Apply for an IBMA Foundation College Scholarship

Apply for an IBMA Foundation College Scholarship

Application deadline for all four scholarships: June 1, 2024.
Scholarship will be awarded for the fall 2024 semester.

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Arnold Shultz (1886 – 1931) was an African American musician from western Kentucky. Shultz, best known as an extraordinary guitarist and fiddle player, often played guitar with Bill Monroe’s fiddle-playing uncle, Pendleton (“Pen”) Vandiver. It was at these gigs that Monroe met Arnold Shultz and began to emulate Shultz’s backup guitar style. Shultz was impressed enough with Monroe’s progress that he hired Monroe to play guitar with him at dances, thereby giving Monroe his first professional music jobs. Arnold Shultz was a mentor to Bill Monroe, who also credited Shultz with influencing his approach to playing music in multiple ways.

Arnold Shultz Fund Awards

For 2024, the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund will award grants for one or more qualified activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color.

Applicants may be individuals, schools, groups, organizations, or government entities. People of color are people with racial/ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in bluegrass: Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous First People, Indigenous Pacific Islander, etc.

Priority will be given to programs, activities, or individuals that demonstrate a commitment to inclusivity and serving diverse, underrepresented populations in bluegrass music.

DEADLINE:

The Arnold Shultz Fund Application Form and all required supporting documentation specified in the Application Form must be received by January 31, 2024. Download, fill in, sign, and email the Application Form and all required materials to info@bluegrassfoundation.org. Email is preferred, but materials mailed to IBMA Foundation, [1183 University Drive #105-215, RECIPIENT INFORMATION:

Whenever possible, the IBMA Foundation will make direct payments such as to a school to pay for tuition. If a grant is not paid directly but is paid to the applicant to pay for expenses such as supplies, equipment, instruments, etc., the recipient will submit receipts for these expenditures to the IBMA Foundation.

Recipients are required to submit a brief written report on how the award was used, outcomes, and benefits no later than 30 days after the project is completed.

The recipient understands and agrees that the report they submit (or highlights of the report) may be shared in a press release, on the IBMA Foundation website, and/or in the IBMA Foundation’s e-newsletter, The Cornerstone.

Recipients will also submit one or more photographs of themselves and, if applicable, of the project or activity they were involved with. If applicable, one or more videos may also be submitted. The recipient understands and agrees that any photograph or video that they submit may be used by the IBMA Foundation for publicity, press releases, articles, social media, etc.

1. Applicant*

Address*

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone*

Email*

2. Project Title:*

Is this a new project?*

Yes

Is this an enhancement, expansion, or continuation of an existing project?*

Yes

If so, for how many years?*

3. Amount requested:*

Total cost of project:*

4. Brief description of project:*

Please categorize your project:*

Educational

Artistic/Cultural

Organizational
Development

Literary/Media

Performance

Historic Preservation

Population served:*

General Public

Children/Youth

Adults

Elderly

Other

Will the project enhance the diversity of participation in bluegrass music?*

Yes

Geographical Scope:*

Local

Regional

National

International

5. Amount of your organization’s annual operating budget:

6. Fiscal year:

7. Major funding sources:*

8. Board of Directors/ Trustees (list names):

9. Additional information/ mission statement:

Does the project directly involve bluegrass music?*

Does the project address a priority need or opportunity facing the bluegrass music community? What is its nature and scope, and the number of people served by this project? Will the project have a significant impact?*

Does the project duplicate any other existing initiative?*

Will the project enhance the diversity of participation in bluegrass music?*

What outcomes will be achieved, and how will they be measured?*

Does the project have a demonstrated sound financial plan?*

Will this grant constitute matching funds?*

After this project is completed, how will funding continue? If not funded, what is the effect?*

Does the project have a broad base of support such as volunteer involvement, public participation, and/or collaboration with other organizations?*

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10. Contact person and title:*

11. Address:*

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Signature*

12. Email:*

Digital Signature;*

Date*

Note: Filling in the name above will constitute a signature on a digital version of this form. Please submit this completed grant application form along with the information requested at the top of this document to
info@bluegrassfoundation.org. OR you mail (with a December 1 postmark) to: IBMA Foundation Project Grants, 1183 University Drive #105-215, Burlington, NC 27215.

The DEADLINE for IBMA Foundation Project Grants is December 1 for the following year’s grants.

If you have questions, please call IBMA Foundation executive director Nancy Cardwell at 615.260.4807 or email info@bluegrassfoundation.org