Dear Ms. Cardwell: Thank you and the IBMA Foundation for the project grant to support Chamber Dance Project and our collaboration with the North Carolina-based string/bluegrass band, the Red Clay Ramblers. We greatly appreciate this first-time award and recognition of...

Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 2, 2024. The Foundation awards project grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and colleges. Link...

Blue Highway Fest in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, named IBMA Bluegrass Event of the Year in 2023, is holding an on-site guitar raffle October 9-12 to benefit the IBMA Foundation. Built by luthier Rufus Thames of Bristol, Virginia, the prize guitar is a replica of Blue...

September 26 at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Week in Raleigh, North Carolina, the IBMA Foundation announced the launch of two exciting initiatives. The Terry Baucom Bluegrass Education Grant, created by Cindy Baucom, will help cover expenses of lessons, educational...

You love bluegrass. You would like to see bluegrass live forever. We have a way you can do that! We’ve had a strong year at the IBMA Foundation. Over 600 supporters shared in our work, with contributions totaling $161,732. We distributed more than $81,000 in grants,...

Submitted by Anni Beach, President of Jam Pak Band, 501(c)(3) This was the second year of coordinating a three-day Bluegrass Summer Camp with Jam Pak. Indeed, we built upon the great success of the 2023 camp. It was a most joyful and big learning experience for...