Daily Featured Foundation - 3/13/26

3/13/2026

Here is today’s featured foundation.

The BMI Foundation

Website: https://bmifoundation.org/

Mission & Purpose: To encourage the creation, performance, and study of music through awards, scholarships, grants, and commissions. They are dedicated to supporting the next generation of musical creators.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Connected to the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) performing rights organization, this is a highly specific national arts funder. They provide arts grants and scholarships to 501(c)(3) organizations, community music schools, and universities. They support all genres, with a strong historical footprint in jazz, classical, and musical theater.

Featured Opportunity: Their "General Grants" program offers vital operating support and project funding for nonprofit music organizations. Additionally, they are a phenomenal source of scholarship grants for young composers and instrumentalists, specifically partnering with universities to distribute these funds to talented students.

Recommendation: A university music department or a nonprofit community music school seeking nonprofit funding to provide direct scholarships to students studying instrumental performance, jazz composition, or digital music production.