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IBMA Foundation 2023-2024 Year End Report
We’ve had a strong year at the IBMA Foundation. More than 600 supporters shared in our work, with contributions totaling over $162,000. We distributed more than $81,000 in grants, scholarships, and programs. Since the beginning of the IBMA Foundation (formerly the Foundation for Bluegrass Music) in 2008, over $456,000 has been awarded! We are more grateful than ever for those who choose to help us build a brighter future for bluegrass.
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How Qualified Charitable Distributions benefit you and the IBMA Foundation
Qualified Charitable Distribution Donations: How They Can Benefit You and the IBMA Foundation Are you thinking about taxes this time of year? If you are 70 ½ years of age or older, we thank you for considering a Qualified Charitable Distribution (“QCD”) donation to...
Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge to benefit IBMA Foundation
Plan to join us at Lorraine Jordan’s Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival April 10-12, 2025, at the Meadowview Conference Resort and Hotel in Kingsport, Tennessee! Attendees will be invited to donate an extra dollar (or two) at the gate for the IBMA Foundation, and...
Congratulations to Bright and Baucom grant recipients
Congratulations to the following education grant recipients from the IBMA Foundation! We look forward to receiving reports, photos, and videos in the future. Good luck to everyone listed on their presentations, lessons, and bluegrass camps! Bluegrass in the Schools...
Attention, Artists: March 14 deadline to submit designs for six-panel mural depicting history of bluegrass music
A new downtown public art exhibit in Owensboro, Kentucky is planned to celebrate the city’s initiative to be recognized as the bluegrass capital of the world. Local artists, along with artists from around the world, are invited to submit original designs to be...
A message from Nancy Cardwell
Spring is just around the corner, and it’s the time of year for those who plant gardens to start leafing through seed catalogs. For those who play bluegrass instruments (or would like to), it’s time to check out the list of bluegrass camps and workshops available this...
Fletcher Bright grant report from Josh Wills
Fletcher Bright grant recipient Josh Wills is a quadruple-threat musician with impressive chops on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. He is pictured above on fiddle with his instructor, Bruce Molsky. Josh said, “This camp is the only one that I know of that aims to...
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