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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
Foundation executive director Nancy Cardwell Webster to be recognized with Distinguished Achievement Award
IBMA Foundation executive director Nancy Cardwell Webster is one of five individuals named as 2021 recipients of the IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award for significant contributions to bluegrass music. Plaques will be presented to recipients on Thursday,...
Neil Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award recipient announced
Congratulations to Heather Grimm, a PhD candidate in the interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama department at Northwestern University, who is the 2021 recipient of the IBMA Foundation’s Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award. Grimm’s presentation, titled “Performing ‘Yes,...
Welcome to the August 2021 issue of The Cornerstone!
Natalie Babbitt wrote in Tuck Everlasting: "The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring,...
Donor spotlight: Lillian Werbin
Lillian Werbin is an active member of the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund advisory committee and host of the video released earlier this year to promote the 2021 application deadline for Shultz Fund grants. Here’s Lily! Q: How did you get interested in bluegrass...
John Kaparakis: a legacy of service and support
By Gary B. Reid The life of John Kaparakis was one of service to others. He proved that daily as a firefighter in Northern Virginia. He was passionate about his job. He was also passionate about bluegrass music, to which his sense of service extended as well. Renowned...
Bluegrass College Band Showcase in Raleigh October 1-2
After a pared-down but powerful virtual showcase during World of Bluegrass in 2020, the IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the live Bluegrass College Band Showcase, 8-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 1-2, in Raleigh, NC. The Youth Stage will...
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