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The Mockingbird Foundation announced today that it will give away $116,000 in proceeds from a book and album about the band Phish. The grants will purchase instruments, hire instructors, pay for scholarships, defray costs of rental space, and introduce digital technology for a wide range of music education programs in 15 states.
The funds support traditional programs at both urban and rural schools at the elementary through high school levels, as well as innovative programs offered by community centers, churches, and progressive nonprofits. Many of the 26 grantees serve children with special needs, such as instruments for a homeless program in New York City; support for a jazz-program for inner-city youth in New Orleans; and instruments and lessons for abused, neglected, and foster children in the greater Seattle area.
The Mockingbird Foundation is an all-volunteer group incorporated by Phish fans in 1997. Grants are funded by The Phish Companion, a 928-page book, and Sharin' in the Groove, a double-disc tribute featuring Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews Band, the Wailers, Arlo Guthrie, John Scofield, Little Feat, and 18 other artists. All net proceeds from both projects are donated to music education for children. The current round of funding brings the total amount of Mockingbird grants to nearly $135,000, with another round planned for October.
GRANTEES:
Petersburg Children's Center, in Petersburg
St. Joseph Junior High School, in Pine Bluff
California:
Santa Cruz City Schools
The San Francisco Arts Education Project
The School of the Madeleine, in Berkeley
Connecticut:
Fairfield University, in Fairfield
Florida:
Smart School, in Lauderhill
Idaho:
Garden Valley Schools
Illinois:
The Merit Music Program, in Chicago
Perez Elementary, in Chicago
Louisianna:
The Saint Marks Community Center in New Orleans
Massachusettes:
Arts in Progress, in Boston
Codman Square Health Center, in Dorchester
Service Net, in Northampton
Maine:
Youthlinks' Rock City Rollers, in Rockland
Michigan:
The Grand Traverse Band Of Ottawa, in Suttons Bay
New York:
The Learning Project, in NYC
The Portraits Project, in NYC
The Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
South Dakota:
St. Joseph's Indian School, in Chamberlain
Texas:
Youth Orchestra of San Antonio
Virginia:
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary School, in Front Royal
Washington:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue
Seattle Symphony
Treehouse, in Seattle
Wellpinit School District
For more information, contact Noah Cole, Media Director, at (415) 279-3935, or Kristen Godard, Funding Director.
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