# SongShine Foundation

About SongShine Foundation At SongShine Foundation, we believe every voice deserves to be heard—at every stage of life.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** SongShine Foundation
- **Legal name:** SongShine Foundation
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 45-1453217
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Palm Desert, California
- **Primary cause:** Health
- **IRS classification:** NTEE G19 — Health
- **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://songshineforparkinsons.com
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/SongShine

## About SongShine Foundation

About SongShine Foundation
At SongShine Foundation, we believe every voice deserves to be heard—at 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’s disease, stroke, other neurological conditions, or the natural process of aging.
We do this by:

• Training and certifying compassionate instructors to teach SongShine vocal exercise classes

• Offering regularly scheduled in-person and online SongShine classes

• Presenting workshops that introduce and share SongShine’s proven vocal therapy methods

• Continuously creating and refining course materials that blend music, speech, creative drama, and imagination

SongShine classes are intentionally holistic, engaging the whole person—body, 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.
Classes 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.
The Impact
In SongShine Foundation classes:

• Voices grow stronger

• Spirits are lifted

• Memories are awakened

• Community is created

• Confidence and self-esteem are renewed

Why Your Gift Matters
Your gift makes this life-changing work possible. Donations help train instructors, expand access to classes, develop new materials, and ensure that individuals—regardless of ability or circumstance—can 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.

## Record

- **Verified:** 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.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/songshine-foundation/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)