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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
Project Grant spotlight: Ferrum College
By Laurie Adams Ferrum College was awarded an IBMA Foundation project grant for the development of an Appalachian Instrument Library. This project will provide Ferrum College students and community members with access to instruments, as part of the Appalachian Music...
IBMA Foundation participates in “Support Bluegrass – Support Each Other” campaign
As the year draws to a close, the IBMA Foundation, the IBMA Trust Fund and IBMA request your help in a joint, year-end giving campaign: Support Each Other, Support Bluegrass. Your gift will help the IBMA Foundation build a brighter future for bluegrass music through...
Arnold Shultz Fund application deadline: Jan. 31, 2022
Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants are due January 31, 2022. 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...
A year-end message from Nancy Cardwell
You love bluegrass. You would like to see bluegrass live forever. We have a way you can do that... Although 2021 turned out to be a bit more like 2020 than we had hoped, there was a healthy dose of optimism and forward movement mixed in with the challenges. The...
2021 could be your best year to give
Individuals may receive additional benefits for charitable gifts this year. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 included temporary tax benefits to encourage charitable gifts. These benefits include deductions for individuals who do not itemize...
Project grant recipient spotlight: Georgia Elementary & Middle School in Vermont
by Chris Gribnau, Music Teacher: After a very long wait, October 26 marked the day that I began my "bluegrass exploratory" class and I thought that the IBMA Foundation would appreciate seeing a photo of what I was able to purchase with the grant afforded to Georgia...
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