Grants

2019 Innovation Award winners

The NAMM Foundation Recognizes 103 College Students with The President’s Innovation Award

The NAMM Foundation has recognized 103 college music students with the organization’s President’s Innovation Award.
photo of kids playing the guitar

The NAMM Foundation Announces $675,000 in Grants to 28 Music-Making Programs

Grants support the mission of the organization to serve music-making around the world.
SWIM logo

The NAMM Foundation Announces The Smart Women in Music (SWIM) Fund Scholarship Recipients

The Smart Women in Music (SWIM) Fund Scholarship to attend The Summer NAMM Show, July 18-20, 2019.

The NAMM Foundation Announces The 2019 President’s Innovation Award Recipients

The NAMM Foundation is recognizing 71 college music students with the organization’s prestigious President’s Innovation Award.

Grantee Spotlight: The Sphinx Organization

The Sphinx Organization, first awarded a NAMM Foundation Music Making Grant in 2017, strives to transform lives through the power of diversity in the arts.

Grantee Spotlight: Music for All

Music for All, the charity arm of the United Kingdom’s Music Industries Association, is a 11-year NAMM Foundation grantee that inspires more music makers through their outreach programs like Learn to Play Day and Make Music Day.

Grantee Spotlight: Dallas Wind Symphony

The NAMM Foundation has partnered with the Dallas Wind Symphony for eight years, bolstering their outreach efforts and sponsoring students to attend the Dallas Winds summer Band Camp.

The NAMM Foundation Announces $675k in Music Making Grants to Twenty-Five Organizations

The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation (NAMM) has announced that the organization will benefit 25 music making organizations to a total sum of $675,000. The beneficiaries hail from all corners of the world and while each is unique in the instruction and areas it serves, the beneficiaries share in the Foundation’s mission creating and supporting access to quality music education programs to inspire a life-long love of music making.

Grantee Spotlight: Coalition for Music Education in Canada

The Coalition for Music Education in Canada, a 16-year NAMM Foundation Music Making Grantee, was founded in 1992 to improve the state of music education in Canada. The Coalition’s mission is to raise the awareness and understanding of the role that music education plays in Canadian culture, and to promote the benefits that music education brings to young people.

Grantee Spotlight: ANAFIMA

ANAFIMA, Associação Nacional Da Indústria da Música, is the Brazilian music industry association that serves over 1,200 people annually across Brazil. A third-time NAMM Foundation grantee, ANAFIMA has utilized the grant to increase Brazil’s participation in Music Teaching Week, which aims to use education as an instrument to generate a passion for music, and Make Music Day.

Pages