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ELMA FOUNDATION

Financial Information

Total Assets:
$2,261,705
Total Giving:
$3,116,887

Area of Service:

47% of grants stay in New York
Four other states receive a large number of grants: Florida, California, Massachusetts and Tennessee.

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

A Place Called Home
Project support for the Music Department of a comprehensive after-school youth development center in South Central Los Angeles
Atlanta Music Project
General support for an organization that provides free music training and performance opportunities to youth in Atlanta’s under-resourced communities
Berklee College of Music
Project support for need-based scholarships for youth from The ELMA Music Foundation’s U.S.-based grantees to attend Berklee College of Music’s four-year undergraduate program
Berklee College of Music
Project support providing need-based scholarships for students from Africa to attend Berklee College of Music’s four-year undergraduate program
Big Thought
Project support for the intensive performing arts program, Creative Solutions, to help disengaged youth transition out of the juvenile justice system
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
General support to a longstanding community-based organization providing after-school music and performing arts programming for youth ages 3-18 in the areas of private instruction, recitals, and student support services in Richmond, California
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
General support for an after-school music program providing underserved children and youth from the Ninth Ward of New Orleans with the opportunity to study music through arts-focused youth development programs.
Field Band Foundation
General support for an organization that trains disadvantaged youth in music, dance, and life skills
Jazz Foundation of America
General support for an organization that extends the careers of aging artists and brings music to schools, nursing homes, and hospitals nationwide
Mama Foundation for the Arts
General support for an organization uplifting gospel and jazz musical traditions to heal and inspire, with a focus on providing free training and performance opportunities for low-income teenagers in Harlem, New York
Manhattan School of Music
Project support to establish the Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship for six South African students to attend the Manhattan School of Music’s undergraduate program
Memphis Equity Through Arts (META)
Project support to sub-grant and strengthen the capacity of three community-based organizations in Tennessee with music and youth development programming
Mind Builders
General support for an after-school center that includes music programming in creative youth development and early childhood classes in the Bronx, New York
Moving in the Spirit
General support for a creative youth development organization using dance and music to enhance social-emotional development in young children and teens
Renaissance Youth Center
Project support for the music programming of a community-based youth development organization in Bronx, New York
Road Recovery Foundation
General support for an organization providing music-based youth development support for young people in New York who are in various forms of state care for substance abuse recovery, justice-related confinement, or foster care
RYSE
Project support for the Media, Arts, and Culture (MAC) program of a community-based youth development organization that provides a safe space for creative expression, youth leadership, and social justice in Richmond, California.
Save The Music Foundation
Project support to advance and expand programming to support music education in schools and for justice impacted youth at two Travis Hill Juvenile Justice Centers in New Orleans
Soulsville Foundation
Project support for Stax Music Academy, which provides extended day and after-school music instruction and comprehensive youth development programming to youth in Memphis
Spy Hop
General support for an organization that offers music and arts programming as part of its complementary youth development services in Utah
STEM From Dance
General support for an organization introducing young girls of color to science, technology, engineering, and math through intentionally designed music and dance curriculum
The Door A Center Of Alternatives
Project support for the music and performing arts programming of a community-based organization that serves youth ages 12-21 in the areas of health, education, the arts, personal development, and career services in New York City
The Miami Foundation
Project support for Arts Access Miami, a collaborative effort of five organizations, to provide students from elementary through high school in Miami, Florida, with supplemental music education and social-emotional support
The Miami Foundation
Project support for the Miami Music Alliance (MMA), a collaborative effort of five organizations to provide 2,500 elementaries through high school students in Miami Gardens with sequential music education and social-emotional support.
The Music Education Group
General support for an organization providing career development and life skills through music, film, and digital media to Atlanta youth in grades 6 to 12
The Neutral Zone
Project support for a youth-driven music and performing arts program serving youth between the ages of 13 and 22 in Ann Arbor, MI, many of whom are at-risk and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds
Youth Empowerment Project
Project support for after-school music and arts programming, serving 175 youth ages 7 to 18 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Youth Empowerment Project
Project support to expand access to creative and technical resources for after-school music and arts programming in New Orleans
Youth On Record
General support for a community-based, music-focused youth development organization that provides and improves economic opportunities for young people in the creative arts in Denver, Colorado.

Grants

History shows that 51% of their giving goes to Arts & Culture, 25% goes to Social & Human Services and 10% goes to support Education.
Grants in recent years include
$271,703 for Berklee College of Music;
$200,000 for Ellis Marsalis Center for Music;
$125,000 for Memphis Equity Through Arts Meta;
$91,667 for A Place Called Home;
$91,666 for Ryse;
$125,000 for Living Classrooms Foundation; and
$100,000 for Door – A Center of Alternatives.

Limitations

The foundation only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

Summary

The foundation supports youth development through music programs, particularly for underserved, disadvantaged, at-risk, and low-income children and youth across the United States.

Additional

The Elma US Music Foundation (also known as The ELMA Music Foundation (US)), EIN 27-3622277, located in New York, NY, became tax-exempt in February 2011.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.elmaphilanthropies.org/the-elma-foundation/elma-community-grants-program/

Located in:

New York,

New York

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone #:
212-697-1000
Email:
Not Available
Application Address:
The Elma Us Music Foundation
1345 Avenue of the Americas 2302
New York, New York 10105
Procedures:
Applicants must contact the foundation directly for more information.
There are no deadlines.

Donors & Leadership

Director:
Clive Calder, Director
Meron Makonnen, Secretary Director
Paul Katz, Director
Robyn Calder, Director President
Simbarashe Jairosi, Treasurer
Tarik Ward, Director
Thomas McPartland, Director Chief Executive Officer

EIN:

273622277