Funding search · music education · Washington DC
Who funds music education work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for music education work by Washington DC recipients: 35 grants totaling $4.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Margaret a Cargill Foundation ($2.8M), Harman Family Foundation ($110,000) and Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust ($85,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $30,000 to LEVINE MUSIC — music education
Largest: $1.2M to CHORUS AMERICA ASSOCIATION — music education programs
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM — 22-23 music education for all program
Largest: $163,223 to ROADWORK CENTER FOR CULTURE IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES — fund music education
Largest: $120,000 to LEVINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC — thearc music education progam
Friends of El Sistema GreeceWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $626,520 · through 2023Largest: $373,726 to EL SISTEMA GREECE — promote music education
Largest: $6,500 to PAUL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL — music education
Largest: $5,000 to BBYO — music education and programs
The Nussdorf Family FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
2 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — nso music education fund
Largest: $5,000 to RENOVATION IN MUSIC EDUCATION — ww music education programs
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM — music education for all
Largest: $16,000 to SITAR ARTS CENTER — to support sitar's sy22-23 instrumental music academy, which provides private lessons, group ensemble, and music education classes to 200-225 dc students each school year, 80% of w…
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