NEWS
Stay up to date on the latest news, events, and opportunities from our ever-expanding network of programs, patrons, students, and collaborators.
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The D’Addario Foundation announces the recipients of its 2026 Community Music Grants (CMG), supporting 139 nonprofit music education programs providing free or affordable instruction in high-needs communities around the world.Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation has published its 2024 & 2025 Biennial Report, highlighting two years of impact, growth, and continued commitment to expanding access to transformative music education. In addition to program overviews, the report celebrates our partners, whose achievements reflect the power of music education; and our contributors, whose donations...Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation announces the recipients of its 2026 Immersive Music Challenge (IMC) Ecosystem Grants, a new initiative that supports nonprofit programs that provide free, immersive music instruction and mentoring to students in high-needs communities throughout the world.Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation announces that it has received a $10,000 grant from the NAMM Foundation to support the Immersive Music Challenge (IMC): an effort to improve awareness of the positive impacts of immersive music-based mentoring and support nonprofit organizations that provide free or affordable music instruction and mentoring within high-needs...Read Article -
Neuroscience has identified a key barrier to reading—how precisely a student's brain captures sound—and shown that immersive, ensemble-based music mentoring programs dramatically improve sound processing, literacy, and academic success. Backed by strong evidence, these programs especially benefit students from high-poverty schools, transforming both learning and emotional wellbeing.Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation announces cycle 2 grant recipients for 2025: $141.1K in monetary awards and $52.2K in in-kind donations to support 88 music education programs worldwide.Read Article -
Donate through 3/31/25 and D'Addario & Co. will match up to $25,000. Double your impact!Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation is thrilled to announce its Cycle 1 2025 grants, awarding $169.4K in monetary funding and $62.8K in in-kind product donations to 99 community music education programs across 29 U.S. states and 9 countries. This critical funding will support an estimated 98,000 children worldwide, emphasizing the Foundation’s commitment...Read Article -
From November 1 through December 8, 2024, your donation to the D’Addario Foundation will go toward our Giving Tuesday campaign. Your generosity during this time will help us provide grants to nonprofit music education organizations around the world, award college scholarships to talented young people, and conduct scientific research on...Read Article -
The D’Addario Foundation is delighted to announce its grantees for the second half of 2024. In this cycle, the Foundation awarded $165.7k in cash donations and $41.8k in in-kind product donations to support 83 nonprofit community music education programs across 27 U.S. states and 8 countries.Read Article -
After leading the D’Addario Foundation for 15 years, Suzanne D'Addario Brouder has stepped down, leaving the Foundation in the capable hands of Karen Shelley.Read Article -
The D'Addario Foundation & long-time partner, Hungry for Music, donate high-quality violins to four advancing young musicians across the US.Read Article
