July 1, 2025
2025 Cycle 2 Grants
The D’Addario Foundation is thrilled to announce its Cycle 2 2025 grants, awarding $141.1K in monetary funding and $52.2K in in-kind product donations to 88 community music education programs across 28 U.S. states and 13 countries. This critical funding will support an estimated 52,676 individuals worldwide, emphasizing the Foundation’s commitment to transforming lives through music. Congratulations to this cycle's grant recipients!
- A Place Called Home - Music Program - Los Angeles, CA
- Accent Pontiac - Pontiac, MI
- Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams, Inc. - Amped Music Academy - Louisville, KY
- Agape National Academy of Music (ANAM) - Monrovia, LR
- All City Music - Minneapolis, MN
- Alleghany JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) - Sparta, NC
- Allentown Symphony Association - Allentown, PA
- American Festival for the Arts - Houston, TX
- AMEVS - PAQEMO - Paris, Ile de France, FR
- Arts+ Project Harmony - Charlotte, NC
- Atlanta Music Project - Atlanta, GA
- Austin Classical Guitar - Austin, TX
- Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, Inc. - Lutherville Timonium, MD
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) - OrchKids - Baltimore, MD
- Bloomingdale School of Music, Inc. - New York, NY
- Boston Music Project - Boston, MA
- Boston String Academy - Boston, MA
- Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii - Honolulu, HI
- Brooklyn Steppers - Brooklyn, NY
- Columbus Symphony - Columbus, OH
- Community MusicWorks - Providence, RI
- Conservatory Lab Foundation - El Sistema Music Program - Dorchester, MA
- Crescendo Detroit - Detroit, MI
- Daniel's Music Foundation - New York, NY
- Drake Music Scotland - Edinburgh, Midlothian, GB
- East Bay Center for the Performing Arts - Richmond, CA
- East Lake Expression Engine - Chattanooga, TN
- Ensemble de violoncelles de Montréal - Montreal, QC, CA
- ETM-Colorado, Inc - Denver, CO
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Club Orchestra - Fort Wayne, IN
- Girls Write Nashville - Nashville, TN
- Giving Guitars Foundation - Franklin, TN
- GRACE: Give Refugees A ChancE - Harmony Youth Symphony - Cuenca, Azuay, EC
- Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom - San Diego, CA
- Guitars Antiqua Music Program - Gardena, CA
- Harmony Program - New York, NY
- Harmony Project Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ
- Headlong Dance Theater - Mad Beatz Philly - Philadelphia, PA
- Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc, (HOLA) - Music Program - Los Angeles, CA
- HeartBound Ministries, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
- Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts - Austin Soundwaves - Austin, TX
- JAMM (Juneau Alaska Music Matters) - Juneau, AK
- Kaufman Music Center - Special Music School - New York, NY
- Keiskamma Trust - Music Academy - Peddie, Eastern Cape, ZA
- Kids' Orchestra - Baton Rouge, LA
- Latino Arts, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI
- Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy - San Pablo, CA
- Make Music NOLA - New Orleans, LA
- Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) Jazz - Tell Your Story - Pittsburgh, PA
- Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra - Kahului, HI
- Merit School of Music - Chicago, IL
- Music for Life - Springfield, VA
- Music Haven - New Haven, CT
- MusicWorks Asheville - Leicester, NC
- Neutral Zone - Ann Arbor, MI
- New City Kids - Jersey City, NJ
- Northeast Community Center - Harmony Project KC - Kansas City, MO
- Nucleo - London, GB
- Phoenix Conservatory of Music - Phoenix, AZ
- Project Music - Stamford, CT
- Ravinia Festival Association - Sistema Ravinia - Highland Park, IL
- Richmond Symphony - Richmond, VA
- Segundo Barrio Children's Chorus - Houston, TX
- Sistema Cyprus - Nicosia, Nicosia, CY
- Sistema Toronto Academy - Toronto, Ontario, CA
- Soundscapes Inc. - Newport News, VA
- Sphinx Organization - Performance Academy - Detroit, MI
- Sunstate Orchestral Program - Tampa, FL
- Superar Hungary - Budapest, HU
- Superar Munich - Munich, Bavaria, DE
- Superar Romania - Arcue, Covasna, RO
- Superar Verein zur Förderung der Musik - Vienna, AT
- Temple Talents Foundation - Soroti, Uganda, UG
- The ARCO Project - Prince Albert, Western Cape, ZA
- The Jessye Norman School of the Arts, Inc. - Augusta, GA
- The MusicianShip DC - Washington, DC
- The People's Music School - Chicago, IL
- The Phil Ramone Orchestra for Children - Front Royal, VA
- The Quest Center for Art & Community Development Inc. - Dickson, TN
- The Raleigh Music Collective - Raleigh, NC
- Union City Music Project, Inc. - Weehawken, NJ
- United Sound, inc. - Mesa, AZ
- ViVO Youth Orchestras - Sonoma, CA
- We Are Instrumental - Putnam Station, NY
- We Make Culture CIC - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, GB
- Worcester Chamber Music Society - Neighborhood Strings - Worcester, MA
- Young Musicians Choral Orchestra (YMCO) - Berkeley, CA
- ZUMIX - East Boston, MA
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