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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
Applications for Arnold Shultz Fund grants due January 31
The IBMA Foundation has announced that Arnold Shultz Fund applications for grants to qualified activities, scholarships, or programs are due January 31, 2021. The application may be downloaded here. In June 2020, the IBMA Foundation established the Arnold Shultz Fund...
Applications for 2021 IBMA Foundation project grants due December 1
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due today, December 1, 2020. Applications may be emailed to info@bluegrassfoundation.org by midnight in your time zone or postmarked December 1. The Foundation awards $1,000 - $2,000 grants annually to...
Applications for 2021 IBMA Foundation project grants due December 1
Applications for project grants awarded by the IBMA Foundation are due December 1, 2020. The Foundation awards $1,000 - $2,000 grants annually to nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)3 status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and colleges....
Z Mandolins to support IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarship
Cleveland, Ohio-based instrument manufacturer Z Mandolins has donated $24,000---$1,000 from each of its limited run of 24 handcrafted, carbon-fiber mandolins---to support the funding of two scholarship programs. The IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarship will benefit one...
Where there’s a will, there’s a way…to support the future of bluegrass music
Some very famous people have died without a will—including President Abraham Lincoln, singer Aretha Franklin, the artist formerly known as Prince, and Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It's not just famous people who die before getting around to writing their wills. In a...
IBMA Foundation launches new website November 2
The IBMA Foundation is proud to announce the launch of a new website at https://bluegrassfoundation.org/ this month. “I am really pleased with the Foundation’s beautiful new website,” said IBMA Foundation president/board chair, Fred Bartenstein. “There’s lots of...
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