Funding search · music education · Florida
Who funds music education work in Florida
15 funders have a record of paying for music education work by Florida recipients: 55 grants totaling $3.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Lewis Prize Foundation ($47,000), Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation ($209,038) and The Frederick a Deluca Foundation ($650,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Florida recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $15,000 to MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — fund music education
Keeping the Blues Alive FoundationDeerfield Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $209,038 · through 2024Largest: $65,113 to FUELING MUSICIAN DONATIONS — music education
Largest: $175,000 to YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE INC — scaling self-sustained music education to 19 schools
Largest: $300,000 to THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — project support for the miami music alliance (mma), a collaborative effort of six organizations to provide 5100 pre-k through high school students in miami gardens with sequential …
Largest: $12,000 to COUCH MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION — furtherance of charitable purposes
Desperito FoundationBedford Village, NY
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to FRIENDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA MUSIC INC — to support the early childhood music educational programming to children of all abilities
Prime Time Palm Beach CountyBoynton Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $772,088 · through 2023Largest: $284,927 to Young Singers of the Palm Beaches — young singers of the palm beaches believes that music education of children is an important resource in the development of productive participants in our society. through it we can…
Largest: $150,000 to GUITARS OVER GUNS — elevate prize program - to increase presence on a national scale by serving 10,000 students in 10 years - offers students in the most vulnerable communities music education and men…
The Sansom FoundationBonita Springs, FL
3 matching grants · $55,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to Music Foundation of Greater Naples — music education
Largest: $1,250 to SERAPHIC FIRE — present high qualitymusical performances and promote musical education programs
Community Foundation of CollierNaples, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $198,250 · through 2022Largest: $160,500 to SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATION CENTER INC — arts, culture, & humanities
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — to support the jacksonville symphony's music education programs in our community
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