence.",
 "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)",
 "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13",
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 "primary_cause_reviewed_source": "CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_date": "2026-08-17",
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  "2025": "CV Giving Day 2025 approved-participant list, matched on EIN"
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  "url": "https://songshineforparkinsons.com",
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   "addressLocality": "Palm Desert",
   "addressRegion": "CA",
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  "description": "About SongShine Foundation At SongShine Foundation, we believe every voice deserves to be heard\u2014at every stage of life.",
  "foundingDate": "2011",
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 "last_verified": "2026-08-19",
 "date_modified": "2026-08-19",
 "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record."
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