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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
Shultz Fund Grant recipient spotlight: Stephen Wang
by Stephen Wang (Los Gatos, California), 2021 recipient The IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund provided me the opportunity to take guitar lessons with Jack Tuttle, a treasured fixture in the California bluegrass community. Jack is well known throughout the bluegrass...
Grant application deadlines are approaching
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 1, 2021. The Foundation will award a total of around $20,000 to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified government agencies such as public schools and colleges....
A message from Nancy Cardwell: November 2021
Fall is the most beautiful time of year where I grew up, in the Missouri Ozarks. The red, orange, and yellow leaves on the trees flame the hills with color, and there’s a hint of wood smoke in the crisp air. The sunlight even looks different this time of year, as we...
Making a gift of stock to the IBMA Foundation can be as simple as a phone call
Donors who are interested in sharing bluegrass music with the next generation are making gifts of stock and other securities to the IBMA Foundation because it’s a tax-savvy way to give. Will you consider joining recent supporters and the late Dick Barnhart—whose...
Project grant spotlight: Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Bluegrass Day Camp for Kids
Due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic many bluegrass camps and educational programs were cancelled or postponed in the summer of 2020. The Foundation recently received a report from the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Bluegrass Day Camp for Kids held just...
Mini-grant recipient spotlight: Bluefield, West Virginia; Amherst, New York; Raleigh, North Carolina
After a strong year of support from donors (see IBMA Foundation Year-End Report elsewhere in the October 5, 2021 issue of The Cornerstone, the Foundation is able to raise Bluegrass in the Schools Mini-grants from $300 to $500. Do you have a band that enjoys presenting...
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