Arnold Shultz Fund application deadline: Jan. 31, 2022

Arnold Shultz Fund application deadline: Jan. 31, 2022

Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants are due January 31, 2022. The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund supports activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color. People of color are people with racial/ethnic backgrounds that are...
A year-end message from Nancy Cardwell

A year-end message from Nancy Cardwell

You love bluegrass. You would like to see bluegrass live forever. We have a way you can do that… Although 2021 turned out to be a bit more like 2020 than we had hoped, there was a healthy dose of optimism and forward movement mixed in with the challenges. The...
2021 could be your best year to give

2021 could be your best year to give

Individuals may receive additional benefits for charitable gifts this year. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 included temporary tax benefits to encourage charitable gifts. These benefits include deductions for individuals who do not itemize...
Shultz Fund Grant recipient spotlight: Stephen Wang

Shultz Fund Grant recipient spotlight: Stephen Wang

by Stephen Wang (Los Gatos, California), 2021 recipient The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund provided me the opportunity to take guitar lessons with Jack Tuttle, a treasured fixture in the California bluegrass community. Jack is well known throughout the bluegrass...