Grant Application News

The bluegrass music world lost two important icons in 2011 in the persons of Hazel Dickens and Carlton Haney.  In their memory, the Foundation for Bluegrass Music will be funding grants and/or scholarships this year and has set August 15, 2011 as the deadline to apply for these resources.

A one-time fund of $10,000 has been earmarked with the following guidelines for applicants: up to $5,000 in memory of Dickens to fund public projects and/or education scholarships that foster "artistic" development involving deserving young people, and up to $5,000 in memory of  Haney to fund public projects and/or education scholarships that foster bluegrass music "business" development involving deserving young people.

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About Us

MISSION

The Foundation for Bluegrass Music connects passion with purpose and is a means for people and organizations to support the art form through charitable donations and planned giving. 

We help donors and their families meet their charitable goals by connecting them with programs and initiatives that serve their interests.  By connecting donors, nonprofits, bluegrass leaders and other partners…we help make philanthropy happen.  We can offer advice about opportunities they can contribute to and help make a difference for the music and offer options for achieving their goals of charitable giving.

Options include gifts that support arts and culture, education, literary work, historic preservation and other efforts of public benefit.

OUR BOARD

The Foundation’s board is a diverse group of bluegrass and business community leaders and is responsible for all grant allocations made from the Foundation’s funds and provides overall direction and policy.

Greg Cahill, president
Mary Tyler Doub, vice-president
Carl Pagter, treasurer
Jed Malischke, secretary
Kitsy Kuykendall
Henri Deschamps
Tom Kopp
Richard Spratt
Yvonne Tatar