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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACM LIFTING LIVESNASHVILLE, TN | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $40,241 | 2025 | |
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 |
| FOUNDATION GIVING TO ANOTHER FOUNDATION OR FOR SCHOLARSHIPS |
| $40,000 |
| 2024 |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NY | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $40,000 | 2025 |
| WOMEN WHO ROCKPITTSBURGH, PA | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $40,000 | 2025 |
| JULIEN'S AUCTIONGARDENA, CA | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $39,868 | 2023 |
| WEST VIRGINIA DRUG INTERVENTION INSTITUTECHARLESTON, WV | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $39,253 | 2023 |
| COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATIONNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $37,849 | 2020 |
| TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC EDUCATIONFAIRVIEW, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $37,592 | 2022 |
| GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES, CA | FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. | $35,974 | 2024 |
| LAUNCH PAD FOUNDATIONNASHVILLE, TN | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $35,686 | 2025 |
| AUSTRALIS MUSIC GROUPPLAY IT FORWARD PROGRAM CO GIBSON GIVESNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $34,886 | 2022 |
| MUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCENASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $34,246 | 2023 |
| GUITARS FOR VETS - HIGH ENDMILWAUKEE, WI | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $34,100 | 2021 |
| ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $34,018 | 2023 |
| LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATIONMIAMI, FL | FOUNDATION GIVING TO ANOTHER FOUNDATION OR FOR SCHOLARSHIPS | $33,000 | 2024 |
| LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATIONMIAMI, FL | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $33,000 | 2025 |
| MUSIC WILL CO MADELINE POSNERBUTLER, NJ | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $32,804 | 2023 |
| TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC EDUCATIONFAIRVIEW, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $31,894 | 2023 |
| FRIENDS OF AMERICAN SONG ARCHIVESTULSA, OK | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $31,766 | 2025 |
| TRANSYLVANIAN SYMPHONY FOUNDATIONYUKON, OK | PROGRAM USE & FUNDRAISING EFFORTS | $30,243 | 2025 |
| THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICNASHVILLE, TN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $30,000 | 2022 |
| NVAK INCSANTA MONICA, CA | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $30,000 | 2022 |
| THE CAVERNS SESSIONSNASHVILLE, TN | THE CAVERNS SESSIONS | $30,000 | 2023 |
| KURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY INCINDIANAPOLIS, IN | SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | $30,000 | 2022 |
| NOTES FOR NOTES INCMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NASHVILLE, TN | FOR PROGRAM USE/FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR PROGRAM USE. | $29,833 | 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.