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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
Call for participation: Bluegrass College Band Showcase Sept. 29-30
The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the return of bluegrass college band performance opportunities on Friday and Saturday evenings, September 29-30. The showcases will be presented at the Youth Stage located at 420 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North...
A message from Nancy Cardwell, June 2023
The third annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle is a wrap, and in this issue we announce the winners. All of us on the team promoting this annual fundraiser feel like we’ve run a marathon! We crossed the finish line with $20,890 to use for scholarships,...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from China
Eric Shi, a 2023 recipient of an Arnold Shultz Fund grant, sent an update on his progress with educational bluegrass videos created for his online banjo and guitar students in China. “I’ve been engaged in moving for the last few months from my hometown, Wenzhou, to...
Call for participation in Bluegrass College Band Showcase
The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the return of bluegrass college band performance opportunities on Friday and Saturday evenings, September 29-30. The showcases will be presented at the Youth Stage located at 420 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina,...
Donor spotlight: Patrick David Sawyer, The Pisgah Banjo Company
For the past three years, the Pisgah Banjo Company of Fairview, North Carolina, has conducted a fundraising raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund. A total of $29,590 was raised in 2023, with $10,000 designated for Black Banjo Reclamation Project...
Message from Nancy Cardwell – May 2023
CAPTION: "The Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle may not be the EASY way to get a Martin guitar or a pair of custom cowboy boots, but it's THE COWBOY WAY!"- Riders in the Sky, backstage at the Grand Ole Opry last November, with the raffle prize 1967 D-35 Martin...
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