Suzuki Association of the Americas
The body licensed by the International Suzuki Association to train, register and support Suzuki teachers across North, Central and South America, founded in 1972 with William Starr as President and dues paid by donation only, and still organized around the conviction that every child can.
Financial profile
Suzuki Association Of The Americas · EIN 22-2192686 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $697,025 | $57,510 | $595,077 | $765,821 | $1,723,573 | Jul 2025 |
| FY2024 | $825,481 | $166,008 | $629,777 | $747,690 | $1,698,531 | Jul 2024 |
| FY2023 | $699,376 | $53,934 | $622,340 | $672,287 | $1,494,606 | Jul 2023 |
| FY2022 | $772,240 | $65,124 | $655,367 | $1,057,010 | $1,440,274 | Jul 2022 |
| FY2021 | $1,125,575 | $304,480 | $798,534 | $886,156 | $1,875,945 | Jul 2021 |
| FY2020 | $882,329 | $113,572 | $737,299 | $904,623 | $1,527,553 | Jul 2020 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies SAA is read alongside.
ASTA
American String Teachers Association
The professional community for string and orchestra teachers and players
61 companies named
MTNA
Music Teachers National Association
A century and a half old professional body empowering music teachers through certification, competitions, and…
32 companies named
AOSA
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
The professional association for educators using the Orff Schulwerk approach to music and movement
13 companies named
OAKE
Organization of American Kodaly Educators
The national organization for educators using the Kodaly approach to music education
NAME
National Association for Music Education
The federated national community of music educators that writes the standards, funds the scholarship, and…
27 companies named
Who backs SAA
Every company SAA names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| YamahaPublished as Yamaha (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ABYC AFS ASTA AES CMS +3 |
| Alfred MusicPublished as Alfred (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA MC MTNA NAME |
| Eastman Music CompanyPublished as Eastman (logo, eastmanmusiccompany.com) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA ITEA NAME |
| D'AddarioPublished as D'Addario (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA ICA |
| Guardian Travel GroupPublished as Guardian Travel Group (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ACOTF ASTA |
| Huntington T. BlockPublished as HTB Huntington T. Block (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA ADAA |
| Steinway & SonsPublished as Steinway & Sons (logo) | Meeting sponsor | MTNA PTG |
| Clarion Associates | Corporate member | IDRS |
| Connolly Music CompanyPublished as Connolly Music Company-Thomastik-Infeld (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA |
| Shar MusicPublished as Shar Music (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA |
| Southwest StringsPublished as Southwest Strings (logo) | Meeting sponsor | ASTA |
Sources: 3 published lists, read October 2026
2026 Biennial Conference: Event Sponsors. Read October 8, 2026. Presenting and Gold sponsors of the 2026 Biennial Conference in San Francisco.
2027 Leadership Summit: Award Nominations. Read October 8, 2026. Sponsor of the Alfred Music Distinguished Young Teacher Award, announced at the 2027 Leadership Summit.
Premier Business Members. Read October 8, 2026. Premier Business Members of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Who backs SAA's peers, but not SAA
Companies named publicly by at least one of SAA's five peer societies, and not found in SAA's reviewed public records.
| Company | ASTA | MTNA | AOSA | NAME | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Leonard | Named | Named | Named | 3 of 4 | |
| MakeMusic | Named | Named | Named | 3 of 4 | |
| Bärenreiter | Named | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| Excelcia Music PublishingPublished as Excelcia Music Publishing/Wingert-Jones Publications/RBC Publications/Kendor Music Publishing | Named | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| FJH Music CompanyPublished as FJH Music Company Inc. (The) | Named | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| Notefinder.com | Named | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| West Music CompanyPublished as West Music | Industry Council | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| WorldStrides | Named | Named | 2 of 4 | ||
| A2G Entertainment | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Archetto | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Atlantic Strings Violin Shop | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Baroque Violin Shop | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Beacock Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Beatin' Path Publications | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Bob Rogers Travel | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Breezin' Thru | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Breitkopf & HärtelPublished as Breitkopf & Haertel | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Carriage House Violins | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Cayambis Music Press | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Cecilia Rosin Collection | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Century Strings | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Cheddar Up | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| CodaBow International | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| CommonTime Pathways | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Craft Your Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Creatudes MethodPublished as Catherine Bent's Creatudes Method | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| DeMoulin Brothers & Company | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| DogSmile Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Ebony Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Educational Tours | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Electrify Your Symphony | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| eNovativePiano | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Faber Piano Adventures | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Flamadiddle | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| FocusritePublished as Focusrite Group in Education | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Forum Music FestivalsPublished as Forum Music Festivals & Forum Educational Travel | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| GetAcceptd | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| GEWA music USA | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| GIA Publications | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Gloria Justen Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Grand Mesa Strings Publishing | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Hold the Frog Productions | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Howard Core Company | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| J.W. Pepper | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Jaromin GuitarsPublished as Jaromin LLC - Jaromin Guitars / Zeppelin Design Labs | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Johnson String Instrument | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Kawai America | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Keiser Productions | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| KHS AmericaPublished as KHS America/SONOR | Industry Council | 1 of 4 | |||
| Knilling StringsPublished as Knilling Strings - St. Louis Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| KRUTZ | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Kun Shoulder Rest | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Louisiana Academy of Performing ArtsPublished as Louisiana Academy of Performing Arts (LAAPA) | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Luck's Music LibraryPublished as Luck's Music Library/Tempo Press | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Mad Robin Music and Dance | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Madeleine Crouch & Co | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Maestro Melody Music & Art Center | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Mark Custom Recording Service | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Mason & HamlinPublished as Mason & Hamlin Piano Co | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MCM Arts | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Meeker Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MMB Music | Industry Council | 1 of 4 | |||
| MoisesPublished as Moises AI | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MOOZ | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Music & Arts | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Music Is Elementary | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Music Rhapsody | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Musically Minted | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MusicFirst | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Musicnotes | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Musicolor Method | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MusicTime | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| My Music Staff | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| NS Design | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Outside The Bachs | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Pera Music School | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Perform InternationalPublished as Perform International / Perform America | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Peripole | Industry Council | 1 of 4 | |||
| Personal Music Coach | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Piano Express Solutions | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Piano Music Database | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Pirastro | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Point CounterPoint | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Quaver Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Randall Standridge Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Reeder Pianos | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| RWS Music Company | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Seman Violins | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Shooting Star Publishing | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| SonaRest | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Steinway Piano Gallery Spanish Fort | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Strad | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| String Letter MediaPublished as Strings Magazine/String Letter Media | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| String Riffs | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Strum Bowing Groove Academy | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Sweet Pipes | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Teaching With Orff | Industry Council | 1 of 4 | |||
| The Practice Shoppe | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Theory Time | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Tropp Music Services | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Tunepike Music | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Ultimate Music Theory | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Vanguard Piano Service | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Vermont ViolinsPublished as V. Richelieu by Vermont Violins | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Wehrli Publications | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Wenger Corporation | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| William Harris LeePublished as William Harris Lee & Co | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Yamaha Corporation of America | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Yesterday Service Sheet Music | Named | 1 of 4 |
The outside view
The body licensed by the International Suzuki Association to train, register and support Suzuki teachers across North, Central and South America, founded in 1972 with William Starr as President and dues paid by donation only, and still organized around the conviction that every child can.
- Authority
- Preserve
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Movement.
Strengths
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