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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Music Program Support, Youth/Career Development, Education, Underrepresented/Disadvantaged Youth
Deadline: Apr. 4, 2025
“We award grants to high-impact organizations across the globe that create more music makers by eliminating barriers for underrepresented communities and groups of people in two areas, Participatory Music Making and Career Mobility:
(1) Participatory Music Making: High-quality, hands-on, relevant music-making, music-training, that is, or will be, a permanent part of an organization’s annual programming and serve, or will serve, an established cohort of participants that engage with the program regularly.
(2) Career Mobility: Career Mobility is career development for youth or adults in any area of the music industry. Commercial (e.g. production, recording, live event, instrument makers, retail, etc.) musicians, and teaching artists.
Within these given priorities, we offer three grant tracks: (1) Music Program Grants for US and International Organizations; (2) General Operating Grants for US Music Organizations; (3) Music Research Grants for US Organizations (opens April 1).”
Funder: The NAMM Foundation
Eligibility: “The NAMM Foundation funds organizations that are large and small, established, and new based in the US and around the world. We make most of our grants to organizations in the US that are 501(c)(3) public charities, but also to music associations and umbrella organizations outside the United States that have 501(c)(3) status or approved international equivalency.”
Amount: $5,000 – $25,000 (typically)
Contact: Link →
Related Report: Well-being and well-becoming through the arts — A picture of mattering for youth of color
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