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Funding Alert: Music

AARON COPLAND FOUNDATION

The Fund, created by the late American composer Aaron Copland, seeks to encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music. The Fund operates three grant programs, each with different deadlines. [More...]

AARON COPLAND FUND FOR MUSIC

The Fund was created from the estate of American contemporary music composer, Aaron Copland. The Fund has three separate grant programs, each with its own objectives and annual application deadline. [More...]

AARON COPLAND FUND FOR MUSIC RECORDING PROGRAM

The goals of the American Music Center’s Program is to document and provide wider exposure for the music of contemporary American composers; to develop audiences for contemporary American music through record distribution and other retail markets; and to support the release and dissemination of recordings of previously unreleased contemporary American music. The Fund also supports the reissuance of recordings that are no longer available. [More...]

ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC

The Academy’s ACM Lifting Lives is the philanthropic arm of the organization. It provides funds to nonprofits throughout the United States the promote education and healing with a musical connection. [More...]

ADOLF BUSCH AWARD

Named for the German violinist who was one of the first international celebrities to denounce the Nazi regime, the Award aims to recognize and honor organizations that use music to address social injustice, inequity, and lack of opportunity. Although not Jewish himself, Busch took an unwavering and public stand against the Nazis sacrificing his musical career by doing so. [More...]

AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM

The Forum’s First Nations Composer Initiative Funding Program called Common Ground will support activities that boost Indigenous creative musicians. Activities can include commissions, residencies, performance and production, travel and study, and outreach. [More...]

AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD

The Program, a partnership between American Voices and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, was designed to communicate America’s rich musical contributions to the global music scene as it fosters cross-cultural communication and people-to-people connection to global audiences. [More...]

AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER

The Center’s Aaron Copland Fund for Music Performing Ensembles Program seeks to support organizations whose performances encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of serious contemporary American music. Grants are earmarked for general operating or project support to professional performing ensembles with a history of substantial commitment to contemporary American music and with plans to continue the commitment. [More...]

AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION

The Organization is dedicated to the progrswsive development of the therapeutic use of music in rehabilitation, special education, and community settings. The Organization’s annual Arthur Flagler Fultz Award is one of its philanthropic efforts. [More...]

AMPHION FOUNDATION

The Foundation encourages the performance of contemporary concert music created particularly by American composers. Grants support performing and presenting organizations that have demonstrated sustained artistic excellence. [More...]

ASCAP FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. Part of the Foundation’s mission is to provide grants to organizations engaged in educational programs for aspiring songwriters and composers. [More...]

BLUES MUSIC FOUNDATION

The Foundation, created at the behest of filmmaker Martin Scorcese and the Experience Music Project, will distribute $195,000 in proceeds from the “Salute to the Blues” benefit concert and resulting concert film. Organizations in the blues world that further the celebration and preservation of the blues, promote blues education, assist individuals and/or organizations with special needs, and/or other worthy causes are eligible to apply. [More...]

CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA

The Organization’s Jazz Ensembles program supports the creation and performance of ensemble works in the jazz idiom. Eligible applicants are professional jazz ensembles led by or including a composer/performer. [More...]

CLASSICS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION

The Foundation believes that playing a stringed instrument can transform a child, giving them experiences and skills that can help make them more successful in life. The Foundation provides matching grants of up to $5,000 to schools or nonprofit organizations to incorporate fine string instruments into their music programs. [More...]

COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to shaping the next generation through music education and believes that every child should have access and opportunity to participate in a quality program. The Foundation believes that its grantmaking should provide quality resources, implement the best practices, and invest in the overall infrastructure to ensure that music education programs it helps to build end up thriving and delivering successful and lasting results. [More...]

D’ADDARIO FOUNDATION

The Foundation believes in the power of music to unlock creativity, boost self-confidence, and enhance academics. It believes in the transformative power of music and that mentoring and building communities through music can positively affect social change. [More...]

E. NAKAMICHI FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s goal is to foster awareness and appreciation of classical and early baroque music. As such, grantmaking is targeted toward public television, radio stations, arts groups, and music organizations. [More...]

FRANK AND LYDIA BERGEN FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate the Bergen’s daughter, Charlotte’s, love of classical music and support of musical education. Charlotte was a cellist who presented and conducted over 50 concerts of traditional music in Carnegie Hall. [More...]

FRENCH-AMERICAN JAZZ EXCHANGE

The Exchange is a partnership of the Cultural Service of the French Embassy, the French-American Cultural Exchange, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Celebrating the shared passion for jazz in France and the United States, the Program seeks to foster the creative and professional development of jazz artists from France and the United States through the collaborative investigation of artistic practice and exposure to new audiences, music concepts, and professional relationships. [More...]

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Global Connections, a program of Meet the Composer, helps insure that international audiences see and hear the impressive and creative range of work offered by today’s living composers. It also helps support the creative and professional development of living composers through the performance of their work across the world. [More...]

GRAMMY FOUNDATION

The Foundation offers grants for music research and music preservation projects. The Research Projects program awards funds to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance research and implementation of original scientific research projects related to music. [More...]

GRAMMY MUSEUM

The Museum, funding by the Grammy Recording Academy, has an annual grant program that provides support for music archiving and preservation efforts as well as scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. Grants will be awarded in two areas: Scientific Research Program and Archiving and Preservation Program. [More...]

GUILD OF CARILLONNEURS IN NORTH AMERICA

The Guild supports the development of proficient carillonneurs and encourages the building of new carillons, the improvement of existing installations, and the composition and distribution of carillon music. The Guild's Ronald Barnes Memorial Fund honors Barnes' extraordinary contributions to the art of the carillon in North America. [More...]

GUITAR CENTER MUSIC FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is to aid nonprofit music programs that offer music instruction to participants of any age. Applicants must successfully enhance the state of music education in the United States. [More...]

JAZZ FOR PEACE FOUNDATION

The Foundation offers empowerment grants to allow organizations to host world-class culture event/fundraisers at no cost to the recipients in their own cities or towns. These cultural events/fundraisers raise funds, create publicity and awareness, and open doors to new partnerships and sponsors. [More...]

KURT WEILL FOUNDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to promoting understanding of the life and works of composers Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein and to preserving the legacies of Weill and his wife, actress-singer Lotte Lenya. The Foundation awards grants for performances of musical works by Weill and Blitzstein; for scholarly research pertaining to Weill, Blitzstein, and Lenya, and for relevant educational initiatives. [More...]

KURT WEILL FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC

The Foundation promotes the public understanding and appreciation of the musical works of Kurt Weill and solicits proposals from individuals and organizations to fund projects related to the perpetuation of Weill’s artistic legacy. The Foundation funds research grants, publication assistance, dissertation fellowships, travel grants, professional performance and production grants, college and university performance and production grants, recording projects, and broadcasts. [More...]

LES PAUL FOUNDATION

The Foundation works to honor the legacy of guitarist Les Paul and inspire innovative and creative thinking in the areas of music education and recording. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on programs and projects that explore music innovation and engineering as well as medical research that relates to hearing loss. [More...]

LEWIS PRIZE FOR MUSIC

Founded by the chairman of the Miami Music Association, the Prize believes that music in the lives of young people is a catalytic force to drive positive societal change. The mission of the Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. [More...]

MEET THE COMPOSER

The Organization’s mission is to enable composers to make a living writing music and to increase their visible presence as creative artists. The Commissioning Music/USA program subsidizes commissioning fees and offers technical assistance in managing the entire life cycle of a commissioning project. [More...]

MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s Jazz.NEXT program supports fully developed projects that incorporate technology in substantive and innovative approaches to audience development, communications, distribution, marketing, and network building for jazz performances. Jazz.NEXT was created with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to encourage creative thinking. [More...]

MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION

The Foundation, a philanthropic group organized around the rock group, Phish, supports three areas: music, education, and children. The Foundation prefers projects that encourage creative expression in all musical forms. [More...]

MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION

The Foundation has two grant programs. The Melody Program targets qualified K-12 school music programs in need of assistance. [More...]

MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS FOUNDATION

The Foundation awards grants to music programs that serve low-income communities, programs with little or no budget for musical instruments and music programs that serve the most students out of the school population. The Foundation offers several different grant programs: Keeping Music Alive grants and grants for schools affected by natural disasters. [More...]

MUSIC ALIVE PROGRAM

Administered jointly by Meet the Composer and the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Program offers financial and administrative support for composer-in-residence positions in professional and youth orchestras across the United States. The deadline is for short-term residencies for the 2007-2008 season. [More...]

MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION

The Foundation is named for Meredith Willson, the composer of the Music Man musical and other pieces of music. The Foundation makes grants in two areas: Strengthening the Sector and the Southern California Meredith Willson Awards. [More...]

MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

The Foundation is committed to keeping America’s musical future alive for future generations by supporting comprehensive programs that nurture the creation, performance, study, and teaching of music. Grants are awarded to Association and non-Association members as well as affiliate organizations in the following categories: Program Enrichment, Teacher Enrichment, Affiliate Matching, Local Association Start-up, and Collegiate Chapter. [More...]

MUZAK HEART AND SOUL FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s Music Matters program focuses on educational reform in school music programs and independent nonprofit music programs. Vocal or instrumental music education must be the key component of any music program requesting funds. [More...]

NAMM FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s mission is to advance active participation in music making across the lifespan. It does this by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving, and public service programs from the international music products industry. [More...]

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS: AMERICAN MASTERPIECES IN CHAMBER MUSIC

Through the American Masterpieces in Chamber Music program, the Endowment will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of chamber music in the United States. It intends to do so through performances and related residencies of American chamber music in communities across the nation. [More...]

NEW MUSIC USA

The Organization is a merger of American Music Center and Meet the Composer. Its goal is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music. [More...]

OPERA AMERICA

The Organization is dedicated to supporting the work of opera creators, companies, and administrators. It seeks to advance a mutually beneficial agenda that serves and strengthens the field through programs in the following categories: creation, presentation, and enjoyment. [More...]

PRESSER FOUNDATION

The philanthropic arm of the Theodore Presser Company, the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on college and university music departments. [More...]

SPARKPLUG FOUNDATION

The Foundation primarily awards grants to nonprofits working in the areas of music, education, and grassroots organizing. Music grants support emerging professional musicians or music-development programs. [More...]

SPHINX VENTURE FUND

The Fund was created by Aaron P. Dworkin, an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theater & Dance as an offshoot of Dworkin's Sphinx Competition. [More...]

THE AARON COPLAND FUND FOR MUSIC

The Fund was created from the bequest of the contemporary music composer. Its purpose is to encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music. [More...]

THE AMPHION FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established in 1987 to encourage the performance of contemporary concert music, particularly by American composers, through support to performing and presenting organizations that have demonstrated sustained artistic excellence, in addition to service organizations. Grants are provided to publicly supported nonprofit performing ensembles, presenters, and music service organizations that have a history of substantial commitment to contemporary concert music at a high level of excellence. [More...]

THE FENDER MUSIC FOUNDATION

The Foundation, which believes that music participation is an essential element in the fabric of enduring society, was created to provide funding and resources for music programs across the America. It also seeks to educate the public on the value of a musical education. [More...]

THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION

The Foundation, with funding from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, offers support for research as well as archiving and preservation projects. Research projects should advance original research and implementation of projects related to music, such as teaching methodology in early childhood; the impact of music study on human development; and the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals. [More...]

THE GUILD OF CARILLONNEURS

The Gild supports the development of proficient carillonneurs and encourages the building of new carillons, the improvement of existing installations, and the composition and distribution of carillon music. The Guild’s Ronald Barnes Memorial Fund honors the namesake’s passion for American carillon music by helping to provide an opportunity to pursue studies within North America, in North American carillon performance, composition, music history, and/or instrument design. [More...]

THE GUILD OF CARILLONNEURS IN NORTH AMERICA

The Guild is dedicated to promoting the art of the carillon, including the development of proficient carillonneurs and the building of new carillons, the improvement of existing installations, and the composition and distribution of carillon music. The Guild’s Ronald Barnes Memorial Scholarship grant honors Barnes’ passion for American carillon music by helping to provide an opportunity to pursue studies, within North America, in carillon performance, composition, music history, and/or instrument design. [More...]

THE LEWIS PRIZE

Named for Daniel Lewis who is chairman of The Management Center, the Prize aims to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music. The Prize's Accelerator Awards are given to creative youth development music organizations seeking to influence youth-serving systems so that all young people have access to learning, creating, and performing experiences that reflect their culture and identity. [More...]

THE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION

The Foundation is a nonprofit organization of fans of the band, Phish, which was founded to raise money for charity. Naturally, the funding focus is on music education for children. [More...]

THE MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s AMP Music Series brings the joy of free, live music to people of all ages and backgrounds living in small to mid-sized towns and cities, transforming neglected public spaces into thriving community destinations. AMP Music Series grants are awarded to organizations or municipalities partnering with a nonprofit to present a minimum of 10 free outdoor concerts presented over 10 consecutive weeks between May 1 and November 15, 2019. [More...]

THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION

Originally named the Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charitable Foundation, the Foundation is named after the Tony Award-winning musical written by Meredith Willson. The Foundation's mission is to empower organizations using music to catalyze enduring change and to amplify the founders' musical legacy. [More...]

THE PRESSER FOUNDATION

The Foundation, named for music publisher Theodore Presser, awards grants in five categories: capital support; advancement of music; special projects; music education initiative; assistance to music teachers; and undergraduate scholar award. Capital support grants support the construction of new facilities; the renovation, repair, or expansion of existing facilities; and the acquisition or repair of musical instruments, equipment, and other property. [More...]

YOUNG SINGERS FOUNDATION

The Foundation was created by the Sweet Adelines International to enrich the lives of young people through educational programs in women’s barbershop vocal music. Grants are awarded for projects that encourage education about and the performance of women’s barbershop vocal music. [More...]