Funding search · EIN 200832563 · Nashville, TN

Gibson Gives Foundation

Name: Gibson Gives Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

677
grants reported: $6.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,677
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

fundraising another foundation giving scholarships arts education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Save the Music Foundation6 grants · $382,082
Gibson Gives - Play It Forward Program1 grant · $343,057
Guitars for Vets2 grants · $256,584
Musicares4 grants · $223,665
Guitar Center Music Foundation1 grant · $214,115
Free Guitars 4 Kids2 grants · $132,032
Magee-Women'S Research Institue and Foundation(Woman Who Rock)2 grants · $107,598
Musicares Foundation3 grants · $97,823
Williamson County Board of Education2 grants · $96,125
Nashville Symphony Association1 grant · $94,125

Giving over time

$490,892

2022

$452,850

2023

$3.2M

2024

$2.5M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 677 grants.

$343,057
Gibson Gives - Play It Forward Program · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$252,359
Guitars for Vets · Kenosha, WI · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$214,115
Guitar Center Music Foundation · Westlake Village, CA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$143,068
Musicares · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$125,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$94,125
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$90,927
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus · New York, NY · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$79,125
Napa Valley Youth Symphony · Napa, CA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$72,426
Free Guitars 4 Kids · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$67,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$60,000
Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Medical supplies for overdose prevention
$59,940
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$59,606
Free Guitars 4 Kids · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$58,000
Music Forward Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$57,598
Magee-Women'S Research Institue and Foundation(Woman Who Rock) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$50,142
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$50,000
Goldtop Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$50,000
Magee-Women'S Research Institue and Foundation(Woman Who Rock) · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$50,000
The Caverns Sessions (Pbs) · Nashville, TN · 2022
The caverns sessions
$49,410
Williamson County Board of · Franklin, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$48,825
Williamson County Board of Education · Franklin, TN · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$48,225
Musicares · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$47,300
Williamson County Board of Education · Franklin, TN · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$45,288
Women Who Rock Magee-Womens Research Institute Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$42,250
Songbirds Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$41,136
Night Stalker Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$41,000
Second Line Arts Collective · Kenner, LA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$40,241
Acm Lifting Lives · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$40,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$40,000
Women Who Rock · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$40,000
Save the Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$35,974
Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$35,686
Launch Pad Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$33,000
Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$33,000
Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$31,766
Friends of American Song Archives · Tulsa, OK · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$30,243
Transylvanian Symphony Foundation · Yukon, OK · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$30,000
The Caverns Sessions · Nashville, TN · 2023
The caverns sessions
$30,000
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$30,000
Nvak · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$30,000
The National Museum of African American Music · Nashville, TN · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$29,833
Notes for Notes · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$28,926
The Grammy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$27,149
Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$27,000
Armenia Fund · Glendale, CA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$25,852
The Midnight Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$25,503
Acm Lifting Lives · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$25,364
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$25,069
Goldtop Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$25,000
Country Music Hall of Fame · Nashville, TN · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$25,000
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Lou scruggs memorial sponsorship
$25,000
The Crossroads at Antigua Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$25,000
Ukelele Kids Club · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Ukraine program
$25,000
Newport Festivals Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$24,695
Technology in Music Education · Fairview, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$24,275
Musicares · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$23,603
Give a Note Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$20,700
Harvest Hands · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$20,511
Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$20,000
Give a Note Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$20,000
Namm Foundation · Carksbad, CA · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$20,000
Dasventures Ltd the John Lennon Songwriting Contest · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2022
The john lennon songwriting contest
$20,000
Keeping the Blues Alive · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2022
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$19,800
Musicians for Overdose Prevention (Mop) · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Medical supplies for overdose prevention
$19,419
Second Line Arts Collective · Kenner, LA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$18,641
Music Has Healing Power · Agoura Hills, CA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$18,232
Music Health Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$18,043
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation · Athens, AL · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$17,994
Horseshoe Music Festival - Jackson Hole Wy · Jackson, WY · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$17,831
Belmont University - Curb College · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$17,795
Women Who Rock · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$17,500
The Michael J Fox Foundation for · New York, NY · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$17,269
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$17,246
Make-a-Wish Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$17,097
Best Buddies in Tennessee · Brentwood, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$16,915
Music Has Healing Power · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$16,793
Leaving a Positive Legacy Inc Via · Lighthouse Point, FL · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$16,000
Metro Nashville Police Department · Nashville, TN · 2024
Medical supplies for overdose prevention
$15,995
Muscle Shoals Songwriters · Athens, AL · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$15,992
Point Park Universitypioneer Records · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$15,886
Guitars Not Guns · Milliken, CO · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$15,794
Music for Seniors · Nashville, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$15,596
Global Citizen · New York, NY · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$15,294
Vail Valley Foundation · Avon, CO · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$15,094
Jazz Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$15,072
Birthplace of Country Music · Bristol, VA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$15,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2024
Foundation giving to another foundation or for scholarships
$15,000
Nvak · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$15,000
Spirit of Atlanta · Norcross, GA · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$15,000
West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute · Charleston, WV · 2023
Supporting music education and the arts, health and welfare and environmental issues
$14,696
The American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$14,672
Magee-Womens Research Institute & · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$14,473
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$14,050
Troy Andrews Foundation Dba Trombone Shorty Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$13,993
Music Heals International · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$13,896
St Jude Children'S Research Hospitalalsac · Memphis, TN · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$13,494
Joyrx Music · Austin, TX · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$13,397
The Midnight Mission · Tarzana, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
$13,392
Vetsaid · Washington, DC · 2025
Program use & fundraising efforts
$13,195
Music Will · Covina, CA · 2024
For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.

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