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IBMA Foundation 2019-2020 Year End Report
We’ve had a strong year at the IBMA Foundation. Over 400 donors shared in our work, with contributions totaling more than $70,000. In a season of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other national challenges, we are more grateful than ever for the bluegrass music community and for those who choose to help us build a brighter future for bluegrass by supporting the IBMA Foundation.
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Support IBMA Foundation with a gift of stock
OK...not that kind of stock! Giving stock that has appreciated in value is a great way to help the IBMA Foundation in its mission to make the future of bluegrass music brighter. It can also help you avoid the tax burden of capital gains, as you are allowed you to...
January 31 is grant application deadline for Arnold Shultz Fund
Applications for grants from the Arnold Shultz Fund are due January 31, 2021, for qualified activities, scholarships, or programs. The IBMA Foundation will be awarding up to $5,000 from the Arnold Shultz Fund in 2021 to one or more qualified activities that increase...
IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarship application process announced
Deadline is June 1, 2021 for fall semester scholarship The IBMA Foundation grants one $1,000 scholarship each year to a student majoring in bluegrass or a bluegrass-related field of study at the undergraduate college level. The first scholarship will be awarded by...
Happy New Year, from Nancy Cardwell
Here we are at the beginning of a much-anticipated new year. In many ways, the last was one of the most challenging in recent history. But, during the most difficult times, priorities can be seen more clearly. In a year when it was difficult to get together to listen...
A hopeful, happy holiday wish to you from the IBMA Foundation
Here we are at the end of 2020, a year that many of us are optimistic about putting behind us. I’m reminded of Mr. Tumnus the faun, a character in the first book of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, who said, “It is winter in Narnia, and it has been for ever so...
You shop. Amazon gives.
If you’re planning to make holiday purchases this month through Amazon.com, you can support the IBMA Foundation by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com and selecting The IBMA Foundation as the charity you wish to support. Amazon will donate .05% of the price of...
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