Arnold Shultz Fund grant recipients announced for 2024

Arnold Shultz Fund grant recipients announced for 2024

The IBMA Foundation has awarded a total of $19,650 for 16 Arnold Shultz Fund grants to programs and individuals in 12 states, Kenya, and Nepal. The Arnold Shultz Fund was established in 2020 to encourage participation in bluegrass music by people of color. “We’re...
Pisgah Banjo raffle to benefit Arnold Shultz Fund

Pisgah Banjo raffle to benefit Arnold Shultz Fund

The Pisgah Banjo Company is excited to announce another chance to win a unique custom banjo! Raffle tickets are $20 each and all proceeds will benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund, a grant program dedicated to people of color pursuing traditional old-time and bluegrass...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant reports from Alaska and Kenya

Arnold Shultz Fund grant reports from Alaska and Kenya

Alaska – Thanks for your support of Dancing with the Spirit!  We are gearing up for a major fundraising campaign for full-time staff and an endowment fund. I found a young Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who is coming with us to Arctic Village to make a three-to...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Kenya

Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Kenya

Elephant Grass Musical Chairs band leader and banjo player Tom Wolf shared the following correspondence with the school official where his band made a Shultz grant-funded bluegrass music presentation in Nairobi, Kenya on June 12, 2023.  Mr. Ndung’u, I know we...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Arizona

Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Arizona

By Anni Beach, President of Jam Pak Band Jam Pak is so grateful for the grant from the Arnold Shultz Fund to help with the expenses of the three-day Bluegrass Summer Camp with Jam Pak. This is the first time we have done this, and we consider this a prototype for the...