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12 funders with a record of paying for “songwriting”

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National Music Publishers Association Inc → Songwriters Hall of Fame: $521K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Arts Federation Inc → Songwriters Association of Mid-North Indiana: $279K across 3 grants, latest 2023Frazier Family Foundation Inc → Driscoll Children's Hospital Development: $202K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Johnny Mercer Foundation → Northwestern University: $155K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Common Sense Fund Inc → Songwriting With Inc: $130K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Barilla Foundation Inc → Songwriting With Soldiers: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2025The A&v Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund → Songwriting With Soldiers Inc: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust → New York Youth Symphony: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ascap Foundation → Rosie's Theatre Kids Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Joel R Anderson Family Foundation → Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Gibson Foundation → Dasventures Ltd the John Lennon Songwriting Contest: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Community Foundation of Middle → Girls Write Nashville: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Johnny Mercer Foundation → Belmont University: $123K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Music Publishers Association Inc → Songwriters of North America: $110K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ascap Foundation → Songwriting With Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust → Songwriting With Soldiers: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Gibson Foundation → Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Frazier Family Foundation Inc → Driscoll Children's Hospital: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Ascap Foundation → Songwritingwith Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Gibson Foundation → Muscle Shoals Songwriters: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Johnny Mercer Foundation → Songwriters Hall of Fame: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Music Publishers Association Inc → Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Songwriting Withsoldiers: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ascap Foundation → Rosie's Theater Kids Inc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Gibson Foundation → Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Gibson Foundation → Texas Songwriter U: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Gibson Foundation → Nashville Songwriters Foundation Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Community Foundation of Middle → Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Gibson Foundation → Nashville Songwriters Foundation: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Gibson Foundation → Songwriting With Soldiers: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Music Publishers Association Inc: $641K on this topic. Open the funder.National Music Publishers Ass…$641KThe Johnny Mercer Foundation: $288K on this topic. Open the funder.The Johnny Mercer Foundation$288KThe Arts Federation Inc: $279K on this topic. Open the funder.The Arts Federation Inc$279KFrazier Family Foundation Inc: $203K on this topic. Open the funder.Frazier Family Foundation Inc$203KThe Common Sense Fund Inc: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.The Common Sense Fund Inc$130KAscap Foundation: $79K on this topic. Open the funder.Ascap Foundation$79KThe Gibson Foundation: $78K on this topic. Open the funder.The Gibson Foundation$78KCornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Cornelia T Bailey Charitable…$50KThe Barilla Foundation Inc: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.The Barilla Foundation Inc$46KThe A&v Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.The A&v Kulaev Cultural Herit…$45KThe Community Foundation of Middle: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of M…$40KThe Joel R Anderson Family Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Joel R Anderson Family Fo…$20KSongwriters Hall of Fame: received $531K on this topicSongwriters Hall of Fame$531KSongwriters Association of Mid-North Indiana: received $279K on this topicSongwriters Association of Mid-…$279KDriscoll Children's Hospital Development: received $202K on this topicDriscoll Children's Hospital De…$202KNorthwestern University: received $155K on this topicNorthwestern University$155KSongwriting With Inc: received $130K on this topicSongwriting With Inc$130KBelmont University: received $123K on this topicBelmont University$123KSongwriters of North America: received $110K on this topicSongwriters of North America$110KSongwriting With Soldiers: received $67K on this topicSongwriting With Soldiers$67KSongwriting With Soldiers Inc: received $45K on this topicSongwriting With Soldiers Inc$45KMuscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation: received $38K on this topicMuscle Shoals Songwriters Found…$38KNew York Youth Symphony: received $30K on this topicNew York Youth Symphony$30KRosie's Theatre Kids Inc: received $30K on this topicRosie's Theatre Kids Inc$30KDasventures Ltd the John Lennon Songwriting Contest: received $20K on this topicDasventures Ltd the John Lennon…$20KSongwriting With Inc: received $20K on this topicSongwriting With Inc$20KSongwritingwith Inc: received $20K on this topicSongwritingwith Inc$20KGirls Write Nashville: received $16K on this topicGirls Write Nashville$16KMuscle Shoals Songwriters: received $16K on this topicMuscle Shoals Songwriters$16KCountry Music Hall of Fame & Museum: received $10K on this topicCountry Music Hall of Fame & Mu…$10KLatin Songwriters Hall of Fame: received $10K on this topicLatin Songwriters Hall of Fame$10KSongwriting Withsoldiers: received $9K on this topicSongwriting Withsoldiers$9KRosie's Theater Kids Inc: received $9K on this topicRosie's Theater Kids Inc$9KNashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: received $7K on this topicNashville Songwriters Hall of F…$7KTexas Songwriter U: received $6K on this topicTexas Songwriter U$6KNashville Songwriters Foundation Inc: received $6K on this topicNashville Songwriters Foundatio…$6KEdgehill Neighborhood Partnership: received $5K on this topicEdgehill Neighborhood Partnersh…$5KNashville Songwriters Foundation: received $4K on this topicNashville Songwriters Foundation$4KDriscoll Children's Hospital: received $1K on this topicDriscoll Children's Hospital$1K
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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 →