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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
Bluegrass Stagecraft 101 videos unveiled
The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce Bluegrass Stagecraft 101, a series of short skill-building videos. Free to the public via YouTube, the videos focus on behind-the-scenes roles in the bluegrass music industry. Produced by Stephen Ide and filmed at the 2022 Grey...
Where there’s a will, there’s a way…to support the future of bluegrass music
Some very famous people have died without a will—including President Abraham Lincoln, singer Aretha Franklin, the artist formerly known as Prince, and Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It's not just famous people who die before getting around to writing their wills. In a...
Shultz Fund grant report from China
by Eric ShiI’m writing to you to tell you about my second educational video, which took us over a month. I finished the production in October and uploaded it to YouTube. This time I arranged “Amarillo By Morning” by George Strait. I’ve been fond of this song...
Donor spotlight: Trisha Tubbs
New IBMA Foundation board member Trisha Tubbs—originally from Hawaii and a longtime resident of the Seattle area before moving to Arizona in recent years—has been involved in leadership roles in the bluegrass music community for more than 30 years. We are grateful for...
Fundraiser concert held in Kentucky to benefit J. D. Crowe
On September 4, 2022, music lovers gathered for a benefit supporting the J. D. Crowe Banjo Scholarship. The event featured delicious barbecue and refreshments as well as music from Kentucky's own Wolfpen Branch, which includes IBMA Foundation board member Arthur...
Deadlines for project and Shultz Fund grants
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due by December 1. The Foundation awards around $20,000 in project grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and...
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