News: Philanthropy

March 16, 2024

Martin Guitar Foundation Announces 2023 Grants

The Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation has announced that it awarded $485,500 in grants to more than 85 nonprofit organizations in 2023, creating opportunities…

March 07, 2024

Music & Arts Contributes to Woodson Segment on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’

A special Jan. 15 segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day featured Mr. Coleman Woodson Jr., a middle school music educator…

February 13, 2024

KHS America Donates Instruments to Hawaii Fire Victims

Following the August 2023 fires in Lahaina, Hawaii, the Lahainaluna High School music program suffered. The Lahainaluna band program lost nearly 20 instruments…

February 09, 2024

D’Addario Foundation, Hungry for Music Receives Large Donation

The D’Addario Foundation and Hungry for Music have announced they’ve received a donation of more than 3,500 instruments. Ronni Ginott, the owner of two…

December 29, 2023

Sweetwater Donates $28K Worth of Instruments to Fort Wayne-Area Non-Profits

On Dec. 20, Sweetwater donated more than $28,000 worth of musical instruments and funding to be used for music therapy sessions at Easterseals Arc in Fort…

December 18, 2023

Blues Angel Music Foundation Donates MP3 Players to Seniors

Blues Angel Music in Pensacola, Florida's not-for-profit, Blues Angel Music Foundation (BAMF), recently donated MP3 players to participants in Council on Aging…

December 15, 2023

Shure Receives Top Score from Human Rights Campaign

Shure has received a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading…

December 11, 2023

Island Music Co. Holiday String Giveaway Brings in 1.5K Pounds of Canned Food

Island Music Company in La Plata, Maryland, held its annual Holiday String Giveaway on Nov. 18. The event offered customers the ability to receive a free guitar…