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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
Farewell to Travis Stimeling
Dr. Travis Stimeling headed up the review committee for the Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar academic award for a number of years and was also a faithful supporter of the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund since its inception in 2020. We will miss Travis greatly and are...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant reports from Alaska and Kenya
Alaska – Thanks for your support of Dancing with the Spirit! We are gearing up for a major fundraising campaign for full-time staff and an endowment fund. I found a young Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who is coming with us to Arctic Village to make a three-to...
Project grant report from Tennessee/Virginia
Grant funding from the IBMA Foundation was awarded to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum (BCMM) and was used to support additional costs of the I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music exhibit production, including design and fabrication costs. The special exhibit...
Project grant report from Pennsylvania
The Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association (AFBA) received a project grant in 2023 for the Historic Mural Preservation and Exhibition project. The mural was restored by artists Amanda Schwartz and Kathy Bestwick. Local television station WMZ-69 News did a...
A Bluegrass in the Schools report from Missouri
Dear IBMA Foundation: I am writing to express our gratitude for the Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-grant. With the $250 grant, our school was able to host a bluegrass concert assembly with a local band called Number 9 Coal. The concert took place November 6, 2023....
January 31 deadline to apply for Shultz Fund grants
Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants are due January 31, 2024. Click here to download the application. The Fund awarded a total of almost $29,000 in grants in 2023 for activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color. People of...
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