We're a no-audition, adult community chorus, created for those who love to sing in Upper Manhattan. 

ABOUT THE CHOIR
WHCC is a no-audition community choir, one of a handful in NYC and the only one serving Upper Manhattan. We're a lively, diverse, and welcoming group that loves to sing and believes in the power of music to spread joy and build community!

BUILDING A LASTING FOUNDATION
Founded by a local church in 2016, we disbanded in May 2022 due to budget cuts but quickly regrouped and reestablished the choir as an independent nonprofit. Now two years strong, we aim to become a lasting part of our community.

HELP KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE
Choir membership dues cover about 70% of our expenses. Your donation helps bridge the gap, supporting our Choir Director, accompanist, music licensing, marketing, space rental, insurance, and other administrative needs. 

With your help, we can keep singing and grow our presence in Upper Manhattan!

Washington Heights Community Choir is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, [ppf.org/pp](https://ppf.org/pp)). Contributions to Washington Heights Community Choir qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Washington Heights Community Choir

Ashes to Films supports wildfire-affected filmmakers, helping them tell stories of resilience through grants and a film festival.

***“I started Ashes to Films because I’ve lived it.”***

Sixteen years ago, while attending school in Santa Barbara, I lost my home to a wildfire. The experience was devastating—not just the physical loss but the overwhelming task of rebuilding. When the immediate crisis passed and the world moved on, I was still navigating the emotional and financial fallout, trying to find stability while everything around me kept moving forward.

I was lucky. I had the support of my friends and family to help me through that time. And when I finally picked up my camera again, I realized that storytelling wasn’t just my career—it was my way of making sense of everything. Creating films became a healing process, a way to take control of a narrative that had felt completely out of my hands. That experience shaped me, and it’s why I started **Ashes to Films**—because I know what it feels like to lose everything, and I know how powerful it is to rebuild through creativity.

I don’t want filmmakers who’ve lost everything to feel like their artistic dreams have been destroyed along with their belongings. **Ashes to Films** is here to make sure that doesn’t happen. Through direct funding, mentorship, and an annual festival, we give filmmakers the opportunity to reclaim their voice, tell their stories, and prove that creativity doesn’t have to die in disaster—it can thrive.

- Shiloh Strong (Founder of Ashes To Films)

Ashes to Films

Since 1968, providing quality fine arts experiences for students and our community through our summer camps and year round events.

Shell Lake Arts Center Inc

Reggie Stephens Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on providing youth athletes opportunities to thrive. 

**Our Mission:** At RSF, we empower youth in Santa Cruz City and County schools, and beyond, through sports, arts, education, and culture. Our programs support aspiring athletes, artists, and scholars by fostering personal development through athletic training, artistic expression, and academic enrichment. Committed to helping young individuals seek, believe, and achieve their goals, we promote excellence to make a positive and lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.

**About the Reggie Stephens Foundation**: Founded in 2018, the Reggie Stephens Foundation (RSF) was created to provide youth with opportunities to grow through sports, arts, education, and culture. What began as a vision to uplift young athletes has evolved into a dynamic organization offering programs that promote personal development, leadership, and academic success.

RSF remains deeply committed to the community, expanding initiatives like **Sunday Sessions, partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and the Central Coast Girls Flag Football All-Star Tournament**. With the support of donors, volunteers, and partners, we continue to create pathways for youth to thrive and achieve their dreams.

Reggie Stephens Foundation

c89.5 is listener-supported public radio, playing uplifting dance music and providing career-connected learning for our students.

c89.5 is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station owned by the Seattle Public Schools and operated by professional adult staff and students in the electronic media program at Nathan Hale High School. The station is almost entirely self-funded: over 87% of its operating revenue comes from listener donations and local businesses.

Over 150,000 listeners throughout Puget Sound tune to c89.5 every week for a diverse range of music celebrating individual differences and focusing on the joy in life. The station reaches a broad range of listeners, with a high concentration in both the 18-24 and 45-54 age ranges. Over 30% of c89.5 listeners identify as LGBTQ+.

c89.5 supports the personal and professional growth of our students, giving them the skills and confidence to succeed in careers in media and other professions. Our students gain practical experience in digital media production, public speaking, and professional presentation. Many of our alumni have gone on to careers in journalism, radio, television, and digital media.

The station is also a pioneer and worldwide leader in dance music, monitored by Neilsen and by MediaBase, and one of eight stations tracked for the Billboard Dance chart.

c89.5 has won numerous awards and is recognized as an influential radio station on the cutting edge of dance music as well as a premier high school broadcast facility.

Your donation is fully tax-deductible and supports the general operating fund of c89.5.

c89.5 Public Radio

Music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.

The ARChive of Contemporary Music is a not-for-profit music library dedicated to collecting, preserving and providing information about popular music from around the world.    Now in its twenty-eighth year of operation, ARC is the largest and most important popular music collection in the world – with over three million sound recordings and approximately four million  photographs, books, press kits, videos, memorabilia and related ephemera.   Our simple goal is to guarantee that the world’s musical heritage is preserved for future generations to study and enjoy.     We believe that all forms of popular music, jazz, be-bop, bluegrass, country, rock, rap, blues, enka, reggae, calypso, zydeco, and countless other forms are significant cultural expressions.  All musics entertain as well as reveal a people and their values to the rest of the world.

ARChive of Contemporary Music

Outschool.org is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit managed through the Edward Charles Foundation (ECF). 

Outschool.org is a non-profit that provides education classes to young, promising Palestinian refugees globally. In the U.S., we support under-resourced communities access innovative, impactful learning experiences. We provide navigation support to increase low-income families' access to public education funding programs such as microgrants and ESAs, and we provide free access to cutting-edge products through our Collective Impact Fund. Outschool.org’s programs prioritize family and learner choice and develop academic achievement, love of learning, and sense of belonging.

Outschool.org formed in March 2020 to address financial barriers to virtual learning during COVID. Now, we're laser-focused on ensuring that the majority of underserved families who are looking for alternatives and additions to traditional K-12 schooling can have access to high-quality educational resources aligned to their interests and needs.

Outschool.org

Best Seat In The House is a nonprofit organization. It is based in Sandy, UT. It received its nonprofit status at the end of 2017.

The Best Seat in the House is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing life-changing experiences for children facing challenging circumstances, including serious illnesses, poverty, disabilities, and those in foster care. What began as a birthday celebration for Ivan evolved into a dynamic nonprofit with a mission to infuse joy and hope into the lives of children and their families.

Best Seat In The House

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is a professional regional orchestra on Boston’s South Shore, under the baton of Maestro Jin Kim, 

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra

Using music, arts, and education as a medium, we bring culture, local pride, and economic growth back into rural Portugal.

Supporting the new generation of international musicians and bringing life back into the interior of Portugal 
 
Set in the scenic mountain region of central Portugal, the annual  Bendada International Music Festival  (Bendada, Portugal) is a classical music festival that empowers young artists to fulfill their musical talent. Founded by Dr. Inês Andrade and Dr. Edoardo Carpenedo in 2016, the BIMF is an entrepreneurial effort to revitalize the interior of Portugal using music, arts, and education as a medium to bring culture, local pride, and economic growth back into rural areas. The Festival started as a five-day summer music festival in July 2016. Since then, it has grown into a year-round project, attracting students, artists, and audiences worldwide. The festival concerts and cultural activities take place in the Beiras, the interior region of Portugal, as well as curated events in Portugal's main cities of Lisbon and Porto, and the United States. At its core, the BIMF is a community where young musicians can learn from sought-after pedagogues and artists, collaborate and meet people from all over the world driven by the same goals, and showcase their artistry on stage in professional concerts. The BIMF offers annual  Spring and Summer music academies  (for musicians ages 8-13 and 14 and up, respectively), a  year-round concert series  with monthly concerts featuring established artists, alums from the festival academies, and symphonic concerts, and a  concerto competition , providing the festival academy students with the prestigious opportunity to debut as soloists with an orchestra, win monetary prizes, and professional performing engagements. Thank you for considering supporting the Festival on its mission to: boost rising musicians' careers by providing them with an affordable, world-class education and stand-out performance opportunities  revitalize the interior of Portugal using music, arts, and education as a medium to bring culture, local pride, and economic growth back into the Portuguese Beiras region We invite you to explore the opportunities to get involved in the festival, make tax-deductible donations or corporate sponsorships, and volunteer. 

Associação Alvorada Nas Beiras 

An ambitious summer festival, taking place in a 500-seat theatre overlooking a glorious valley in the English Cotswolds. 

Longborough Festival Opera (LFO), a now internationally-recognised summer opera festival with wide-reaching education programmes, has a remarkable story with humble beginnings. Set in the quintessentially English Cotswolds, and sharing the same county as the country residence of HM King Charles III, it was founded by a man who had no formal musical education, who listened to Beethoven while working on a building site. It has grown into an established opera company, with a summer festival in a purpose-built theatre which has its own humble beginnings – as an agricultural chicken shed.

Longborough punches well above its weight, achieving many times over what others have not even attempted:  in 2013, a full-scale production of Wagner's Ring Cycle established the Festival as a destination for Wagnerians in the UK and abroad, becoming the first ever (and as yet the only) UK festival to stage a full Ring Cycle. A new Ring culminated in another full cycle in 2024, thus also racking up the extraordinary achievement of having produced two new productions of this epic work in just over a decade.  

The world’s leading magazine about opera, Opera Magazine, said of the Longborough Ring Cycle (August 2024): "No other "country house" opera company has risen to such a challenge, not even Glyndebourne… the stamina, the superb diction, the focused musicianship: all of these served as a model of the best this daring, innovative Ring cycle could produce."  

Our new strategy to 2030 is heavily influenced by some of the themes that we see in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: learning, love, craftsmanship, community music-making, midsummer feast-days and philosophy of art. We will produce this opera for the first time in 2027, our 30th anniversary year of opera-making in this theatre. It also cements our historic connection with the work of Richard Wagner, taking inspiration from the composer which inspired the Festival in the first place.

Our vision is to be recognised as a bold, audacious company essential to the UK’s opera landscape, rooted in our community and our environment, fostering the best of British Wagnerian talent and the next generation of artists and audiences through its innovative festival and education programmes. 



Strategic Goals: 

1.	To be recognised as a centre of excellence for learning and apprenticeship in all areas of our work and to be renowned as the birthplace of British Wagnerian artists.

2.	To present a bold, varied annual summer festival rooted in the ambitious spirit of its founders, delivering a singular, unique experience for artists and audiences.

3.	To invest in the sustainable development of our theatre and our site for the benefit of future generations of art-lovers.

4.	To be a trusted neighbour and partner, embedded in our local community with wide-reaching local, national and international links, offering valuable and diverse interactions with people of all ages and backgrounds. 

Longborough Festival Opera

The Netherlands Bach Society works to increase access to Bach's music around the globe. 

About The Netherlands Bach Society
The Netherlands Bach Society is a leading vocal-instrumental ensemble with a strong international reputation. Founded in 1921 to perform Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in the Grote Kerk, in Naarden, the Netherlands Bach Society has grown over the past century into a professional ensemble who plays, sings and passes on the work of Bach and his contemporaries and kindred spirits. Our musicians play authentic instruments and are driven by curiosity and the joy of music-making. We continuously search to innovate and find a deeper understanding of time-honoured musical heritage. 

Our mission: Bach for all
Since the beginning, we have been putting our heart and soul into sharing Bach’s music with the world, inspired by the motto Bach for All. Every year, we give more than sixty concerts in the Netherlands and abroad. Moreover, music-lovers from all over the world can enjoy large-scale concerts, intimate house concerts and virtuoso solo works we record for our project All of Bach, free of charge, on youtube.com/bach. Since 2014, we have been adding high-quality recordings to our online treasure trove with the ultimate goal to record all the works of Bach, making his music freely accessible to all.

Investing in the future of early music
As a custodian of early music, we support new generations of musicians in their musical development and entrepreneurship with our talent development projects, such as the Young Bach Fellowship. We additionally collaborate with secondary schools by offering educational programs combined with attendance of the secondary school pupils to one of our concerts (St. Matthew Passion). With these projects, we train future musicians and attract future audiences. In doing so, we contribute to keeping the early music genre alive and relevant.

Support us
By supporting the Netherlands Bach Society, you will contribute to preserving and disseminating Bach’s heritage, as well as invest in a wonderful ensemble with a future filled with inspiration and emotion. Your donation will contribute to the world-class quality of our professional vocal-instrumental Baroque ensemble, our talent development projects and All of Bach

Netherlands Bach Society

The Academy is at the heart of the Verbier Festival — a dynamic laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured.

**BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS**

[Web site Friends of Verbier Festival](https://https://www.verbierfestival.com/en/support/friends/)

The Verbier Festival Friends Associaton was launched in 1993, when a group of music-loving donors was inspired by the idea of a two-week festival of classical music in the Swiss Alps in Valais. The Founder & Director Martin Engstroem calls his Verbier Festival "a waking dream"— a dream that would not have been realised without the consistent generosity and personal commitment of the Friends. Their support for the Festival as a whole, and notably for its learning programmes and major artistic projects, has been crucial to its rise to the top: the Verbier Festival is now one of the world's most renowned classical music events, blazing a trail into the 21st century.

Each donation made to The Friends of the Verbier Festival fund at Myriad (ex-KBFUS) is subject to a 5% administrative fee. These fees constitute costs to Myriad to administer donations made to the VF Friends Association; they total less than it would cost to operate a U.S. chapter of the Friends Association as a separate 501-C3 entity. The Association is nevertheless grateful to donors willing to top-up their donations by 5% to cover these fees.

The Verbier Festival is an international classical music event that takes place each summer in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland. The Festival's mission is to build a community of exchange between great masters and young artists from all over the world and to be a leader in its field by providing meaningful music education programmes.

Launched in 1994, and now globally renowned, the Festival welcomes audiences with a distinctive and exhilarating blend of events, both large-scale and intimate. Audiences from around the globe come to experience music-making at the highest level in a setting that brings them close to star performers, rising talent and a complete process of learning, rehearsal and performance.

The Festival's Academy is its respiratory system—a laboratory where future talents are discovered and nurtured. It sets the gold standard for the training of emerging soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians, singers and conductors. Each summer, audiences witness these musicians in action at more than 100 masterclasses, rehearsals and performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra has become a rite of passage for today's exceptional young orchestral musicians and the Academy's programmes for soloists, chamber musicians and singers include an impressive list of alumni from over 60 countries who have been engaged by the world's leading concert presenters since their time in Verbier.

Verbier Festival Friends Association / Association des Amis du Verbier Festival

Supporting sustainable innovation in opera and dance.

Do you believe that artistic innovation and creativity have the power to change the world?

Opera and dance are an important part of our cultural heritage that have stood the test of time. These interdisciplinary art forms play a unique role in making our world a better place, because they engage our hearts and inspire our minds.

Our philanthropic community supports and encourages  the next generation of emerging talent, artistic experimentation and international collaboration.  We help make innovative artistic work accessible to all while fostering intercultural dialogue and social integration through the arts.

The FEDORA network federates 105 opera houses, festivals, dance companies  and friends associations in 28 countries, as well as individual, corporate donors and foundations to create a sustainable ecosystem between the cultural and economic sectors guaranteeing the future of opera and dance. This European platform supports innovation on, but also behind and beyond the stage through its two funding programmes, the FEDORA Prizes Biennale and the Next Stage initiative.

Together, we can reimagine opera and dance for the 21st century.
Join us and let's shape the future now!

The non-profit organization FEDORA is based at the Palais Garnier in Paris and is organizing the largest opera and dance competition in the world. It is co-financed by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission and by an international community of private philanthropists.

With a donation to FEDORA US Fund you will contribute to:

1. The FEDORA Prizes Biennale: support innovation on stage   

"The largest competition for ballet and opera in the world." Das Erste - Europamagazin, 2019

The FEDORA Prizes Biennale match cutting-edge innovative projects with international funding opportunities enabling the unexpected to reach the stage. Every year, FEDORA awards privately-funding prizes to new operas, dance as well as to education and digital artistic projects.

FEDORA has a decade of impact in the sector with:

4 prizes categories  (FEDORA Opera Prize, FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Dance, FEDORA Education Prize,  FEDORA Digital Prize)
€ 6.5 million public and private funds raised for new creations
75 new co-productions financially supported
+2,000 artists & creatives involved in the FEDORA Prizes winning projects
+500,000  spectators of performances of winning projects in 25 countries including more than 200,000 young people
+50%  of users of our platform are between 18 and 44 years old
+95,000  public votes on our Platform since 2018

Click here to discover the trailer of the FEDORA Prizes Biennale 2022-2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgupsoMwac

2. The Next Stage Initiative: innovation behind and beyond the stage 

In 2021, FEDORA and Opera Europa launched  the Next Stage Initiative  to trigger change and recovery in the opera and dance field as a response to the shock of the pandemic on the sector. This initiative provides financial support and skills development to boost innovation through sustainability, inclusivity, and digital transformation.

The Next Stage Grants financially support projects that help create new industry standards and opportunities. Moreover, through the Next Stage Forums, professional development and trainings will be provided to management and artistic teams to boost knowledge sharing and peer-learning.  The first five recipients of the first edition of the Next Stage Grants were awarded this year. These transformative projects in the fields of opera and dance will drive innovation through sustainability, inclusivity and digital transformation. They involve 13 cultural organisations in 9 countries in Europe and were awarded €250,000, thanks to the support of a private foundation.

Click on this link to listen to opera professionals around Europe describing the Next Stage manifesto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YEf_aa6_4

Contact us for more information and to discuss Major Gifts

Justine Touchon
Members & Development Manager
justine.touchon@fedora-circle.com

Tel. +33 6 50 74 77 62

FEDORA
Palais Garnier
8, rue Scribe
75009 Paris
France

FEDORA - The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet

Inspiring emerging opera singers to achieve their full artistic potential through world class training programs and performances. 

Classic Lyric Arts Inc

JME inspires, encourages, and provides opportunities to young aspiring entertainment industry professionals. 

Jr Music Executive prepares today’s youth for successful futures by exposing them to career options and the skills (along with work ethic) necessary to succeed in a 21st-century workplace.

Primary Objectives:
Inspire youth to pursue higher education, set goals, and reach their full potential.
Expose youth to viable STEAM career opportunities in the entertainment industry.
Ensure that youth desiring a music career are informed and prepared.
Provide youth from underserved communities with access to resources.


Jr Music Executive

KMFA 89.5 is an independent public classical radio station in Austin, TX, home to the 130-seat Draylen Mason Music Studio.

Classical music inspires and restores the human spirit. KMFA 89.5 handcrafts exceptional classical music experiences on-air, online, and in community.

KMFA Classical 89.5

Stringendo is a 501c3 organization focused on the arts. It is based in Poughkeepsie, NY and received its nonprofit status in 2009.

Stringendo music school nurtures a diverse group of young string players to become passionate musicians and accomplished performers.  Through orchestra concerts and fiddle gigs, in private lessons and summer music camps, students cultivate life skills: the ability to listen, to lead and, above all, to work together to achieve the extraordinary.

Stringendo maintains a generous financial aid program, and no student is ever turned away due to financial need.   We work hard to extend services into areas that have been traditionally underserved, and our most recent partnership with students in the City of Poughkeepsie has been wildly successful. Our PK Strings group offers after-school classes and musical instruments to motivated students in Poughkeepsie’s elementary, middle, and high school grades, teaching the basics and providing transportation to Saturday classes and Summer Camp, as well as instruments and meals when needed.

Tuition is always kept affordable, well below "industry standard," to make string education accessible to all.   As a result, our Saturday Orchestra program, Tuesday Fiddle Program and Summer Camp attract students from all over the Hudson Valley and beyond.   Our student retention rate is extremely high and many of our older students volunteer as mentors/counselors to our younger students as part of our "morning helper" and "fiddle helper" programs.   Once graduated, many of our students return, either as teachers, camp counselors, workshop instructors, or as visiting alumni, creating a strong and vibrant community of string players at all ages and abilities.     Our goal is to continue to expand our reach, to be sure that any child interested in playing a string instrument has the resources and ability to do so.  Donations received will help us continue to provide the high caliber of string education Stringendo has become known for.  

 Please consider helping us in our mission to make a difference in the lives of local youth.

Stringendo Inc

One of the most sought-after young artist programs in France 

This Paris-based opera company is dedicated to lyric repertoire from the mid-18th century to the present. Founded and directed by American conductor David Stern, it combines an ambitious young artists program and a versatile instrumental ensemble.  Opera Fuoco has been in existence since 2003 initially as a top-level period instrument ensemble and later as an internationally recognized young artist troupe.  David Stern, Katharina Wolff and the Fuoco team have developed a multi-faceted program to develop young vocal talent at a professional level.  Opera Fuoco offers a unique, custom-made experience to young singers transitioning from conservatory to professional life.  Singers are able to work with Maestro Stern, experienced vocal coaches and stage directors in various contexts ranging from masterclasses and recitals to large-scale performances with orchestra and fully staged opera productions. The repertoire spans not only several centuries but a variety of genres, from baroque to contemporary, including musical comedy and jazz.  Opera Fuoco has shaped its young artist program not as an academy but as a professional company for young singers engaged for a period of three to four years. In its 13 years of existence, Opera Fuoco's Young Artist Program has trained approximately 50 singers from 15 different countries. Our 15 current members come from 5 different countries, and candidates from the last round of auditions represented 34 nationalities. Opera Fuoco's activities are largely Paris-area based, with masterclasses held in prestigious spaces such as the Petit Palais and regular concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The company has also enhanced its international reputation by developing regular performance partnerships with the Bachfest in Leipzig, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the International Telemann Festival, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra as well as the Shanghai Baroque and Beijing Music Festivals in China. 

Opera Fuoco

The Berliner Philharmoniker, founded in 1882 as a self-governing orchestra.

"To the limits and beyond"  
The Berliner Philharmoniker – a world-class orchestra    

Outstanding expertise, uncompromising commitment to music: that is the Berliner Philharmoniker. In passionate interpretations, they make the great works of the repertoire shine and open up new horizons with performances of exciting contemporary music. 

Legendary chief conductors have left their mark on the orchestra's history and sound. Today they thrill a worldwide public in the Philharmonie and on tour, during live broadcasts and on acclaimed recordings. 

Communication with audiences will also be their focus in the future, whether in the concert hall or in the media. With digital programming, with education projects, but above all with concerts that enable listeners to experience the inexhaustible power and intensity of classical and contemporary music first-hand.   

The Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation

Lerici Music Festival, an annual classical music festival located on the stunning Italian Riviera.

US Ambassador Alex Amirkhanian

A classical music festival inaugurated in Summer 2017 by international orchestra conductor Gianluca Marcianò, a native of the town of Lerici set on the stunning bay known as the Gulf of Poets. Until 2020 the festival was known as Festival Suoni dal Golfo and then changed its name to the more easily remembered Lerici Music Festival. Over its first 7 years the festival has grown, attracting an audience of international music lovers and realising the vision of the founder in several aspects:
* to bring beautiful music to a town renowned for centuries for attracting writers, artists and composers such as Byron, Percy Bysse Shelley and his wife Mary Shelley (the castle in Lerici inspired her novel Frankenstein), D. H. Lawrence, Wagner, Virginia Woolf and many Italian writers.
* to develop the careers of new, young Italian and international soloists
* to bring international musicians to work side-by-side with emerging talent
* to bring together people of diverse nationalities, cultures and background using music as common ground
* for young orchestral musicians to reach the local residents with open rehearsals, street music and outreach. 
The aim of the Festival has, through its spirit of inclusion, become a constant in the European Festival schedule and its ultimate dream is to create a small concert hall for the town. Performances take place in squares, villas, nearby villages and Lerici town hall and new venues are annually sourced to give the best environment possible to each programme.
The Festival is a member of the prestigious European Festivals Association.

Associazione Culturale Suoni dal Golfo

Keeping Music Alive in our Schools @hollandsopusfdn #mhopus

The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation (MHOF) was inspired by the acclaimed motion picture Mr. Holland’s Opus, the story of the profound effect a dedicated music teacher had on generations of students. The Foundation keeps music alive in our schools by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, and providing vital services to school districts nationwide, giving under-represented youth access to the many benefits of music education, leading them to success in school, and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music.

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

The Tanging Yaman Foundation is a non-profit Philippine organization which bridges the generosity of countless Filipinos. 

Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc. (Tanging Yaman), a non-profit Philippine organization, was established in 1992 when Fr. Manuel "Manoling" Francisco, SJ first performed his original liturgical music with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). Almost every year, Fr. Manoling would perform with the PPO or the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

These concerts, entitled Tanging Yaman: Himig at Pananalig, graced the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Meralco Theatre, the UP Theatre, and other major Philippine theaters. The concerts even went on tour to Batangas, Quezon Province, and Ifugao.

 

In addition to the orchestra, these Tanging Yaman concerts featured choirs like Bukas Palad, Hangad, Bungang Himig, Tinig Barangka, the Pansol Choir, and popular artists like Basil Valdez, Dulce, Ogie Alcasid, Ariel Rivera, Jamie Rivera, and Nolyn Cabahug. Apart from celebrating Filipino music and Filipino faith, the concerts also raised funds for institutions that build and nurture local communities.

 

Some of the beneficiaries of the Tanging Yaman concerts were have been the Sibol-Hesus School for gifted public school children of Mr. Onofre Pagsanghan; the Alagad ni Maria Youth Center in Infanta; the Quezonians Home for the Aged; the Kiangan, Ifugao Scholarship Fund; the Diocesan Seminary in Lipa, Batangas; Our Lady of the Pentecost Parish in Loyola Heights; Mary the Queen Parish in San Juan; the Ateneo de Manila High School Scholarship Fund; and the School of Living Tradition in Benguet.

 

Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc. has then evolved from being an annual liturgical concert to being a conduit foundation, bridging the generosity of countless Filipinos here and abroad to the vital needs of their fellow men and women in the Philippines.

 Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.

Transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools.

Music education changes lives, but only those of the students it reaches.

Sometimes it doesn’t reach students because their school has no teacher or instruments. Sometimes it doesn’t reach them because they can’t see a connection between their music program and music they know and love. Music Will removes these barriers.

We help schools build music programs that are as diverse as the students they serve. Programs that are innovative, inclusive, and culturally meaningful to students . We’ve served over 1,200,000 K-12 students across the country. We know the lifelong benefits that music can bring to students. Our work is to make sure that music will.

Music Will

Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival's mission encompasses the mentoring of gifted international young classical musicians & singers.

The Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival was conceived by classical pianist and professor, Riccardo Cecchetti, its Artistic Director and President. Drawing on his experience as artistic and organizational consultant for classical musical initiatives in Spain and Italy, in 2016 Riccardo founded the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival in Lucca, Italy.



From Cecchetti’s passion to create an opportunity made by musicians, to support musicians of the future, and to welcome classical music lovers from all over the world, the Festival quickly established itself as one of the most important initiatives dedicated to classical music in Europe.



The Festival’s groundbreaking proposal was based on three closely interrelated elements:



- Educational programs and master classes lead by prestigious international musicians;

- Competitions for the young participants of the Master Classes Program;

- Concerts given by visiting artists and the most accomplished students enrolled in the Festival.



These elements informed the creation of a program rich in public events offered in unique locations in Lucca and Tuscany, including concerts given by prestigious guest artists and some of the most talented young musicians from all over the world, as well as lectures, meetings with artists, and exhibitions and workshops, all in keeping with the musical mission of the Festival. 



Many of the most renowned musicians, worldwide, enthusiastically embrace our project including Alfred Brendel, Bruno Giuranna, Boris Berman, Imogen Cooper, Viviane Hagner, Kim Kashkashian, Alain Meunier, Claudio Bohórquez, etc.



The primary mission of the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival is to promote and nurture talented young musicians. Winners of the Virtuoso & Belcanto competitions - all of whom are students of our courses - have launched prestigious careers. Among the many of them are, notably, the Leonkoro Quartet who won the 1st Prize in two of the most prestigious international competitions in 2022: the Concours International de Quatuor à Bordeaux and the International String Quartet Competition held at London's Wigmore Hall, earning 1st Prize and a collection of nine special awards, including interpretations, residencies, and concert prizes. The Leonkoro Quartet immediately embarked on an impressive international career.



The Festival, organized by the Association Virtuoso & Belcanto APS, has developed a profound network of international collaborators, important among which is the Populäre Konzerte Concerts Season at the Berlin Philharmonie, which has been held in Berlin for 66 years. Our collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonie brings the very finest of the young soloists selected from Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival to perform in the Philharmonie’s season's concerts, accompanied by the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin and in the world's most prestigious concert hall. Additionally, we collaborate with many other organizations throughout Europe such as the ORT (Orchestra della Toscana); Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti Napoli; and Nova Orchester Wien in Vienna: we anticipate establishing many more such collaborations. Over the years, twin festivals have already been established in Norway (Grimstad) and Spain (Osuna), and others are in the works, including in the United States.

Virtuoso & Belcanto APS

We are the only continuously active professional opera company on the African continent. 

Celebrating 25 years in 2024, Cape Town Opera's vision is to sustainably produce opera of the highest artistic standard, thereby safeguarding opera as part of South Africa’s cultural heritage and providing an aspirational internationally recognized and enduring platform for Africa’s world-class singing and creative talent.

The organization's schedule features a diverse and thrilling repertoire, encompassing opera, operetta, and musicals. It is dedicated to providing unparalleled skills development and hands-on training to aspiring young artists from various regions in the country. Cape Town Opera’s 2024 programming will be balanced and strategic, with a stellar line-up of singers for onstage operas in theatre and unconventional stages.

Equally important are our Youth Development and Education program. We continue to invest in our youth and ensure that they have the opportunity to pursue professional careers in the performing arts.

Cape Town Opera 

Collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

An orchestra committed to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music.  
 
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) was founded in 1997 based on the shared vision of being a free and international ensemble, dedicated to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music. With 45 members spanning 20 different countries at its core, the MCO works as a nomadic collective of passionate musicians uniting for specific tours in Europe and across the world.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra gGmbH 

Bringing music across the planet to those who need it most. Can music change the world? We believe it can.

Keys of Change is a charity formed by individuals who deeply believe that playing music can make this world a better place. Keys of Change aims to advance the lives of children and young people around the world through musical education and access to live classical music performances. The charity was set up in early 2011 by the international concert pianist Panos Karan, who works with three other trustees, all involved in music and/or education, and a growing number of committed volunteers in many countries.  ​ Over the past years, Keys of Change has brought classical music, often for the first time, to deprived or suffering audiences, in remote areas of the Amazon basin, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Kolkata and the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima area in Japan, as well as in Greece, Russia and London. Our music has brought alive emotions - fascination, happiness, tears of sadness – and generated hope and encouragement.  Wherever we go to perform, we also set up and fund musical education projects, working in conjunction with local music teachers. In Ecuador, we organise weekly guitar lessons for young people from deprived backgrounds. In Uganda and Sierra Leone, we have provided instruments and music lessons. In Fukushima and India, we have made regular visits to work with young musicians to improve their playing, and give them the opportunity to perform in joint concerts with Keys of Change musicians. In the case of Fukushima this culminated in the founding of the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta, and organising for up to 50 young Japanese musicians to travel to London, to give a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in April 2014, to Tokyo, performing at Tokyo Opera City in August 2015, and Symphony Hall, Boston, in April 2016.

Keys of Change

The Alliance for Middle East Peace is a network of over 170 NGOs conducting peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians.

Alliance For Middle East Peace Inc

Sing Democracy 250 is a stirring musical odyssey commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

In a world where division seems to be the norm, we stand united. 

We are musicians, singers, artists, and advocates, all bound by the belief that music can bridge the gaps and mend the divides. 

Our mission is simple yet profound: to bring people together, to celebrate our shared humanity, and to recommit to the promise of a "more perfect union."

Founded by Gary Aamodt and Celia Ellingson, Together In Hope Project, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization, serves as the driving force behind Sing Democracy 250.

Sing Democracy 250 

Inspiring children of all ages to reach their full potential.

We help children build confidence, character, and creativity through our unique music and theater productions while instilling the value of community outreach and philanthropy.

The heart of the PPF is about giving back to those in need, our community, and the world while also enriching the lives of our participants through music and theater.

Participants in our various productions learn confidence, creativity, empathy, and how to help others. All the while, becoming part of a loving and supportive environment; one that helps foster positive self-image and lifelong friendships.

Peter Pan Foundation

The largest cultural institution in Switzerland, enjoying a high reputation far beyond the country’s borders. 

With over 300 events annually – opera, ballet, classical concerts, recitals – the Zurich Opera House is one of the most productive and renowned cultural venues in Europe. Each season the Zurich Opera House features numerous opera and ballet (world) premieres such as classical concerts and attractive revivals presenting casts with the best singers from all over the world.

The Zurich Opera House is home of the Ballet Zurich and the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera.

Donations are critical to the AFZOH’s success in achieving its ambitious goals on behalf of the Zurich Opera House. This includes among others tours and guest performances in the US, young artist exchanges between Switzerland and the US and the support of young American artists in Switzerland (education program).

The AFZOH is a not-for-profit organization that raises visibility, expands appreciation and provides support for the Zurich Opera House.

American Friends of the Zurich Opera House (AFZOH)

Over Everything is a non-profit record label and artist empowerment organization. 

Our goal is to help push the industry towards more fair and equitable practices by supplying free music industry education for indie artists and their team, and by offering development & release support to a select group of artists. 

We don’t “sign” anyone, instead we partner with artists on a non-exclusive basis for their releases taking absolutely no earnings along the way. All funds go directly to the creative collaborators (artist/producers/writers). 

Our primary mission is to help artists create sustainable independent careers, maintaining artistic control and ownership along the way. We supply creative & artistic development, legal support, project management services, and often act as a conduit between the artist and potential partners (distributors/labels/tastemaker support/managers/bookers etc).

To check out some of the projects we have released please visit
overeverything.org/projects


Over Everything

Celebration Radio KAMB is a Contemporary Christian Music radio station in California's Central Valley, Foothills, & Central Coast.

KAMB's mission is to inspire people to know Jesus personally and challenge them to follow Him faithfully through the creative use of interactive media.

We have all had times, when we pulled away from God. It’s in our sinful nature to walk away from God and toward anxiety, addiction, workaholism and pride. Regardless of the struggle, it’s in those dark moments that we need a reminder of who we are and how to get back on track. 

For Angie, she turned to drugs after losing hope for her future. Deep in depression, her pain got so unbearable that she tried to hang herself. But the rope broke. In a moment of desperation and anger, Angie cried out to God. That’s when she heard KAMB Celebration Radio in the background, and realized that God was there for her all along. That encouragement moved her to get help. Today, she and her daughter listen to KAMB every morning and are reminded that God’s love is enduring, and that life can be abundant.  

Because of KAMB, Angie and her daughter have a new tomorrow; one filled with hope.
Every hour of every day for the last 52 years, people have turned to KAMB. Their reasons vary. Some tune-in because KAMB provides a safe place for their family to listen. Some tune-in to worship God and be encouraged in their walk with Him. Others are exploring their faith; in fact, 30% of listeners to Christian radio do not personally know Christ. Like Angie, some find answers and hope for their pain. 

Regardless of the reason, KAMB is there for them, inspiring them to personally know Jesus 24 hours per day. Whether late into the night or on the drive to work, KAMB is challenging people to follow God faithfully. Wherever listeners are, Celebration Radio is there as well. From Fresno to Modesto, Sonora to Santa Cruz, the KAMB FM signal broadcasts hope to a population of over 2.5 million people. For those out of range, KAMB Celebration Radio can be streamed online. And people are listening too. According to Nielsen, 92% of Americans tune into radio every week, more than any other media platform (television reaches 87%). 

We invite you to Partner with Celebration Radio KAMB to change lives!

Celebration Radio  101.5  KAMB (Central Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc.)

Hollywood Vocal Foundation is dedicated to the expansion and enrichment of vocal music education. 

Our mission is to develop and unite the next generation of vocal powerhouses to succeed through stellar education and unwavering mentorship.

**Once an artist has been accepted to the Conservatory, we work with them to identify needs and give support.** Our goal is to make financial aid available to every artist in need and strive to make their educational dreams a reality.

Only 8% of families in the US can afford to send their children to college. So where does that leave the rest? 92% of families rely on loans, credit card debt, financial aid in subpar programs or a lack of education altogether.

HVS Conservatory is bridging that gap in the music world by working with artists and their families to find affordable solutions to getting the education they need to kick start their careers in this competitive industry.

It costs $33,200 a year to put an artist through our Full Time program, and only $16,600 Part Time. By making an annual or monthly tax deductible contribution, you are helping discover the next generation of vocalists who wouldn’t have the opportunity to be seen by LA’s most acclaimed professionals. And the city’s cultural landscape will continue to thrive and be admired by everyone around the world.

Every scholarship recipient has the opportunity to take classes in vocal technique, songwriting, performance, style, ear training, production, engineering, piano, guitar, branding, marketing, and basic music business. Our curriculum has been written and developed by our elite faculty with years of education and professional experience making it the most modern curriculum you will find in the marketplace.

90% of your donation money goes directly to our scholarship program, which supports the financially underserved demographic in the country. And our free community events are centered around fostering a strong culture for vocalists to be mentored, learn industry standards, get professional experience, and grow to their full potential.

By going through our program, every artist gains a music community for life.

Our renowned mentors and faculty go above and beyond to support our students on their journey. And we have access to all the major and indie record labels, major and indie producers, managers, songwriters, and recording studios LA has to offer.

By becoming a donor for this phenomenal program, you have the opportunity to volunteer, attend our events, and mentor scholarship recipients.

Transform a mega talented singer's life today and make a donation for our cause!

Hollywood Vocal Foundation

The International Beethoven Project, est. 2008 as a NFP, is on a mission to revolutionize the world of classical music.

​​**The International Beethoven Project (IBP) is on a mission to revolutionize the world of classical music.**

We're passionate about:

- **Celebrating Beethoven's extraordinary music and humanist legacy.**
- **Exploring new ways to present and perform classical music, inspired by Beethoven's revolutionary approach to the music world in his own time.**
- **Showcasing the most creative musical geniuses of past and present.**

**Our Vision:** By highlighting Beethoven's innovative spirit, we aim to inspire a new generation of music lovers, performers, and arts leaders. We're exploring cutting-edge approaches—from cool live events and educational programs to productions of films, recordings, digital media and even artificial intelligence—to bring classical music to life.

**Our Impact:**

- **Launched "International Beethoven Day" in 2021** to create a global movement celebrating Beethoven's enduring impact and classical music in general
- **Produced critically acclaimed recordings,** including a groundbreaking album featuring the first-ever recording of Beethoven's Trio Hess 47.
- **Created captivating music films and documentaries** that offer fresh perspectives on the classics and inspire contemporary artists.
- **Organized annual Beethoven birthday celebrations and multi-disciplinary festivals** that unite diverse art forms and musical genres since 2010
- **Pioneering explorations in web3/blockchain/metaverse/NFT and artificial intelligence** dedicated to classical music.

**Upcoming Projects:**

- **An immersive multimedia journey through Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas.** This ambitious project will feature recordings, films, contemporary interpretations and reinterpretations, readings of Beethoven's letters, and visual art. We'll share this experience globally and bring it directly to schools worldwide during the upcoming celebrations of the bicentennial of Beethoven's death in 2027.
- **Preparing an international conference** on the role and future of classical music.
- **Collaborations with other organizations** to cross-pollinate ideas.

**Join the Movement:**

Stay connected with IBP through our website and social media channels. Together, we're shaping the future of classical music for the next generations. If you're interested in joining the team in any capacity, please let us know!

And don't forget that **your support is the key to our success!**

**Visit[ www.internationalbeethovenproject.com](https://www.internationalbeethovenproject.com) to learn more.**

International Beethoven Project

Celebrating the power of Space to bring the world together, educating and developing the next generation of explorers.

The mission of The SpaceKind Foundation (and associated projects Yuri's Night, Cosmic Odyssey Scholarship, AstroAccess) is to use the excitement and inspiration of space as a catalyst for educating and developing the next generation of explorers. We fulfill this mission through a commitment to empowering leaders, building communities, bridging cultures, encouraging science literacy, and promoting a sustainable and peaceful future. We are also launching a massive movement to get 50 million people to stand in the path of totality for the total eclipse of the sun on Mon April 8, 2024 in a 100 mile wide band from Mazatlan, Mexico to Montreal Canada to LOOK UP. The sight of the sun completely blocked by the moon, letting the stars shine in the middle of the afternoon, is breathtaking and worth driving a few states to see. I hope you will join us! www.eclipsefest.org

The SpaceKind Foundation

The Innovation Center at Saratoga is a makerspace where artists, entrepreneurs, and community members learn, create, and innovate.

The Innovation Center at Saratoga, Inc. is a collaborative makerspace where artists, entrepreneurs, and community members can come together to learn, create, and innovate. 

We provide shared equipment, resources, and programming to support the needs of entrepreneurs and artists. We also provide STEAM educational opportunities for schools, community groups, and individuals.

Innovation Center At Saratoga Inc

HERE builds a community that nurtures career artists as they create innovative hybrid live performance in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media, and visual art.

HERE Arts Center

Our top-rated Nonprofit safeguards and shares Himalayan meditation and indigenous knowledge from the ancient Sanskrit heritage.

Self Enquiry Life Fellowship is a nonprofit organization with worldwide outreach guided by the monastic wisdom of the Hansavedas Mission. The Nonprofit, with its headquarters in California, preserves indigenous knowledge from the Sanskrit heritage, including: extant literature on spiritual philosophy that is meaningful to modern inquiry; spiritual practices of Vedic antiquity that bring about peace in our communities through mindful participation; Himalayan yoga-vinyāsa and Ayurveda that promote wellness and mindfulness in daily living; and Himalayan meditation techniques of unbroken lineages which bring about mental clarity and compassion through self-empowerment, ultimately guiding the meditator to liberation.

The organization is enriched with extraordinary guidance from several Vedic monks of ancient monastic orders. It is rare for reclusive Himalayan monks, who have penanced in Himalaya, to become available to seekers or devotees and serve by disseminating precious streams of knowledge. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, who is one such ordained Vedic monk of the Giri monastic order, is the spiritual head of the Hansavedas Mission and the spiritual founder of the Nonprofit.

We are committed to the highest level of ethics and have earned the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency. See our profile: guidestar.org/profile/20-3478668. We have also been honoured as a Top-Rated Nonprofit for several years in a row on GreatNonprofits.org.

Hansavedas Fellowship

Harmony Theater is an organization focused on performing arts for people with disabilities based in southeastern PA. 

Harmony Theater

Celebrate and share Estonian culture in an architectural jewel in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.

Estonian Arts Centre (EAC) is the charity associated with KESKUS International Estonian Centre being built in the heart of Toronto, North America's 4th largest city.  EAC promotes development of KESKUS in Toronto in which to further its charitable objects, and these include promotion and support of the arts, multiculturalism, preservation of literary, musical and visual arts and the welfare and education of artists. 

KESKUS will be a dynamic hub showcasing Estonian heritage and promoting Estonian innovation. It will be a vibrant gathering place for Estonians of all generations and backgrounds to connect, celebrate, and share Estonian culture and achievements with each other and the world. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.

Please sign up for the monthly newsletter at our website and donate today, to help EAC achieve its mission in KESKUS.

KESKUS International Estonian Centre

FAB provides funding, promotion, education and credibility to creators working at the intersection of blockchain and creativity.

Foundation For Art And Blockchain

Artisan Global is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops sustainable jobs, strategies, and vocational workspaces in Uganda.

We are working together with local entrepreneurs in Uganda to develop the creative industries and address cycles of extreme poverty. Our global team (Uganda and the U.S.) designed the first creative workspace for innovation & impact in Northern Uganda.

Artisan Global

Artists' Television Access is an all-volunteer, artist-run, underground and experimental media arts gallery founded in 1984.

Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas.

Artists' Television Access

Radio Santisimo Sacramento is a nonprofit organization. It is based in Sacramento, CA. It received its nonprofit status in 2015.

Unir a la comunidad católica hispana de la Diócesis de Sacramento transmitiendo el Evangelio para la salvación de las almas. 

**VISIÓN hasta 2025**

**Somos un instrumento confiable y efectivo de la Diócesis de Sacramento para la salvación de las almas.**
 

***¿Quienes somos?***

 
**Somos una radio DIOCESANA, le pertenecemos y con ellos nuestra principal operatividad debe funcionar en ayudar a la diócesis. COMUNITARIA, somos y hacemos familia de familia, conjunción de movimientos.**
**MISIONERA, Llevamos el evangelio, apoyamos al Obispo en su misión, buscar la santidad de nuestros radioescuchas y somos formadores.**



Radio Santisimo Sacramento

MY Arts Association for Cultural Support is an interdisciplinary non-profit organization founded in 2015 by Yury Revich. The project aims to develop a new format that unites a formal classical music concert with a multidisciplinary concert incorporating other art forms, known as the "Concert of Arts."

One of the main focuses of the organization is humanitarian work through the cultural tools.

In partnership with UNICEF, the organization is raising funds for projects like building schools and water systems. The project of MY Arts “Dreamland” successfully raised funds for providing 10 schools in Alepo with hygiene and water systems, campaign «COMIFAR & Friends per gli OSPEDALI» for 3 hospitals in Italy in cooperation with Comifar, UNICEF Emegerncy Funds, and most recently the Water Project in Malawi.

Supporting the young artists through the concept of “Concert of Arts” which is based on a synergistic and dialogical collaboration between music, visual arts, applied arts, theater, dance, and fashion, with the goal of opening new perspectives to hear art and see music.


We aim to connect young creatives with established artists, respecting tradition while also working on the concept of the multidisciplinary artist of the future. 

Our mission is to set new goals and remove limits on creativity and freedom of expression.

We view culture as a powerful tool for promoting sustainability values. We have successfully organized several projects featuring classical music, theater, dance, and film screenings.

MY Arts is also dedicated to fostering and connecting young creative talent on a national and international level.



Our cooperation partners in past and present include renowned foundations and organizations such as the United Nations Environment Programme, UNICEF, the Princess Kira of Prussia Foundation, Art Basel Paris +, and many others.

You can find some of our live projects and screenings on the website [www.fnights.com](http://www.fnights.com/).

www.dreamland-charity.com

MY Arts 

Culture Scholar Corporation enhances the lives of older adults through the therapeutic power of music, the arts and performances.


**About Culture Scholar Corporation's Music for Mental Health Initiative**

The "**Music for Mental Health**" initiative is designed to bring the profound benefits of music to seniors in retirement and assisted living communities. Music is a powerful tool for enhancing mental health, cognitive function, and overall well-being. 
Our program offers a variety of musical experiences tailored to the needs and interests of elderly residents, aiming to create a vibrant and supportive environment where music can flourish.

Since 2001 **Culture Scholar** has been the brainchild of Benjamin Barnes. 
In addition to being the Director and CEO of Culture Scholar Corporation 501(c)(3), 
Ben is an instructor and performer who creates and teaches the *Culture Scholar Music for Mental Health* classes and concerts. 

[Culture Scholar Corporation](https://www.culturescholar.org/) i**s a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization**. **** 

**Thank You for Your Support**!

Culture Scholar Corporation 501(c)(3)

National human services organization. Our mission is to foster stability and resiliency, and provide a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan.

Founded in 1882, we serve all professionals—and not just actors—in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance through programs that address our community's unique and essential needs.

Employment in any division of the performing arts and entertainment industry is unpredictable. Work is erratic, security is fleeting and health insurance is often just a dream. For all of these reasons and many more, The Actors Fund is an indispensable and deeply significant part of the entire entertainment community.

As a national organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, we directly serve thousands of performing arts and entertainment professionals across the country every year, in person and via our online resources. Our programs are wide in scope, responsive in nature and produce significant results.

Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund)

Inclusive, equitable sliding fee scale K-12 access to musical instruments, instruction, performance and recording programs.

SLAM enriches kid's lives, instilling:

• Diligence and time management
• Cooperation and teamwork
• Self-respect through achievement

SLAM maximizes your donation with matching fund grants from Foundations, City, County and State agencies.  SLAM's multiple award-winning team of rock, jazz, classical, bluegrass, folk, pop, and electronic music mentors provide safe, fun, productive access to:

• Musical instruments and equipment
• Instruction from up to Ph.D. teachers 
• Performances at venues and festivals
• In-studio and home recording programs

SLC Magazine   2016, Best of the Beehive
City Weekly       2014, Best of Utah
SLC Magazine  2009, Best of the Beehive
City Weekly      2007,  Best of Utah
City Weekly      2006, Best of Utah
City Weekly      2005, Best of Utah

Salt Lake Academy Of Music (SLAM)

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We are a nonprofit, so instead of charging fees we rely on the generosity of donors like you.