Funding search · EIN 133918852 · Reston, VA
The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 46
- grants reported
- $4.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $50,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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10 grants matching “composers” · $1.2M
- $350,000
American Composer Orchestra · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $350,000
American Composer Orchestra · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $180,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
- $180,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
- $30,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Grant for recording assistance to bipoc women composers
- $20,000
Songfest at Colburn · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
6 scholarships for emerging women and bipoc composers
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2023
Annual workshop 2 scholarships for women film composers
- $30,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Grant for recording assistance to bipoc women composers
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2022
Annual workshop 2 scholarships for women film composers
- $4,000
Composers Now · New York, NY · 2022
Medallion recipient
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- New Music USA4 grants · $800,000
- American Composer Orchestra2 grants · $700,000
- Suny Fredonia4 grants · $685,000
- American Composers Forum4 grants · $420,000
- American Pianists Association2 grants · $350,000
- Music and Arts Programs of America3 grants · $221,500
- Songfest at Colburn4 grants · $200,700
- Voices of Ascension3 grants · $188,000
- Sparks & Wiry Cries4 grants · $120,000
- National Arts Club2 grants · $110,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 46 reported grants, largest first.
- $370,000
New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program support
- $370,000
New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program support
- $350,000
American Composer Orchestra · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $350,000
American Composer Orchestra · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $295,000
Suny Fredonia · Fredonia, NY · 2024
Program support
- $295,000
Suny Fredonia · Fredonia, NY · 2024
Program support
- $180,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
- $180,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
- $175,000
American Pianists Association · Indianopolis, MN · 2024
Program support
- $175,000
American Pianists Association · Indianopolis, MN · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Music and Arts Programs of America · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Music and Arts Programs of America · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Program support
- $89,000
Voices of Ascension · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $89,000
Voices of Ascension · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $80,000
Songfest at Colburn · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Program support
- $80,000
Songfest at Colburn · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Program support
- $60,000
Suny Fredonia · Fredonia, NY · 2023
Grant for 2023-2024 academic year
- $55,000
National Arts Club · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $55,000
National Arts Club · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
Sparks & Wiry Cries · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
Sparks & Wiry Cries · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024
Program support
- $35,000
Suny Fredonia · Fredonia, NY · 2022
Expanded support for 7th annual comp for hs students nov 2022
- $30,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Grant for recording assistance to bipoc women composers
- $30,000
New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
10 grants of $3k each for project grants
- $30,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Grant for recording assistance to bipoc women composers
- $30,000
New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
10 grants of $3k each for project grants
- $21,500
Music and Arts Programs of America · Berkeley, CA · 2023
For flutist iva ugoric cd; for new sorel classics mission driven recording projects in 2023
- $20,700
Songfest at Colburn · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
5 scholarships
- $20,000
Songfest at Colburn · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
6 scholarships for emerging women and bipoc composers
- $10,000
Boulanger Initiative · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Boulanger Initiative · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Sparks & Wiry Cries · Rhinebeck, NY · 2023
Song slam 2023 & sorel commission
- $10,000
Sparks & Wiry Cries · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
Dimenna center ny
- $10,000
The Town Hall · New York, NY · 2022
Laura kaminsky's hometown to the world opera
- $10,000
Voices of Ascension · New York, NY · 2022
Hannah selin & raquel acevedo klein commissioning grants
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2023
Annual workshop 2 scholarships for women film composers
- $4,800
Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2022
Annual workshop 2 scholarships for women film composers
- $4,000
Composers Now · New York, NY · 2022
Medallion recipient
- $1,500
Manhattan Camerata · New York, NY · 2023
Funds shifted from cd design x2. Pedro & lucia moving to bright shiny things label.
- $1,000
Tania Leon · Reston, VA · 2022
Medallion recipient
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