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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
IBMA Foundation announces $14,000 in 2021 project grants
The IBMA Foundation recently awarded $14,000 in project grants for bluegrass programs in eight states plus wider virtual audiences. “We’re proud to announce a diverse list of recipients for 2021 which will support bluegrass education and historic preservation programs...
A message from executive director, Nancy Cardwell: the story of Dick Barnhart and the founding of the IBMA Foundation
In February 2008 I wrote a column for Bluegrass Now magazine about a new foundation that the International Bluegrass Music Association had just created. In honor of our lucky thirteenth anniversary, I’ll share that column with you this month. Thanks for your support...
Support IBMA Foundation with a gift of stock
OK...not that kind of stock! Giving stock that has appreciated in value is a great way to help the IBMA Foundation in its mission to make the future of bluegrass music brighter. It can also help you avoid the tax burden of capital gains, as you are allowed you to...
January 31 is grant application deadline for Arnold Shultz Fund
Applications for grants from the Arnold Shultz Fund are due January 31, 2021, for qualified activities, scholarships, or programs. The IBMA Foundation will be awarding up to $5,000 from the Arnold Shultz Fund in 2021 to one or more qualified activities that increase...
IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarship application process announced
Deadline is June 1, 2021 for fall semester scholarship The IBMA Foundation grants one $1,000 scholarship each year to a student majoring in bluegrass or a bluegrass-related field of study at the undergraduate college level. The first scholarship will be awarded by...
Happy New Year, from Nancy Cardwell
Here we are at the beginning of a much-anticipated new year. In many ways, the last was one of the most challenging in recent history. But, during the most difficult times, priorities can be seen more clearly. In a year when it was difficult to get together to listen...
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