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12 funders with a record of paying for “vocal”
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Tucson Desert Song FestivalTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $401,750 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to ARIZONA OPERA — subsidize performances and master class featuring leading vocal artist
Largest: $290,000 to VOCAL-NY — support for housing justice for all, a fiscally sponsored project of vocal-ny.
Largest: $350,000 to VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS - VOCAL-NY INC — core support for vocal us (dba vocal kentucky) to build public support in kentucky for improved policies on overdose prevention, harm reduction, and drug policy in ways that bridge…
Largest: $30,000 to VOCAL JUSTICE — collaboration grant - vocal justice and learnerstudio
Largest: $10,000 to DELAWARE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS DBA ELEVATE VOCAL ARTS — capital support
Pearse Lyons Ace FoundationNicholasville, KYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $167,348 · through 2025Largest: $52,748 to UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY — vocal student scholarships
Largest: $25,000 to INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — scholarship for three students who study vocal arts, violin, and visual arts.
Largest: $7,000 to VOCAL MASTERCLASS STOCKHOLM — vocal masterclass stockholm's summer school
Largest: $50,000 to VOCAL-NY — restricted to vocal-ky which builds power among low-income people affected by the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness to create healthy and just communities.
Greater Columbus Arts CouncilColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $135,862 · through 2025Largest: $46,943 to CAPRICCIO VOCAL ENSEMBLE — grants to promote art and culture in columbus, oh
Drug Policy AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $465,500 · through 2024Largest: $180,000 to VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC — to support campaign work for supervised consumption sites.
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $260,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to VOCAL-NY — project support for vocal-ky for criminal justice reform in kentucky
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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 →