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IBMA Foundation 2024-2025 Year End Report
They say, “It’s all about the numbers,” and the IBMA Foundation numbers for the past fiscal year were pretty great! But more important are the names and faces, programs, stories, and wonderful bluegrass music behind each number. We’ll share some of both with you below.
Since the beginning of the Foundation in 2007, more than $530,000 has been awarded for grants, scholarships and programs.
This past year we awarded more than $74,400 in grants, scholarships, and program support.
More than 500 supporters shared in our mission to support the future of bluegrass music, with donations totaling $198,000.
We ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with $644,326 in net assets.
The Foundation’s agency endowment funds totaled $539,431
Latest Info
Project and Arnold Shultz Fund Grant applications due December 2, January 31
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...
Guitar raffle to benefit IBMA Foundation at Blue Highway Fest
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...
IBMA Foundation Announces Terry Baucom Bluegrass Education Grant and Mike Auldridge Memorial Scholarship
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...
Year-end report from IBMA Foundation, 2023-24
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,...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Jam Pak Bluegrass Camp
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...
Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant report from Idaho
Thanks so much for the generous grant awarded to the three Beck kids, Eliza, Rachel, and Andrew. We used the funds to attend a wonderful bluegrass camp in June of 2024 in Weiser, Idaho. We worked with the band in residence, Missy Raines & Allegheny. We learned so...
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