This is by no means a complete listing of foundations that fund early music in the U.S.; it is simply a list of foundations that EMA itself has appealed to or received funding from over the years. EMA has been located in three areas: New York City, Cleveland, and Seattle, so the foundations from those areas are more numerous in this list. It is important to remember that most foundations fund LOCALLY, in fairly restricted geographic areas. Your best source of funding is likely to come from foundations located in your city or region. Many libraries have resources about grant research and writing. A good source of information about grants in general is the Foundation Center at http://fdncenter.org
Other excellent sources of funding are your local and state government arts agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts (http://www.arts.gov). This foundation list does not include government agencies.
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
505 5th Ave. S. #900, Seattle, WA 98104
206-342-2030; www.pgafoundations.com
Senior Director Sue Coliton. Principals: Paul Allen and Jo Allen Patton. Fund arts and culture organizations that serve the Pacific Northwest.
AT&T Foundation
32 Ave. of the Americas, 6 th Floor, New York, NY 10013
212-387-4882; www.att.com/foundation
“Unsolicited applications are rarely supported.” Will support national service organizations, but prefer projects that involve contemporary art or new works; diversity; and technology/arts.
Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts
501 5 th Ave. #1401, New York, NY 10017
Exec. Dir. J. Andrew Lark. Small grants to support opera and other musical endeavors.
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
1044 W. Forest Hills Blvd., Durham, NC 27707
919-493-5591; www.mdbf.org
Exec. Dir. Douglas Zinn. James Semans, M.D., Chair. Most grants are to Duke University, or in North Carolina or New York.
Boeing Company
PO Box 34345, Seattle, WA 98124
206-655-2133; www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/community/guidelines.htm
(Company-sponsored; no board or staff listed.) Fund arts organizations that serve the Puget Sound region.
Carol Franc Buck Foundation
PO Drawer 6085, Incline Village, NV 89450
775-831-6366
Marya Beam, administrator. Primarily funds performances, especially opera, in Western States.
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
135 E. 64 th St., New York, NY 10021
212-288-8900; www.rsclark.org
Margaret Ayers, Exec. Dir. Virtually all grants are in NY.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
650 5 th Ave., 19 th Floor, New York, NY 10019
212-974-7000; www.ddcf.org
“The foundation works through Service Organizations in order to directly support individual artists and artists’ companies.” Currently funding CMA (jazz); did fund APAP (Arts Partners program).
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
111 Pine St. #1515, San Francisco, CA 94111
415-391-0911; www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/gerbode/
Thomas Layton, President. Funds arts in the Bay Area (primarily commissioning of new works).
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
1 Embarcadero Ctr. #1050,
San Francisco, CA 94111
One cannot apply for grants, one simply gets “on a list” and receives a small amount each year.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
2121 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-234-4500; www.hewlett.org
Moy Eng, Program Director for music. Fund primarily organizations that benefit Bay Area/California. They do fund some national service organizations for projects that occur in the Bay Area.
James Irvine Foundation
Steuart Tower, #2500, San Francisco, CA 94105
415-777-2244; www.irvine.org
(also maintains Los Angeles office). Kelly Martin, Grants Mgr. Funds mainly California projects. Stress new works and multi-culturalism.
Kulas Foundation
Terminal Tower, #924,
Cleveland, OH 44113
216-623-4770; www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/kulas/
Allan Zambie, VP. Funds music in Cleveland area.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
140 E. 62 nd St., New York, NY 10021
212-838-8400; www.mellon.org
Catherine Maciariello, program officer for music. Made a $600,000 grant to 14 period instrument orchestras in 1989-1990. Grants were expanded from period orchestras to chamber orchestras from 1991-96. Current Mellon funding is for symphony orchestras only (since 1999). “Application by invitation only.”
John P. Murphy Foundation
50 Public Square #924, Cleveland, OH 44113
216-623-4770; www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/jpmurphy/
Allan Zambie, VP. Fund arts in Cleveland area.
E. Nakamichi Foundation
446 S. Anaheim Hills Rd #221, Anaheim, CA 92807
714-771-9677; www.enfoundation.com
Yas Yamazaki, President. Mission is to fund Baroque “and other classical” music performances.
William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
30195 Chagrin Blvd #250, Cleveland, OH 44124
216-831-9667; www.oneillfdn.org
Catherine O’Brien, Dir. Fund arts in Cleveland area.
Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation
Park W. Finance Sta., New York, NY 10025
212-932-0408
Fred Bay, chair. Did fund pre-collegiate arts in education programs; their guidelines got much more specific, and they now fund primarily molecular biology.
Pew Charitable Trusts
2005 Market St. #1700, Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-575-9050; www.pewtrusts.org
Marian Godfrey, director of cultural programs. Fund arts projects primarily in Philadelphia, but have occasionally funded national cultural projects.
Presser Foundation
385 Lancaster Ave. #205, Haverford, PA 19041
610-658-9030
Primarily fund scholarships in music ed.
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation
1221 Broadway, 21 st Floor, Oakland, CA 94612
510-451-3300; www.skaggs.org
Major music interest is opera; some “discretionary grants” available from board.
Wallace Foundation (aka Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds)
2 Park Ave., 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10016
212-251-9700; www.wallacefunds.org
Michael Moore, director of arts programs. Funded “Arts Partners” program with APAP for several years to help arts organizations diversify their audiences. Program has now ended. Now fund “LEAP” (Leadership and Excellence in Arts Participation) to build and diversify arts audiences.
Helen F. Whitaker Fund
4718 Old Gettysburg Rd. #209, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
717-763-1600
Miles Gibbons, Exec. Dir. Spending itself down to terminate in 2006. Focused on national service organizations for music and professional development for artists.