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12 funders with a record of paying for “album”
Where the money went
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to NAMI TENNESSEE — with love and support from jelly roll and the buddy deford fund for the beautifully broken album launch.
Largest: $20,000 to HUGO CRUZ — to produce and record a second album consisting of eight songs with the caminos and special guest artists including pittsburgh jazz legends and cuban music legends
Largest: $80,000 to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BURMA-CHINESE ASSOCIATION — huazhong 100th anniversary album
Largest: $10,000 to CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE INC — alicia svigals klezmer fiddle album
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $768,350 · through 2023Largest: $768,350 to SOCIAL GOOD FUND — to support the san francisco public bank coalition. to support the muslim alliance for sexual and gender diversity. to support the contra costa re-imagining public safety campaign.…
Largest: $4,700 to Andrew Stensaas — recording, mixing, editing, and mastering of original music for album.
Largest: $200,000 to DIVINE PROVIDENCE STUDIO — divine providence studios was founded by raymond arroyo in 2008. the non-profit corporation exists to create programming and projects that uplift the spirit, educate the public, an…
Largest: $80,000 to THIRD WAY CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC — vinyl album projects a and b
Largest: $200,000 to ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM — in support of the betye saar/travel albums exhibition
Largest: $110,000 to HAITI CULTURAL EXCHANGE — to support performing arts group and cultural preservationists bohio music inc.'s production of a touring visual album and mini-documentary on the restitution of african cultural h…
Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $31,500 · through 2024Largest: $31,500 to WOMENS AUDIO MISSION — two years of project support for womens audio mission to collaborate with cecilia cassandra cassandra pea-govea, (la doa) to record, produce, and present a new album featuring a co…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $62,800 · through 2021Largest: $31,400 to Illinois Philarmonic Orchestra — general operating support - $100 in memory of al sturgis; $100 in memory of dr. richard moutvic; $100 in memory of shirley murray, general operating support. support for debut albu…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →