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Grants - Guitar Center Music Foundation The Guitar Center Music Foundation awards musical instruments and equipment in-kind to public schools and music programs in need. We do not offer cash grants. Instrument grants range from up to $1,000 to $5,000 based upon need.
There is no deadline to apply, but applications are reviewed by our grants committee on a quarterly basis throughout the year: January – March, April – June, July – September, and October – December. Once you’re sure you meet our eligibility requirements , we’ve made applying for a grant as seamless as possible. Please only apply if eligible.
***WE DO NOT FUND CASH SPONSORSHIPS, but if you are looking for a donation of a guitar for your raffle or silent auction, please email us at info@guitarcenterfoundation. org The Guitar Center Music Foundation awards musical instruments and equipment in-kind to public schools and music programs in need. We do not offer cash grants.
Instrument grants range from up to $1,000 to $5,000 based upon need. There is no deadline to apply, but applications are reviewed by our grants committee on a quarterly basis throughout the year: January – March, April – June, July – September, and October – December. Once you’re sure you meet our eligibility requirements , we’ve made applying for a grant as seamless as possible.
Please only apply if eligible. ***WE DO NOT FUND CASH SPONSORSHIPS, but if you are looking for a donation of a guitar for your raffle or silent auction, please email us at info@guitarcenterfoundation. org Organizations can only apply and are awarded one time per year.
Grants are for instruments and gear only. Only music instruction programs that are part of 501c3 nonprofit organizations or public schools in the United States can apply. To qualify as a music instruction program, participants must be learning how to actively make music.
Participants can be of any age. Music appreciation or entertainment programs do not qualify, and the participants cannot be professional or career musicians.
A qualified program must fit into one of these four categories: In-school music classes in which the students make music After-school music programs that are not run by the school Community music programs which offer music instruction to the community Music therapy programs in which the participants actively make music Students are not denied participation based on their musical abilities.
If the participants pay to participate, the fee is considerably less than the fair market value. The program has been functioning for at least one year. Each program participant receives music instruction at least once a week for at least eight months per year (camps and workshops are not eligible).
With or without a grant from Guitar Center Foundation, the organization is confident that the program will exist for the foreseeable future. In kind grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 based upon instruments needed – please be as specific as possible in your application. All grant applications run through our grants management platform, Wizehive.
If you are looking for a donation of a guitar for your raffle or silent auction, DO NOT APPLY HERE, please email us at info@guitarcenterfoundation. org Applications submitted January 1 – March 31 will be reviewed by staff in April. Finalists will advance to the grants committee for review.
Grant awards will be announced in May. Applications submitted April 1 – June 30 will be reviewed by staff in July. Finalists will advance to the grants committee for review.
Grant awards will be announced in August. Applications submitted July 1 – September 30 will be reviewed by staff in October. Finalists will advance to the grants committee for review.
Grant awards will be announced in November. Applications submitted October 1 – December 31 will be reviewed by staff in January. Finalists will advance to the grants committee for review.
Grant awards will be announced in February. Do you still have questions? Do you still have questions?
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Music instruction programs that are part of 501c3 nonprofit organizations or public schools in the United States. Participants must be actively learning to make music. Organizations can only apply and be awarded one time per year. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $1,000 to $5,000 in-kind. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Instrument Grants is funded by Guitar Center Music Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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