Current Investments
Project support for the Music Department of a comprehensive after-school youth development center in South Central Los Angeles
Project support for the music and performing arts programming of a community-based organization that serves youth ages 12-21 in the areas of health, education, the arts, personal development, and career services in New York City
Project support for need-based scholarships for youth from The ELMA Music Foundation's U.S.-based grantees to attend Berklee College of Music's four year undergraduate program
Project support providing need-based scholarships for students from Africa to attend Berklee College of Music's four-year undergraduate program
Project support for the intensive performing arts program, Creative Solutions, to help disengaged youth transition out of the juvenile justice system
General support to a longstanding community-based organization providing after-school music and performing arts programming for youth ages 3-18 in the areas of private instruction, recitals, and student support services in Richmond, California
General support for an after-school music program providing underserved children and youth from the Ninth Ward of New Orleans the opportunity to study music through arts-focused youth development programs
General support for an organization that trains disadvantaged youth in music, dance, and life skills
Project support for the Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools Program (JITS), which extends the careers of aging artists and brings music to schools, nursing homes, and hospitals nationwide
Project support for after-school music education programming serving disadvantaged children and youth and linking them to broader youth development services in multiple Living Classroom Foundation sites in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC
General support to an organization uplifting gospel and jazz musical traditions to heal and inspire, with a focus on providing free training and performance opportunities for low-income teenagers in Harlem, New York
Project support to establish the Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship for six South African students to attend the Manhattan School of Music's undergraduate program
Project support to subgrant and strengthen the capacity of a cohort of community-based organizations with music and youth development programming
Project support for the Miami Music Alliance (MMA), a collaborative effort of five organizations to provide 2,500 elementary through high school students in Miami Gardens with sequential music education and social-emotional support.
General support for an after-school center that includes music programming in creative youth development and early childhood classes in the Bronx, New York
Project support for a youth-driven music and performing arts program serving youth between the ages of 13 and 22 in Ann Arbor, MI, many of whom are at-risk and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds
Project support for the music programming of a community-based youth development organization in Bronx, New York
Project support for an arts-based diversion program, providing alternatives to incarceration for youth
General support for an organization providing music-based youth development support for young people in New York who are in various forms of state care for substance abuse recovery, justice-related confinement, or foster care
Project support for the Media, Arts, and Culture (MAC) program of a community-based youth development organization that provides a safe space for creative expression, youth leadership, and social justice in Richmond, CA
Project support to advance and expand programming to support music education in schools and for justice impacted youth at two Travis Hill Juvenile Justice Centers in New Orleans
Project support for Stax Music Academy, which provides extended day and after-school music instruction and comprehensive youth development programming to youth in Memphis
General support for an organization that offers music/arts programming as a component of complementary youth development services
General support for an organization introducing young girls of color to science, technology, engineering, and math through intentionally designed music and dance curriculum
General support for a community-based, music-focused youth development organization that provides and improves economic opportunities for young people in the creative arts in Denver, Colorado
Project support to expand access to creative and technical resources for after-school music and arts programming in New Orleans