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MusiCares helps the humans behind music because music gives so much to the world. Offering preventive, emergency, and recovery programs, MusiCares is a safety net supporting the health and welfare of the music community. Founded by the Recording Academy in 1989 as a U.S. based 501(c)(3) charity, MusiCares safeguards the well-being of all music people through direct financial grant programs, networks of support resources, and tailored crisis relief efforts. For more information please visit: www.musicares.org

The mission of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is to fulfill President Kennedy’s vision by producing and presenting the greatest examples of music, dance, and theater; supporting artists in the creation of new work; and serving the nation as a leader in arts education.

Rawkstars, Inc.® -- Where Opportunity Rawks! Rawkstars provides opportunity through programs that foster and celebrate music through discovery, education, creation and participation. We don't exist to churn out virtuosos; music education requires kids to develop skills and attributes that will serve them throughout their lives. Music is the vehicle, not the destination! Music education improves self-esteem, learning skills, communication, creativity, teamwork, discipline, cultural awareness and respect for others through personal accomplishment, persistence and self-expression.

The OUTMUSIC Awards (OMAs) is the biggest night in LGBT music & entertainement presented by LARA the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts. Their mission is to educate, raise awareness and ensure that the contributions and achievements of marginalized LGBT are acknowledged, documented, celebrated and included in media, music and entertainment history. To support their missions, they film the OUTMUSIC Awards live to tape.

Voices of Our City Choir is transforming the perception and experience of homelessness through the healing power of the arts. We are building bridges connecting diverse communities in positive ways through musical performance, advocacy and education.

NOMAF expands the services of the NOMC and its mission to keep New Orleans music ALIVE by sustaining New Orleans’ traditional music cultures. We do this by providing cost-efficient access to comprehensive, wellness education and preventive health care, mental health and social services. Regardless of the patients’ ability to pay, NOMC is the medical home for more than 2,500 local musicians and tradition bearers.

Harmony Project uses the power of music to engage children from under-resourced communities. Our mission is designed to use music as a means to: -Promote children's healthy growth and development. -Foster safe and diverse communities. -Prepare children to excel in school and beyond. Founded in 2001, our program started with 36 students and now has an enrollment of 2,053 throughout LA County. Our ultimate purpose is to nurture the positive development of youth through high school graduation and into college.

The purposes for which this corporation has been organized are as follows: The Richard Tucker Music Foundation is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of the great American tenor principally through the support and advancement of the careers of promising and talented American opera singers. In addition, the Foundation seeks to heighten the public's awareness of the art of opera through performances, master classes, radio, television

The mission of the Heights Kids' Day of Music/Heights Kids' Music Festival is to inspire kids to have a lifelong love of music. We do this by highlighting Houston musicians and showcasing local arts and education organizations.

Dance to Unite, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with after school programs to offer free dance classes with an educational component that celebrates cultural diversity. The classes are offered on a weekly basis (October to June) and are complemented with special workshops taught by profession guest artists. Each Dance to Unite class culminates with an end of the year performance.

Jeffrey Myers, first violinist of the Calidore String Quartet, makes his home in New York City. His chamber music career with the award winning Calidore String Quartet has established an international reputation for its informed, polished, and passionate performances. The quartet won the $100,000 Grand Prize at the inaugural 2016 M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition along with grand prizes in the Fischoff, Coleman, Chesapeake, and Yellow Springs competitions and captured top prizes at the 2012 ARD Munich International String Quartet Competition, and Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition. The CSQ is a recipient of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award. The quartet was the first North American ensemble to win the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and is currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program.

Guided by the generosity of the Country Music community, the CMA Foundation focuses on improving and sustaining music education programs everywhere while supporting worthwhile causes important to the Country Music Association.