Skip to content

Our Grantees

California State Summer School for the Arts

Listed below are the organizations and programs that we have supported over the past two years. We invite you to learn more about them by visiting their individual websites.

18th Street Arts Center

18th Street Art Center’s mission is to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art-making, with the belief that the creative process is just as important as the outcome, and that artists contribute to a vibrant, healthy, and just society. Through the Foundation’s Make Jazz Fellowship, one Jazz musician is selected annually for a three-month residency during which he/she has space and time to compose new work and showcase their unique talents throughout the vibrant Los Angeles Jazz scene.

Focus on Jazz

View Website

American Composers Orchestra

American Composers Orchestra is the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, and promulgation of music by American composers.

Focus on Jazz, Support to Professionals

View Website

Angel City Arts

The Angel City Jazz Festival presents music innovators who have achieved exceptionally high levels of musicianship and brought forward a significant contribution to the evolution of jazz.

Focus on Jazz

View Website

ASCAP Foundation

The ASCAP Foundation is dedicated to nurturing the music talent of tomorrow, preserving the legacy of the past and sustaining the creative incentive for today’s music creators. The Foundation provided funding to establish the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, enhancing the existing Young Jazz Composer Awards program which encourages and celebrates young jazz composers from around the United States.

Focus on Jazz

View Website

California Jazz Foundation

The California Jazz Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to aid and assist California Jazz musicians in crisis. Committed to providing access to quality social and economic services for all eligible applicants, CJF engages a team of caring, knowledgeable professionals in collaboration with community partners.

Focus on Jazz, Support to Professionals

View Website

California State University Northridge

The California State University Northridge Jazz mission is to guide each student toward artistic and practical success as a contemporary professional jazz musician.

Focus on Jazz

View Website