California · Public charity
The Guitar Center Music Foundation
Donate resources to music education and therapy programs so that they can offer more people make music available to everyone in the communities in which we serve, to promote its importance through education and media initiatives, and to provide financial and in-kind resources in collaboration with other organizations to achive our common…
- $515k
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $30k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $339k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Guitar Center Music Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Frederick Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation | $6,552 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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About The Guitar Center Music Foundation
- How much does The Guitar Center Music Foundation give?
- The Guitar Center Music Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $30,000, out of $514,843 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Guitar Center Music Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are The Guitar Center Music Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: The Frederick Foundation ($10k), Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation ($7k).
- Does The Guitar Center Music Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is The Guitar Center Music Foundation based?
- The Guitar Center Music Foundation is based in CA.