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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.

Los Angeles Jazz Society

The Los Angeles Jazz Society was founded in 1983 by a group of musicians and Jazz lovers committed to elevating the image of Jazz and its artists in the community. The mission of LAJS is to excite, educate, and engage public school students with the vibrant rhythms and sounds of the only indigenous American music – Jazz.

Focus on Jazz

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Symphonic Jazz Orchestra

Symphonic Jazz Orchestra brings dynamic music programs into underserved schools and gathers exceptional musicians together to perform free concerts for the community.

Arts Education, Focus on Jazz

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Thelonious Monk Institute

TMI preserves, perpetuates, and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means to unite people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities. The Institute offers the world’s most promising young musicians college level training by acclaimed jazz masters and presents public school-based music education programs for young people. The Foundation supports The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, encompassing the School’s Master of Jazz Performance program.

Focus on Jazz

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