Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-3620909 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc
610grants reported
$5,000median award
$2,500lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$4.3Mtotal paid
35states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
156 5TH Ave Ste 600
New York, NY 10010-7729
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Music USA ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $94,500 |
| New Music USA ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $90,000 |
| New Music USA ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $80,000 |
| The Koussevitzky Foundation ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Boston Modern Orchestra Project ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Malden, MA | $69,750 |
| Albany Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Albany, NY | $55,000 |
| Copland House ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Peekskill, NY | $44,650 |
| Albany Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Albany, NY | $43,000 |
| Cabrillo Festival ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Santa Cruz, CA | $38,500 |
| Copland House Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Peekskill, NY | $37,600 |
| Copland House Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Peekskill, NY | $37,500 |
| Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Santa Cruz, CA | $36,500 |
| Cabrillo Festival ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Santa Cruz, CA | $32,000 |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Seattle, WA | $31,000 |
| Bmop ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Malden, MA | $28,600 |
| Albany Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Albany, NY | $28,500 |
| Bmop ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Malden, MA | $28,500 |
| Bang on A Can Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $28,000 |
| Bang on A Can Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $28,000 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Boston, MA | $28,000 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Boston, MA | $28,000 |
| American Composers Orchestra Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $27,500 |
| International Contemporary Ensemble Fdtn ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $26,000 |
| American Composers Forum ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGEAND APPRECIATION OFCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 |
| International Contemporary Ensemble ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| The Koussevitzky Foundation ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| International Contemporary Ensemble ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| Eighth Blackbird Per ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Chicago, IL | $23,000 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $23,000 |
| Bang on A Can Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $22,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 |
| American Composers Forum ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Saint Paul, MN | $20,000 |
| John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Miller Theater at Columbia Univ ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia U ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| American Composers Forum ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGEAND APPRECIATION OFCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Saint Paul, MN | $20,000 |
| John Simon Guggenhei ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| The Industry ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Los Angeles, CA | $18,000 |
| Roulette Intermedium ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $17,000 |
| Eighth Blackbird Performing Art Assn ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Chicago, IL | $17,000 |
| Eighth Blackbird Per ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Chicago, IL | $17,000 |
| Alarm Will Sound Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Seattle, WA | $16,000 |
| Alarm Will Sound Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 |
| Biophilia Records Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $16,000 |
| American Composers Orchestra Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $16,000 |
| Alarm Will Sound Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 |
| The Jazz Gallery ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $15,500 |
| Big Ears Festival ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Knoxville, TN | $15,000 |
| The Crossing ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Seattle, WA | $15,000 |
| The Big Ears Festival ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Knoxville, TN | $15,000 |
| Big Ears Festival ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Knoxville, TN | $15,000 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| June in Buffalo ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Buffalo, NY | $14,000 |
| June in Buffalo (UB Foundation Activities Inc) ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Buffalo, NY | $14,000 |
| State University of New York at Buf ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | Buffalo, NY | $14,000 |
| Other Minds ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC | San Francisco, CA | $13,000 |
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