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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
Biscuits for Bluegrass fundraising event sells out!
The IBMA Foundation’s first Biscuits for Bluegrass fundraising event sold out in a brief pre-sale period open to donors, major supporters, and volunteers! The event, planned for Saturday morning, September 20, at the Chattanooga Convention Center, will kick off the...
Shultz grant report from Jam Pak Summer Bluegrass Camp
The third annual Bluegrass Summer Camp with Jam Pak in Chandler, Arizona is a wrap, supported in part by a grant from the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund. “It is really hard to describe the intense and happy atmosphere which surrounds our camp,” said Jam Pak...
Fred Bisel workshops to benefit Terry Baucom Bluegrass Education Grant
Fred Bisel has been writing tablature for all of Terry Baucom’s recorded banjo tunes and breaks, in preparation for teaching workshops based on “Bauc’s” unique, driving style. His first book is titled, The Study of Terry Baucom Style Banjo, Volume 1. With the full...
IBMA Foundation World of Bluegrass events announced
The IBMA FOUNDATION supports programs fostering the growth of bluegrass music through charitable donations and planned giving. Learn more at bluegrassfoundation.org or at the Foundation booth in the Expo Hall this week, where we can talk about how YOU can help make...
IBMA Foundation announces seven scholarship recipients
The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce the following recipients of seven college scholarships for the 2025-26 school year. Two are first time awards: the Mike Auldridge Memorial Scholarship and the Gloria Belle Memorial Scholarship! The recipient of the first Mike...
Your chance to honor Arnold Shultz Hall of Fame induction
Join us in celebrating Arnold Shultz’s induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in the “early contributions” category with a donation in his honor to the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund! Just four short years ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the IBMA...
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