News: Philanthropy

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…

November 28, 2023

Reverb Sponsors the J Dilla Music Technology Grant

Reverb has announced its sponsorship of the Save The Music Foundation’s J Dilla Music Technology Grant. The latest step in the five-year partnership…

November 20, 2023

Gig Gear Donates 400-Plus Pairs of Gig Gloves to Israel to Help War Efforts

Gig Gear has announced it has donated approximately 450 pairs of its flagship Gig Gloves work gloves to Israel. Initially developed for AV installers and…

November 15, 2023

Kolstein Celebrates Annual Samuel J. Kolstein Memorial Award Winner

Kolstein Music’s President Manny Alvarez continued the New York-based string shop’s annual tradition of donating a double bass instrument to the…