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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
Sacramento, CA banjo build recap
By Hannah Mayree, The Black Banjo Reclamation Project The weekend of April 29—May 1 marked the third banjo building event produced by the Black Banjo Reclamation Project. To date, we have facilitated trainings and provided technical assistance for over 30 Black...
Board member and officer elections announced
The IBMA Foundation board is pleased to announce the addition of two new members beginning July 1, 2022. Lillian Werbin is co-owner of Elderly Instruments, a fretted instrument retailer and haven for musicians, located in Lansing, Michigan. Lillian is passionate about...
Scholarships and scholar award to be announced August 1
Stay tuned! IBMA Foundation-hosted college scholarship and Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award recipients will be announced in the August 1 issue of this publication, as well as on our website at bluegrassfoundation.org. RETURN to the July 1, 2022 issue of The...
A message from Nancy Cardwell: Remembering James Reams
There are no guarantees for how long our individual journeys will last. On June 17, the bluegrass music community was saddened to hear about the unexpected death of James Reams, the Arizona-based bandleader, association leader, event producer, and film producer who...
A message from Nancy Cardwell
We have announced that Kenyon Young of Las Vegas is the lucky winner of the Huber banjo prize in the Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle, and all of us on the team working to promote this annual fundraiser feel like we’ve run a marathon! We crossed the finish line...
Kenyon Young wins 2nd Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle
Kenyon Young wins 2nd Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle Congratulations to Kenyon (David) Young, the winner of the VRB-3 Truetone Huber Banjo in the second Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle, an annual fundraiser for the IBMA Foundation! At press time, the banjo...
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