Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
$361.9KTax year 2024
Project support to establish the hugh masekela heritage scholarship for south african students to attend the manhattan school of music
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The Elma Music Foundation (US) Grants
Private foundation · EIN 27-3622277 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE ELMA MUSIC FOUNDATION (US)
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | 24 | $3.1M |
Where The Elma Music Foundation (US) gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Jazz Foundation of America Inc
New York, NY
$300KTax year 2024
Project support for the jazz and blues in the schools program (jits), which extends the careers of aging artists and brings music to schools, nursing homes and hospitals nationwide.
Berklee College of Music Inc
Boston, MA
$271.7KTax year 2024
Project support for "myda scholarship", which will provide need-based scholarships for students from elma's music foundation (U.S.) grantees to attend berklee college of music's four year undergraduate program.
The Miami Foundation Inc
Miami, FL
$250KTax year 2024
Project support for the miami music alliance (mma), a collaborative effort of five organizations to provide 2,500 elementary through high school students in miami gardens with sequential music education and social-emotional support.
Berklee College of Music Inc
Boston, MA
$223.2KTax year 2025
Myda scholarship", which will provide need-based scholarships for students from elma's music foundation (U.S.) grantees to attend berklee college of music's four year undergraduate program.
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Figures are aggregated from The Elma Music Foundation (US)'s IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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