Above: Alaskan child learning in music program funded by the Mockingbird Foundation

Through our book and album projects, the Mockingbird Foundation has sought to celebrate the music of Phish and the spirit of their fans. By doing so in creative and productive ways, we fulfill our mission of giving back to the larger communities around us, in the name of those very same fans.

In the first three rounds of funding, and through several one-time grants, the Foundation has contributed over $250,000 to music education for children. The recipients of these grants have included schools, community centers, workshops, camps, and scholarship programs from Maine to California, from Appalaicha to the Southwest, and from Kentucky to Kosovo.

We encourage your music education organization to apply for one of our grants. Please keep in mind two things about our grants process. First, in order to disburse as much as possible, we are an all-volunteer organization without any paid staff to assist in the process; as such, we are limited in our ability to respond to inquiries about inquiries. Second, because the demand for arts funding is so great, we receive hundreds of inquiries each funding round and are unable to fill most of those needs.

We owe a great deal of thanks to Singing for Change for their help in drafting our funding guidelines, and to our thousands of supporters who have contributed to the success of our all-volunteer charitable projects by submitting work, promoting the effort, and purchasing the book and album. We hope you will consider information about music education issues, and our statement on music and hope in this time of world conflict.

With sincere thanks,
Kristen Godard, for the Funding Committee
grants@mockingbirdfoundation.org