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Fender Music Foundation Announces Guitar Donations to Nonprofit Music Instruction Programs

Founded in 2005, the Fender Music Foundationhttp://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/> provides instruments and equipment for eligible nonprofit music instruction programs. Awarded items are lightly used, blemished, or otherwise imperfect and have been collected by the foundation from manufacturers and retailers.

The foundation is currently awarding acoustic guitars, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, bass guitars, and the equipment necessary to play them. However, other traditional music instruments, including string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, as well as keyboards, are sometimes available. DJ equipment and computers are not available through the program.

The foundation awards instruments only to music instruction programs offered by public schools or 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. To qualify as a music instruction program, participants must be learning how to make music. Music appreciation or entertainment programs do not qualify, and the participants may not be professional or career musicians.

Eligible programs must involve either in-school music classes in which students make music; afterschool music programs that are not run by the school; community music programs that offer music instruction to community members; or music therapy programs in which the participants actively make music.

Complete application and eligibility guidelines are available at the Fender Music Foundation Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFPhttp://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/grants/grants-info/>

from LA Culture Net