Music Grants for Guitars
Music grants are a solid way to buy instruments without going into debt, whether the instrument is for personal or educational use. There are grants available for almost any instrument one can think of and there are grants available for buying guitars as well. Grants are available from major music stores as well as instrument manufacturers.
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Grants from Instrument Manufacturers and Music Stores
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The Fender Music Foundation gives grants to music in schools and supplies them with guitars and all the gear they need. Programs they give grants to include: Music in Schools Today, The Creative Arts Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute Program and the Guitars in the Classroom Program. Guitar Center gives out grants for guitars as well through their Guitar Center Music Foundation.
National Organizations for Guitar Grants
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The National Endowment for the Arts has grants available for guitars as well. Their focus is more towards music education as opposed to an individual buying a guitar, but the money can be used for a teaching artist to come into a school and teach guitar. Music video channel VH1 has their Save the Music program grant that can be applied for and the funds can be used for buying guitars or providing guitar instruction for a school program.
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Individual Foundations
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The Mockingbird Foundation gives out grants for guitars along with other instruments for teaching and tutoring possibilities for at-risk youth and school programs.
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