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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
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Join us in supporting bluegrass on GivingTuesday December 1
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people to give back on December 1, 2020, and...
Project grant spotlight: Bluegrass for kindergarteners in the Czech Republic
The IBMA Foundation proudly supported Kindergarten Bludovice, a bluegrass educational program for kindergarteners, with a 2020 Project Grant. Organized and presented by veteran bluegrass musicians Ondra Kozák and Petr Brandejs, the project began with extensive...
A message from Nancy Cardwell: gratitude and generosity
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...
Applications for 2021 IBMA Foundation project grants due December 1, 2020
The IBMA Foundation awards a total of $14,000 in grants annually to non-profit organizations with a 501(c)3 status or qualified governmental agencies such as public schools and colleges. Project grants are usually awarded in the amount of $1,000 - 2,000. Foundation...
Kathy Kallick launches fundraiser to benefit Arnold Shultz Fund
California-based bluegrass bandleader and songwriter Kathy Kallick has launched a fundraiser in conjunction with County Sales, which will benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund. The Shultz Fund was created in June 2020,...
Recap of IBMA’s virtual World of Bluegrass 2020
Foundation and board members were pleased to see many of you online last week, at the first ever virtual World of Bluegrass events hosted by IBMA. Though nothing takes the place of face-to-face interaction and enjoyment of live music, participants were thrilled to...
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