News from the Foundation
Bookmark this page to check out new reports, articles, and announcements from the IBMA Foundation!
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
New Year greetings and recap of 2022
Happy New Year to all of the friends of the Foundation across the country and around the world! We couldn’t be happier to be kicking off 2023 with you. Our shared passion for bluegrass music and the positive effect it’s had on our lives inspire us to work together to...
January 31 deadline for Shultz Fund grants
Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants are due January 31, 2023. The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund supports activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color. People of color are people with racial/ethnic backgrounds that are...
Tips for year-end giving
Thank you for your generosity this year. With your help, we are working together to make the future of bluegrass music brighter and share bluegrass with the next generation. With the year not quite over, this is the perfect time for reflecting and giving back—and...
Arnold Shultz Fund grant report from Africa
Following is a report from Tom Wolf, bandleader and banjo player for the band Elephant Grass, based in Nairobi, Kenya. A cousin of bluegrass historian Neil Rosenberg, Wolf came to Kenya years ago with the Peace Corps and has ended up spending most of his life in...
Shultz Fund grant applications due January 31
The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund supports activities that increase participation in bluegrass music by people of color. People of color are people with racial/ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in bluegrass: Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous...
Three-in-one campaign supports IBMA, Trust Fund, Foundation
As the year draws to a close, IBMA, the IBMA Trust Fund and the IBMA Foundation request your help in a joint, year-end giving campaign. Your gift will: • help the International Bluegrass Music Association to empower bluegrass music on a global scale through programs...
PARTICIPATE - SHARE
DONATE - RECOMMEND - GET INVOLVED!
Join the street team working together to create a brighter future for bluegrass.
Anyone willing to share information with friends and colleagues about IBMA Foundation-hosted scholarships, grants, and programs is WELCOME to sign up as a “Friend of the Foundation” and use the logo above. Fill out the form below to request a free brochure, sticker, and magnet.
Please display the Friend of the Foundation logo on your websites, social media pages, marketing messages, liner notes, and fliers.
The Friends of the Foundation group is open to all individuals, companies, and organizations interested in helping bluegrass music grow, sharing it with future generations and new audiences around the world. CLICK HERE to read about ways you could help as a Friend of the Foundation.
Click Here to be a Friend of the Foundation
The IBMA Foundation
1183 University Drive #105-215
Burlington, NC 27215
615.260.4807