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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
Shultz Fund grant report from China
Happy New Year! May you be healthy and joyful in 2024! Thanks to support of Arnold Shultz Fund, I made lots of fun bluegrass banjo videos from 2022 to 2023, which left me with much precious memory. Thank you for your support, and I will keep making bluegrass videos...
Bluegrass in the Schools grant report from Alabama
Our students enjoyed terrific performances and learned a great deal about bluegrass music on December 1, thanks to a grant from the IBMA Foundation. Here’s what I shared on the school social media page that day: “Our students enjoyed an assembly this afternoon...
Project grant report from Missouri
The Bluegrass Battles Hunger event in St. Joseph, Missouri was a huge success! We were fortunate to engage Ellie Grace for the vocal harmony workshop, made possible by the funds received from the IBMA Foundation for our Artist in Residency program. The workshop...
January 31 deadline for Shultz Fund grants
Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants are due January 31, 2024. Click here to download the application. Please check out the video here. The Fund awarded a total of almost $29,000 in grants in 2023 for activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by...
New year greetings and recap
Happy New Year to friends of the IBMA Foundation across the country and around the world! I couldn’t be happier to be kicking off 2024 with you. Our shared passion for bluegrass music and the positive effect it has on our lives inspire us to work even harder together...
Ten tips for year-end giving
You may already be thinking about year-end giving and granting. This season provides an opportunity to reflect on what we have and how we can make a difference in our communities, and for many of us (including the staff and board of directors at the IBMA Foundation),...
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