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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
Have you thought about donating those instruments in your closet to the IBMA Foundation?
In addition to monetary and stock donations, some much-appreciated starter to mid-range level bluegrass instruments have been donated to the IBMA Foundation in the past year. Three banjos with cases, capos and picks were donated in April 2021 by Casey Henry, a...
World of Bluegrass 2021 highlights
WOB 2021 in Raleigh, a combined live and virtual event with COVID-19 restrictions to keep attendees safe, was definitely one for the books! Live attendance numbers were down, as expected (see prevous sentence), but enthusiasm was high for those who were able to gather...
Deadlines announced for project and Arnold Shultz Fund grant applications
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 1, 2021. The Foundation awards around $20,000 in project grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified government agencies such as public schools and...
A message from IBMA Foundation executive director, Nancy Cardwell Webster
For those of you who weren’t able to be with us in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week, we missed you and hope you were able to catch some of the great seminars and musical presentations online that took place from September 28 –...
Apply for 2022 project and Arnold Shultz Fund grants
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 1, 2021. The Foundation awards around $14,000 in project grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and...
Welcome to new board member Pat Morris
As the new executive director of IBMA, Pat Morris also becomes the newest member of the IBMA Foundation board of directors. An excerpt from a fine article written by Derek Halsey about Morris for the September issue of Bluegrass Unlimited follows. Be sure to pick up a...
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