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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
Grant reports from California, Minnesota, and N Carolina
Our congratulations to brother and sister Judah Davis and Bayla Davis from Leicester, North Carolina, the first two recipients of Fletcher Bright Memorial Grants for Young Musicians. Bayla will be attending the Bela Fleck Blue Ridge Banjo Camp, and Judah will be a...
Call for participation in college band showcases
The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the live Bluegrass College Band Showcase on Friday and Saturday evenings, September 30 – October 1. The showcases will be presented at the Youth Stage located at 420 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina,...
June 30 deadline for Bluegrass Scholar Award
The Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award annually recognizes the best bluegrass-related paper accepted by a juried academic conference during the previous year. Developing academic scholars eligible for this award include graduate students in MA or PhD programs and...
June 1 deadline for bluegrass college scholarships
The IBMA Foundation offers six different college scholarships. Students interested in applying for the fall 2022 semester are invited to fill out an application at this link and email it to info@bluegrassfoundation.org or mail it to 1183 University Drive #105-215,...
Get your tickets for the May 20 banjo raffle!
The prize in our second annual Strings to Dreams Bluegrass Raffle is a mint condition 2010 VRB-3 Truetone Huber Banjo, valued at $4,100, with two cases and straps. Tickets are available at $20 each or six for $100 at stringsfordreams.com, and there is no limit to the...
Grant reports from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico
Dancing with the Spirit [Arnold Shultz Fund grantee] connects Alaskan youth and elders through school music camps as a way to bring joy, happiness and hope to villages; encourage healthy living; and prevent suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse. We teach guitar, fiddle,...
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