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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $3,118,218 | $3,125,766 | $3,125,766 | $626,234 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 52% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON GIVES - PLAY IT FORWARD PROGRAMNASHVILLE, TN | FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. | $343,057 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Gueikian | PRES./CHAIR | 0.25 | $0 |
| Jessica Johns | TREASURER | 0.25 | $0 |
| Erica Krusen | GLOBAL EXEC | 0.25 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Heidt | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $626,234 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $2,899,028 | $3,199,442 | $3,199,442 | $633,782 | $633,782 |
| FY2023 | 990 | $3,460,257 | $3,659,343 | $3,635,198 | $934,196 | $934,196 |
| FY2022 | 990 | $2,042,819 | $2,224,261 | $2,208,528 | $920,210 | $907,960 |
| FY2021amended | 990 | $2,193,701 | $1,282,262 | $1,231,062 | $1,089,402 | $1,089,402 |
| FY2020 | 990 | $733,931 | $679,895 | $654,560 | $277,963 | $177,963 |
| FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. |
| $252,359 |
| 2024 |
| GUITAR CENTER MUSIC FOUNDATIONWESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $214,115 | 2025 |
| GUITARS FOR VETSMILWAUKEE, WI | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $210,959 | 2022 |
| SONGBIRD FOUNDATION CO GIBSON GIVESCHATTANOOGA, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $193,942 | 2022 |
| GIBSON BRANDS INC CO GIBSON GIVESNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $176,397 | 2023 |
| MUSICARESMatched to this organization because 14 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SANTA MONICA, CA | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $143,068 | 2025 |
| MUSICARESSANTA MONICA, CA | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $143,000 | 2021 |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NY | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $141,125 | 2023 |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NY | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $131,200 | 2022 |
| GIBSON GOLDTOP FOUNDATIONNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $130,604 | 2023 |
| PLAYING FOR CHANGESANTA MONICA, CA | PROVIDE RESOURCES TO MUSICIANS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. | $100,000 | 2020 |
| NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONNASHVILLE, TN | FOUNDATION GIVING TO ANOTHER FOUNDATION OR FOR SCHOLARSHIPS | $94,125 | 2024 |
| JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR BUSNEW YORK, NY | FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. | $90,927 | 2024 |
| MAGEE-WOMEN'S RESEARCH INSTITUE AND FOUNDATION(WOMAN WHO ROCK)PITTSBURGH, PA | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $79,312 | 2023 |
| NAPA VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONYNAPA, CA | FOUNDATION GIVING TO ANOTHER FOUNDATION OR FOR SCHOLARSHIPS | $79,125 | 2024 |
| FREE GUITARS 4 KIDSMINNEAPOLIS, MN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $77,094 | 2023 |
| FREE GUITARS 4 KIDSST LOUIS PARK, MN | FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. | $72,426 | 2024 |
| GRAYSTONE FIRSTBANK AMPHITHEATERFRANKLIN, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $71,229 | 2023 |
| FULLERS GUITARSHOUSTON, TX | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $68,169 | 2023 |
| MUSICIANS ON CALL CO MANDY KREISBERGNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $68,026 | 2023 |
| COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUMNASHVILLE, TN | LOU SCRUGGS MEMORIAL SPONSORSHIP | $66,286 | 2023 |
| ANDREW W LOFTUS - BOZEMAN MUSIC SCHOOLBOZEMAN, MT | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $61,426 | 2022 |
| KRAFT MUSICKENOSHA, WI | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $60,354 | 2023 |
| MUSICARES FOUNDATIONSANTA MONICA, CA | MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR OVERDOSE PREVENTION | $60,000 | 2024 |
| 0.25 |
| $0 |
| Lowell Goldman | DIRECTOR | 0.25 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202542269349100209
Form 990 · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202432409349301513
Form 990 · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202303199349310665
Form 990 · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021 · amended
Filing id 202223569349301217
Form 990 · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202113199349323501
Form 990 · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201913159349303686
Form 990 · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201843189349307464
Form 990 · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201723149349300242
Form 990 · FY2015 · period ending Dec 31, 2015
Filing id 201633209349302928
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.