Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-6139518 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
265grants reported
$1,250median award
$750lower quartile
$25smallest grant
$1.3Mtotal paid
23states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 265 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $23K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
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
7 E 20TH St Ste 3
New York, NY 10003-1106
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Hall SUPPORT OF KW CONCERTS IN 2024 WEIMAR FESTIVAL | New York, NY | $125,000 |
| Opera North 2 2025 COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE - AUDIO AND VIDEO CAPTURE COSTS OF LOVE LIFE | — | $74,500 |
| Opera North 2 2025 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AND BROADCAST GRANT: LOVE LIFE | — | $50,000 |
| New York City Center 2025 COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE - LOVE LIFE AUDIO CAPTURE COSTS | New York, NY | $27,500 |
| George Robarts 2025 LENYA COMPETITION PRIZE | — | $25,000 |
| True Concord Voices & Orchestra 2025 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AND BROADCAST GRANT: AIRBORNE SYMPHONY SUITE | Tucson, AZ | $25,000 |
| Festival D'Aix KW/LL ARTIST SUPPORT: MARIE OPPERT | Aixenprovenance | $25,000 |
| Nyla Watson 2023 LENYA COMPETITION FIRST PRIZE | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 |
| Ryan Johnson 2023 LENYA COMPETITION FIRST PRIZE | Los Alamos, NM | $25,000 |
| Taylor-Alexis Dupont 2023 LENYA COMPETITION FIRST PRIZE | Orlando, FL | $25,000 |
| The Glimmerglass Festival KW/LL ARTIST SUPPORT: KATRINA GALKA | Cooperstown, NY | $25,000 |
| Ana Karneza 2024 LENYA COMPETITION FINALS 1ST PRIZE | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 |
| Opera North 2 2025 COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE - POST-CAPTURE COSTS OF LOVE LIFE CD | — | $22,450 |
| Tamara Bounazou 2025 LENYA COMPETITION PRIZE | — | $20,000 |
| Little Opera Theatre of New York 2022 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: DOWN IN THE VALLEY | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Orchestra Miami PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: ROAD OF PROMISE | Miami, FL | $20,000 |
| Ovo Theater 2022 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE THREEPENNY OPERA | St Albans | $20,000 |
| Central City Opera House Association 2024 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: STREET SCENE | Denver, CO | $20,000 |
| Jason Zacher 2024 LENYA COMPETITION FINALS 2ND PRIZE | Livingston, NJ | $20,000 |
| The Christian Mark Gibbs Company LL 2024 LENYA COMPETITION FINALS 2ND PRIZE | Hollis, NY | $20,000 |
| Ensemble Modern SDS RECORDING COLLABORATIVE INITITATIVE | — | $15,953 |
| Elenora HU 2025 LENYA COMPETITION PRIZE | — | $15,000 |
| Oklahoma City University 2025 MIDYEAR UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: STREET SCENE | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 |
| University of British Columbia UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT - STREET SCENE | — | $15,000 |
| Brevard Music Center 2024 AMATEUR PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE THREEPENNY OPERA | Brevard, NC | $15,000 |
| Curtis Institute for Music 2024 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT - THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | — | $15,000 |
| London Symphony Orchestra PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: SINS, KDM, VOM TOD IM WALD - PERFORMACNS AND RECORDING | — | $15,000 |
| New World Symphony 2024 PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | Miami Beach, FL | $15,000 |
| University of Minnesota (4) 2025 MIDYEAR UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: STREET SCENE, SYMPHONIC NOCTURNE FROM LADY IN THE DARK | Minneapolis, MN | $14,500 |
| University of Oklahoma 2025 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY | Norman, OK | $14,500 |
| Detroit Opera PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: DOWN IN THE VALLEY | Detroit, MI | $14,125 |
| Opera North TO SUPPORT KW/LL ARTIST, JUSTIN HOPKINS | — | $14,000 |
| Manhattan School of Music (2) 2025 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT - THE THREEPENNY OPERA | New York, NY | $12,500 |
| Atelier Armonico AMATEUR PERFORMANCE GRANT: ZAUBERNACHT | Rye | $12,000 |
| ED Liebrecht JULIUS RUDEL/KURT WEILL CONDUCTING FELLOW | — | $11,500 |
| Opera Zuid 2025 MIDYEAR PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER | — | $10,000 |
| Orchestra of the Music Makers 2025 AMATEUR PERFORMANCE GRANT: SYMPHONIC NOCTURNE FROM LADY IN THE DARK | — | $10,000 |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT - FOUR WALT WHITMAN SONGS | — | $10,000 |
| Madison Opera Inc 2022 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | Madison, WI | $10,000 |
| University of Maryland 2024 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | College Park, MD | $10,000 |
| Denison University UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: THREEPENNY OPERA | Granville, OH | $8,500 |
| Depaul University 2024 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: STREET SCENE | Chicago, IL | $7,500 |
| University of Miami 2024 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: STREET SCENE | Coral Gables, FL | $7,500 |
| Meredith College 2025 MIDYEAR UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: LADY IN THE DARK | Raleigh, NC | $7,000 |
| Arcola Theatre PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT: NO FOR AN ANSWER | London | $7,000 |
| Wageningen Symphonic Orchestra AMATEUR PERFORMANCE GRANT: LINDBERGHFLUG | Wageningen | $7,000 |
| Emma Cavage HAROLD PRINCE/KURT WEILL DIRECTING FELLOW | New York, NY | $7,000 |
| Mastervoices KURT WEILL/LOTTE LENYA ARTIST | New York, NY | $6,500 |
| Lotte Lehmann Akademie Perleberg 2025 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT - STREET SCENE | — | $6,000 |
| Queen Hezumuryango 2025 LENYA COMPETITION PRIZE | — | $6,000 |
| Soo Hyun Gemma Nha 2025 LENYA COMPETITION PRIZE | Chicago, IL | $6,000 |
| Celeste Rose 2023 LENYA COMPETITION REBECCA LUKER AWARD | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| Jeremiah Sanders 2023 LENYA COMPETITION KURT WEILL AWARD | Minneapolis, MN | $6,000 |
| Joseph Sacchi 2024 LENYA COMPETITION FINALS DISCRETIONARY AWARD, OUTSTANDING VOCAL ACHIEVEMENT | New York, NY | $6,000 |
| Queen Hezumuryango 2024 LENYA COMPETITION FINALS DISCRETIONARY AWARD, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL | — | $6,000 |
| Santa Monica College Foundation 2023 COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT SYMPHONIC NOCTURNE, THE GUESTS | Santa Monica, CA | $5,500 |
| Lawrence Wolff KURT WEILL PRIZE | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Stanford University 2025 UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE GRANT: DER JASAGER | Stanford, CA | $5,000 |
| Sydney Conservatorium of Music PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE GRANT | — | $5,000 |
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