Grants awarded
Who does Elma US Music Foundation fund?
Elma US Music Foundation has awarded $20 million across 144 grants to 43 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $75,000 and $175,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $75,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$19.9M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
43
Grants
144
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manhattan School of Music
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$2.2M | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
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$1.6M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | FL | |
Jazz Foundation of America INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
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$1.0M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MA | |
Berklee College of Music INC
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$977K | 6 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | MA | |
| B Brooklyn Community Foundation | $813K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Memphis Equity Through Arts Meta Incorporated
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$791K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | TN | |
The Door - a Center of Alternatives INC
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$700K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
| R Ryse INC | $575K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Spy Hop Productions INC
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$575K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | UT | |
| Y Youth Empowerment Project | $550K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$525K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Save the Music Foundation
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$525K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $525K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | TX | |
Mama Foundation for the Arts INC
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$455K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
| V Vh1 Save the Music Foundation - New Orleans | $450K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
New York Womens Foundation
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$440K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S Soulsville Foundation INC | $425K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Recess Activities
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$410K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Youth on Record
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$400K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
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$400K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
| L Living Classrooms Foundation INC | $375K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
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$300K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $300K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mindbuilders Creative Arts Center INC | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Living Classroom Foundation | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$175K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
The Motivational Edge INC
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$150K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
| M Mind Builders Creative Arts Center INC | $150K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Stem from Dance
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$150K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | NY | |
| M Music Education Coalition INC | $125K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Mind Builders Creative Arts Center | $125K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Soulsville Foundation | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Vh1 Save the Music Foundation - Newark | $75K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Music Education Group INC | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | GA | |
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$50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | GA | |
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$50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | GA | |
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Jazz at Lincoln Center INC
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$25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | NY |
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