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 to transforming lives through music.
Among the grantees, 77% are receiving renewed support, reflecting the Foundation’s dedication to fostering long-term relationships with impactful programs. This year’s grants also include 23% new recipients, such as Sistema Utah, a standout organization transforming lives through free intensive music education.
Spotlight: A New Grantee
Sistema Utah transforms young minds through free intensive music education, serving over 500 students at two Title I schools in West Valley City, where 84% identify as racial/ethnic minorities and 43% are English Language Learners. Their comprehensive youth development model combines rigorous musical training with academic support and social-emotional learning. They also provide essential wrap-around services including healthy snacks, homework help, parent education, and community resource connections.
List of Grantees
- 18 Degrees/Kids 4 Harmony – Pittsfield, MA
- Afro Latin Jazz Alliance – New York, NY
- After-School All-Stars DC – Washington, DC
- Agrupación Cultural Amigos de la Música/Orquesta Infantil Juvenil de Fresia – Fresia, Region de Los Lagos, Chile
- Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers – Phoenix, AZ
- Artistas y Musicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) - Philadelphia, PA
- Arts Council Santa Cruz County/Mariposa Arts: Guitar TEACH – Santa Cruz, CA
- Boulder MUSE – Boulder, CO
- Brooklyn Music School – Brooklyn, NY
- Buffalo String Works – Buffalo, NY
- Building Leaders Using Music Education in Haiti (BLUME Haiti) - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra – Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Capital Harmony Works – Trenton, NJ
- Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras - Lexington, KY
- ChiArts Music Conservatory – Chicago, IL
- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) - Chicago, IL
- Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project – Chicago, IL
- Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de Paris – Paris, France
- Cleveland Classical Guitar Society – Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland School of the Arts – Rocky River, OH
- Cobra Performing Arts – Yonkers, NJ
- Community Music School of Springfield – Springfield, MA
- Creative Hope International – Nepal
- Crescendo Phoenixville – Phoenixville, PA
- Daraja Music Initiative – East Berne , NY
- Education Through Music – New York, NY
- Education Through Music Los Angeles – Burbank, CA
- El Sistema Colorado – Denver, CO
- Ellis Marsalis Center for Music – New Orleans, LA
- Enriching Lives through Music – San Rafael, CA
- Gifted Music School – Salt Lake City, UT
- Girls Rock! DC – Washington, DC
- Global Arts Corporation – Los Angeles, CA
- Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies/Harmony - St. Paul, MN
- Guitars Over Guns Organization – Chicago, IL
- Harmony Project Bay Area (HPBA) - Oakland, CA
- Hearts In Motion/Music In Motion – Pueblo Modelo, Zacapa, Guatemala
- Hit Me With Music Foundation – Baltimore , MD
- Houston Youth Symphony – Houston, TX
- Huntsville Community Drumline – Huntsville, AL
- In The Band – Santa Monica, CA
- INTEMPO – Stamford , CT
- Intonation Music – Chicago, IL
- Jazz Empowers – Nashville, TN
- Jazz St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
- L.A.C.E.R. Afterschool Programs – Los Angeles, CA
- La Jolla Music Society – La Jolla, CA
- Lead Guitar – Tucson , AZ
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra/LPO Academy – New Orleans, LA
- Mid-Missouri High Steppers – Columbia, MO
- Midori Foundation/Play to Learn – New York, NY
- Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center – Bronx, NY
- Minnesota Guitar Society – Minneapolis, MN
- Multicultural Music Group – Bronx, NY
- Musicambia – Brooklyn, NY
- New Mexico Philharmonic/Young Musician Initiative – Albuquerque, NM
- New West Symphony/Laby Harmony Project – Thousand Oaks, CA
- One City at VanderCook College of Music – Chicago, IL
- Opportunity Music Project – New York, NY
- Opus 118 Harlem School of Music – New York, NY
- Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras – Portland, OR
- OrKidstra/Sistema Ottawa – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Partnerships for Children/Kids In a New Groove – Austin, TX
- Peace through Music International – Łódź, Poland
- Philadelphia Youth Orchestra/PYO Music Institute – Philadelphia, PA
- Price Hill Will/MYCincinnati - Cincinnati, OH
- Project STEP – Boston, MA
- Rainey Institute/El Sistema@Rainey – Cleveland, OH
- Reaching for the Arts – New York, NY
- Reno Philharmonic Association – Reno, NV
- Rock to the Future – Philadelphia, PA
- Rosie's House: A Music Academy for Children – Phoenix, AZ
- Saint James Music Academy – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- San Bernardino Teen Music Workshop – San Bernardino, CA
- San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory – San Diego, CA
- San Francisco Symphony – San Francisco, CA
- Santa Rosa Symphony Association – Santa Rosa, CA
- Savannah Philharmonic – Savannah, GA
- Sistema Utah – Draper, UT
- Soar and Elevate – Richmond, VA
- SOUNDS Academy – Phoenix, AZ
- St. Louis Classical Guitar/Guitar Horizons – St. Louis, MO
- St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble/Youth Orchestra of St. Luke's – New York, NY
- SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note At A Time) - Lyndell, PA
- Swan Strings – Dallas, TX
- Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village/Antidote Studio – Flint, MI
- The Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia – Boca Raton, FL
- The Harmony Project – Los Angeles, CA
- The Heights Center/MOSAIC (Musical Opportunities Supporting the Arts In our Community) - Fort Myers, FL
- The Miami Music Project – Miami, FL
- The Noel Pointer Foundation – Brooklyn, NY
- The Texas Supremacy of Music & Arts Conservatory – Dallas, TX
- Tucson Youth Music – Tucson, AZ
- UpBeat NYC – Bronx, NY
- Urban Youth Harp Ensemble – Atlanta, GA
- WHIN Music Community Charter School – New York, NY
- Yakima Music en Acción - Yakima, WA
- Young Musicians Unite, Miami, FL
- Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra – Ypsilanti, MI
