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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 grant fund report from Virginia
By Tom McNally, treasurer & Tim Gundlach, president,RVA Bluegrass Jam, Inc. The 2023 RVA Bluegrass Jam was a great success. The funds received from the IBMA Foundation were vital, as our outdoor music event was faced with significant storms. A few days...
Shultz Fund grant report from Alaska
By: Belle Mickelson Dancing with the Spirit connects Alaskan youth and elders through school music camps as a way to bring joy, happiness and hope to villages; encourage healthy living; and prevent suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse. We teach guitar, fiddle, mandolin,...
String Band Summit scheduled for April 4-7
The String Band Summit gathers musicians, teachers, students, and scholars engaged in string band music to explore traditions, histories, practices, instruments, and pedagogy, seeking to foster collaboration and understanding both within and among different musical...
Pisgah Banjo raffle extended to March 31
The Pisgah Banjo Company raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund has been extended through March 31, 2024. Read more about the raffle here, and get your tickets at the Pisgah Banjo Company site here. Return to the March 2024 issue of The...
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...
Project grant report from New Mexico & Colorado
By Lindsay Taylor The Queen Bee Music Association’s Kids Bluegrass Camp for musicians age 7-15 is held annually in July in Crested Butte, Colorado, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mission of the Queen Bee Music Association is to support musicians in every stage of their...
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