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.
Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. Support from the Foundation has enabled Homeboys to sustain a range of arts education programs and build capacity of its social enterprises.
The mission of the International Trumpet Guild is to promote communications among trumpet players around the world and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet.
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for Jazz through performance, education and advocacy. The Foundation’s support enables collaboration between JALC and Harlem School of the Arts’s tuition-free Beginning Band program for middle school students.
The Jazz Bakery is dedicated to growing and nurturing America’s music, and to cultivating new audiences and emerging talent. We are presenters, educators, advocates, and community members, supporting the performing arts in all their diversity, and bringing the unifying power of music to the forefront of contemporary culture.
The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance, and developing new audiences.
Jazz Foundation of America provides direct assistance and work opportunities to jazz and blues musicians to address housing, legal, medical, and financial crises through personalized care and consultation.